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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A TOUCH OF SILVER: Springing To Life
I’ve secretly dreaded the arrival of April for a while now. Last year, that month ushered in unseasonably cold, wintery weather; a tough transition professionally; and the beginning of a nearly-five-month-long bout of depression. Any worries I had about personal history repeating have been replaced by a general sense of apocalyptic, existential dread, which, if …
Gathering in Isolation: VT Woman Brings Together People & Information
Before COVID-19 changed everyone’s lives, Tammy Wells spent her days at home, caring for her two young grandchildren while her son was at work. Tammy Wells A little over two weeks after the first case of novel coronavirus was reported in Vermont – even after a dramatic rise in cases locally, nationally, and globally, not …
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BLOOD ON THE KEYBOARD: Friday Evening
As I write this, it’s a little before 7 p.m. on Friday, March 20, 2020. Today is the first full day of spring, and it’s felt like it, with temperatures in the low 60s, the occasional rain shower, and westerly wind that’s been downright fierce at times. Tomorrow will be in the low 30s. So, …
Fifteen Years Gone (REPOST)
Thursday, March 19, 2020: Brianna Maitland disappeared 16 years ago tonight. I didn't want the wild situation the world is in to obscure that important fact. What happened to Brianna is still a mystery, and her loved ones mourn her absence still. Tomorrow I'll write something from a fresh perspective, but I wanted to repost …
