By Mary Ellen Shaw A friend sent me an email recently that takes a look at what we wished for when we were younger and how those wishes are perceived today. Let me share some of them with you. If […]
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Column, Looking Back
November can be dreary!
By Mary Ellen Shaw The older you get the less likely you are to look forward to November! I swear the sole purpose of that month is to concentrate on Thanksgiving and some early Christmas shopping. When your status is […]
Column, Looking Back
Halloweens of yesteryear
By Mary Ellen Shaw Halloween was always a fun time back in the ’50s. For many of us kids the holiday got a head start when our parents brought us to one of the local farms to pick out a […]
Column, Looking Back
Remember when?
By Mary Ellen Shaw It seems like my inbox has a lot of “remember when” emails that take my age group back to the “good old days.” We all seem to enjoy remembering how things were and comparing those times […]
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Mountain Times – Volume 50, Number 40 – Oct. 6-12, 2021
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Column, Looking Back
Going from summer to fall
By Mary Ellen Shaw It won’t be long before fall is in the air! It’s been a very hot summer compared to the weather we used to have many years ago. I don’t remember one house on our street having […]
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Sharing your garden creates memories between neighbors
By Mary Ellen Shaw Anything in your garden that you can divide and share provides a connection between you and another person. It will also become a remembrance of you. That may not seem important now but over time you […]
Column, Looking Back
Remembering Rutland City Band concerts
By Mary Ellen Shaw Several years ago I took a trip down Memory Lane in this column when I reminisced about the concerts held in Main Street Park. I was reminded of those memories when I read recently that the […]
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Neighborhood changes over the years
By Mary Ellen Shaw Someone asked me recently what it was like to have observed all the changes that have occurred in my neighborhood during the 70-plus years that I have lived here. The conversation led to such questions as, […]
Column, Looking Back
Flower gardens – the half way mark!
By Mary Ellen Shaw We are about half way through the allotted time in Vermont to enjoy watching our flowers bloom. If you have a perennial garden you know that it’s a challenge to have constant color through October. For […]