By Rebecca Perkins Hanissian Were it not for compelling evidence to the contrary, I’d believe I descended from birds – migratory birds in particular. So familiar to me are the urges and behaviors of migratory birds, I’m pretty sure I blushed, or at least looked around sheepishly, when learning of them in my undergraduate ornithology…

By Mary Ellen Shaw When the Rutland Historical Society calendar for 2022 arrived I took a look at each month and was taken back in time to 100 years ago. From January to December there were pictures of ads for products that were popular back in 1922. I decided to explore some old newspapers online…

By Kevin Theissen The start of this year has brought some market volatility that might have caused you some uneasiness. It might be difficult but remember that this is normal – especially after a year when the S&P 500 index ended up approximately 27% (and the last three years up 100%). It can be hard…

By DJ Dave Hoffenberg This weekend The Wobbly Barn will be rocking because Lifespeed makes their long, anticipated return after the pandemic break. The band just celebrated their 20th year in the music business. I’ve seen them play for most of those years but this will be my first time working alongside them and I…

By Dom Cioffi Do you remember early in the pandemic, when the high school seniors were about to graduate and everyone was lamenting how sad it was for that age group? We all agreed that it didn’t seem fair that they had to miss such an important rite of passage, along with the requisite dances,…

By Merisa Sherman I was panicking we were going to be late. I didn’t really have any specifics, but I wasn’t going to miss this moment for anything. It was an absolute honor to have been invited to share in this once-in-a-lifetime event and we were going to be there. The roads were eerily empty…

By Cassandra Tyndall The skies are quiet this week. This may be a blessing in disguise for two reasons. Firstly, the planets are back to their regular programming which in turn, may see things in your own life start to get back on track. Secondly, due to next week being really dynamic, it will be…

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The RCHS would like to remind you that February is National Pet Dental Health month. An astonishing 80% of dogs and 70% of cats show signs of oral disease by age 3. Symptoms of gum disease in dogs and cats include yellow and brown build-up of tartar along the gum line, red and swollen gums,…

By Frank Kaczmarek Winter is far a far cry from being prime mushroom hunting season. Most fungi stop producing mushrooms, or fruiting bodies, in early autumn, and their hyphae (filamentous structures that are the main part of the fungal body) are out of sight, inside wood or in the ground. However, you can still find…

By Cassandra Tyndall The space weather changes a lot this week. If January wasn’t quite the productive goal-achieving month you anticipated it would be, then the first week of February looks quite different. The combination of a New Moon and Mercury winding up its retrograde phase brings a feeling of renewal. Plans and ideas that…

By Merisa Sherman It started like any other tour. I had my backpack full of goodies, including the best puffy coat in the entire world. It’s the coat that enables me to forgo my fear of the cold, knowing that no matter the temperature there is a nice warm bundle of heat waiting for me…

By Dom Cioffi I grew up under two extremes. My father’s parents (my paternal grandparents) were hard-working, blue-collar laborers, with my grandfather being a self-employed plumber and my grandmother the quintessential mother and housewife. They lived in a small two-story house directly across the street from a large factory and right behind the city’s largest…

By Kevin Theissen It’s not uncommon for people to pay more in taxes than anticipated because our tax system treats various income types differently and has tax and penalties that many are unaware of. One way to consider the stages of retirement could be: first, your pre-retirement or work and saving years, usually before age…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="194740" img_size="full" alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1582852508329{margin-top: 40px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/3"][vc_raw_html]JTNDc3BhbiUyMGNsYXNzJTNEJTIyaWNvbmlmeSUyMiUyMGRhdGEtaWNvbiUzRCUyMm1kaS16b2RpYWMtYXJpZXMlMjIlMjBkYXRhLWlubGluZSUzRCUyMmZhbHNlJTIyJTNFJTNDJTJGc3BhbiUzRQ==[/vc_raw_html][vc_custom_heading text="Aries" font_container="tag:h2|text_align:center" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1568082984251{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}"] March 21 - April 20 [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]You may be feeling the pressure and the relief at the same time this week. Mars, your guiding star, forms a link to benevolent Jupiter. Not the strongest of connections, nonetheless, it may be enough to…