“I feel like a farmer watching his corn grow. This is great!” It was another Wednesday morning at The Stowe Reporter, the weekly newspaper in Stowe, VT, that gave me my first full-time job as a reporter. We were up against our deadline, and I was in my office, pounding out the last article I …
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Smaller is Bigger: Celebrating Independent Bookstore Day
It’s the last Saturday in April. And if you’re a lover of books, supporting local businesses, and building community, that means one thing. It’s Independent Book Store Day. A day for celebrating the incredible gift of storytelling at indie bookstores that keep the money your spending close to home. A chance to meet and talk …
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Talking with Zadok, pt. 7
Tuesday, Jan. 28, 1987I was so tired all day. My sleep was fitful, filled with bad dreams about Mom and Dad, the farm, and my report about Zadok. Stuff was all jumbled up, like Zadok and the cows from the farm being taken away by the government, but the government was these weird-looking guys in …
Talking with Zadok, pt. 6
Monday, Jan. 27, 1987I was in a foul mood at dinner that night. After tearing my hard work apart and making me feel like an idiot about my report on Zadok, Mr. Gilman made me go with him to the office to call Mrs. Cooke. She agreed right away to meet with me after school …
Fifteen Years Gone
Every time I drive by the old Dutchburn place on Route 118 in Montgomery, I think of someone I’ve never met before. It’s a small, vacant lot now, an unassuming corn field behind it, the Trout River flowing along at the back of the property. But there used to be an old two-story house there, …
Talking with Zadok, pt. 5
Monday, Jan. 27, 1987“Lauren, could you come to my desk please?” I looked up at Mr. Gilman, more than a little happy to stop re-reading The Outsiders. No offense to S.E. Hinton, but I’d read it before and was hoping for something different. Stupid whole-class reading assignments. “Did I do something?” I asked as I …
Fairfax singer/songwriter keeps it humble with big ‘90s sound, new EP
“I rarely party with Duane ‘The Rock’ Johnson.” Troy Millette Troy Millette laughs and shakes his head as he discusses the extent of the fast-living, hard-partying, big-pimpin’ lifestyle he’s adopted since his debut EP – Living With a Ghost – dropped on Feb. 7. In reality, Millette wouldn’t have the time to hang out with …
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