The new episode of Vermont Public Radio’s weekly Brave Little State podcast features a variety of pieces about how different Vermonters are coping with COVID-19. I was fortunate enough to be included on this episode, reading an edited version of my Living In Holland piece (which can be found here). Brave Little State can be …
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Why I Write: Summer 1990, pt. 2
Sitting in the cab of the TW-10 Ford tractor, I cranked the volume on the radio to hear it over the sound of the machinery running behind me, churning out freshly chopped grass. I was just in time to hear Jack Barry introduce his guest for the next segment. He was an author. But not …
Why I Write: Summer 1990, pt. 1
If you’ve ever had to unload a wagon full of freshly chopped grass into a concrete haylage bunker, you know there’s a trick to it. To get a decent row of wet, green grass fed out along the open front of the bunker, you need to maneuver the tractor and the wagon behind it back …