Lahti #3
Jessie Diggins (left, Afton, MN) and Kikkan Randall (right, Anchorage, AK) with Maiken Caspersen Falla after Falla won the women's freestyle sprint at the Lahti World Championships and Diggins and Randall…
Lahti #2
Today the women's 5-k and men's 10-k qualifiers were held, races designed so skiers without World Cup points can compete. Racers from such unlikely ski countries as Iran, Lebanon, Ireland,…
Lahti World Championships #1
Today was the day before official competition begins at the 2017 World Nordic Ski Championships in Lahti, Finland. Â It's cold, sunny and the snow is granular and icy. Teams from…
State House Refugee Vigil
Several hundred gathered at the Vermont State House tonight for a candlelight vigil to express solidarity with refugees whose immigration to the U.S. has been halted. Big cheers for, among…
Four Reasons
Four reasons to be optimistic about the future: Katie, Alice, Ruthie, and Beth. High school friends the day after Christmas, all out of college and working or going to grad…
Eastern Cup #1
The New England Nordic Ski Association held its first Eastern Cup of the 2016-17 season at Craftsbury Outdoor Center Saturday and Sunday. Hundreds of skiers from New England and eastern…
Rutland Welcomes #2
As part of plans to welcome 30 families of Syrian refugees to Rutland, VT, the local group Rutland Welcomes sponsors a weekly class in basic Arabic at the Unitarian Church.…
World Cup at Killington
Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates her slalom win Sunday. When bringing a weekend of women's World Cup alpine ski racing from Europe to Killington, VT, was proposed, Eastern skiers all but guaranteed…
Rutland Welcomes
Volunteer Marsha Cassel surveys donated furniture in the former Rutland Herald press room wearing a T-shirt selected for the occasion. Rutland, Vermont, has had its share of difficulties in the…
First Snow
I know it was 70 last week, but the first snow has arrived on Vermont's Mount Mansfield, and skiers and boarders have been walking up to ride down. Right on…
Prince Edward Island, Canada
Windswept October days on PEI. And a little bit of New Brunswick. Â Click here for a gallery. (You can click on the right arrow on the photos to speed up…
Susquehanna Dusk
Another of the nightly summer spectacles on the mighty Susquehanna River, Speeceville, PA. It's been a busy summer, and I'm just catching up. More to come.
Wind River, Yukon Territory
The Wind River is a crystal-clear, aquamarine stream that flows fast and cold out of the Wernecke Mountains into the Peel River in Canada's Yukon Territory. Some friends and I paddled…
Farewell, Ralph Stanley
Ralph Stanley in concert, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, circa 1984. Virginian Ralph Stanley, who earned his unofficial doctorate in the Bluegrass Arts many times over in his 89 years, died…