In the old days, before well drilling technology became widespread, all rural homesteads had… Read more
No Small Potatoes
It’s going to be a tough Winter in Vermont, and although there is r… Read more
Kingdom Almanac
The transition into a new year comes with a less pronounced shift t… Read more
Follow the Money
The recent announcement that Bob Dylan sold the publishing rights t… Read more
The Bookshelf
I’ve read a lot of presidential biographies and memoirs, but "A Pro… Read more
There’s something just a little bit sad about a field of Christmas … Read more
Commentary
On Nov. 30, 2020, I hung a load of washing on my backyard clothesline for, most likely, the last time this year. Read more
Life's a Journey
We enter 2021 with hope. A vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech for COVID-19 was authorized for emergency use on Dec. 11, 2020, by the U.S. Foo… Read more
Commentary
In 1786, Scotland’s Robert Burns in his poem “To a Louse,” wrote, “O wad some Power the giftie gi us, To see oursels as ithers see us!” This p… Read more
