I watched an interview recently that featured a 70-year old man sitting in a wheelchair. He was mild-mannered and well kept and when prompted, spoke openly about his life and experiences. He was born in the United States, but because his father was involved in the military, he found himself growing up in Okinawa,…

  Named for their polka-dot-like markings, spotted turtles have declined throughout most of their range, which stretches from Maine south along the Atlantic coastal plain to northern Florida, and from western New York into the eastern Great Lakes states. This species is listed as threatened or endangered in northern New England states.  While I have…

I’ve always been curious to know what it’s like to spend a summer on a lake. So I was delighted to have the chance to stay in a cottage on Lake Winnipesaukee for our very last week of timeshare. Forty years ago a “free weekend” promotion led us to purchase one week’s timeshare on the…

    Flapping, Fluttering, Flying through the air, The warm breeze flowing through my feathers, The sweet smell of nectar fills the air. I swoop down to the flowers, I see buds on the trees, I want to stay but I must keep flying, Twirling in the air, Diving down to the stream to catch…

So much about this astrological moment in time is about returning to the intelligence of the heart. Since antiquity, the heart was considered the mind and was the primary source of all knowing intelligence and infinite wisdom. At some point on the timeline in the not too distant past, following one’s heart came to be…

   Recently, six high school students from southern Vermont spent five days immersed in activities like how to take blood pressures, start a peripheral IV, participate in a simulated Code Blue training exercise, spend time in a BOD POD to measure their body composition at Vermont State University Castleton Campus, and even observe how to…

   Billings Farm and Museum in Woodstock hosted its first 4-H dairy clinic and show on the weekend of June 24-25, with 12 Vermont 4-H dairy members camping overnight on the grounds with their dairy animals. The 2023 Youth Invitational Dairy Show featured a clinic on Saturday with interactive activities designed to help participants succeed…

  KC Gandee has joined Four Seasons Sotheby’s International  Realty office in Rutland. Gandee was a member of the American Association of Snowboard Instructors (AAS) National Team 2004-2006 and has coached for the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team around the world at World Cups, Championships  and special projects. Most recently, Gandee has served as the…

  Staff report All numbers are up, except for inventory. That’s the story of real estate in Killington, and it’s been that way for some time. There were only four single family homes listed for sale in Killington as of July 1. Because of the lack of available properties for sale, only six single family…

  Hartland Winter Trails (HWT), a 501(c)(3) non-profit since 2022, has been providing groomed cross-country ski and snowshoe trails in Hartland for nearly 50 years. Access to 25-plus km of trails on private lands and the snowshoe lending program is free to the public. All time and effort to manage the organization and to maintain…

  Taking a deep breath, I gently lowered my canoe into the water, making sure to accomplish that without making a splash. Trying to keep my feet from getting wet, I rotated back and forth, gathering the items I had placed on the shore and carefully placing them into the canoe. My life jacket hung…

  The internet is quite a place, even though it isn’t really a place at all. Over the years, I’ve watched it morph from a little known tech speciality to a worldwide phenomenon. And while I originally viewed it as the answer to all life’s problems, I now question whether we’d be better off without…

   Spittlebugs are the color of a new spring leaf, their bodies both tiny and so fat that you hardly notice their six miniature legs underneath. This plumpness makes them an appetizing snack for various insect predators—or would, anyway, if spittlebugs didn’t have an elaborate adaptation to keep them safe.  Spittlebugs live in a variety…

By Marguerite Jill Dye From our first breath as a newborn to our last gasp when we pass on the need for safe air to breathe into our lungs is a human right we cannot ignore. I remember one night when our son was quite young. We were visiting my parents in our Killington ski…

Spider Web (A Haiku) Stunning spider webs, So beautiful with dew drops, Resting on flowers. Dew Drops (A Haiku) Dew on spider webs, So stunning in the morning, Crystal drops on webs. What is a Haiku? A haiku is a type of poem in which there are three rows. The first row has five syllables,…