Another July, Another Catastrophic Flood
Plainfield, Vermont, USA. 11 July, 2024. Jim and Jenni Belotserkovsky embrace after their house was inundated when torrential rains from the remnants of Hurricane Beryl hit central Vermont, USA, on July 10.

Another July, Another Catastrophic Flood

Jim and Jenni Belotserkovsky embrace  after their house was inundated when torrential rains from the remnants of Hurricane Beryl hit central Vermont, USA, on July 10. Great Brook, a tributary…

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Posts from the Road

Rosa Parks statue, seated on a Montgomery, AL, bus at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, TN, at the Lorraine Motel, where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in…

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The Eclipse of 2024
Eclipse of 2024, Montpelier, VT, USA.

The Eclipse of 2024

April 8 finally arrived, and locals and people from around New England and much farther afield met on the Vermont State House lawn to share the once-in-a-lifetime experience of a…

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CRX to PDX

Wherein my brother, Joe, and I deliver a 1989 Honda CRX from Pennsylvania to my son, Jim, in Portland, Oregon, via Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota and so forth,…

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Return of the Blueberry Hill Pig Race
at the 2024 Blueberry Hill Outdoor Center Pig Race, a revival of a fun community race that started in 1972.

Return of the Blueberry Hill Pig Race

The Blueberry Hill Pig Race, a crazy Vermont rite of spring in the 1970s, is back. The climate may seem different, but the spirit lives on, even if it required…

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And a Podium at Home for Jessie Diggins
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 18 February, 2024: at Theodore Wirth Regional Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Credit: John Lazenby/Alamy Live News

And a Podium at Home for Jessie Diggins

The Swedes Jonna Sundling and Frida Karlsson ruled the day on the race course, but not really because Jessie Diggins fought her way onto the podium. The result was a…

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Win in Minn for Gus Schumacher
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 18 February, 2024: American Gus Schumacher at Theodore Wirth Regional Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Credit: John Lazenby/Alamy Live News

Win in Minn for Gus Schumacher

What a day for US cross country ski racing! Alaska's Gus Schumacher becomes the first US man to win a World Cup race in more than 40 years. And then…

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Music for a Musician

Musicians Mark LeGrand and Sarah Munro at home in Montpelier. Their soulful singing and songwriting have been part of the Vermont music scene for years, but they face a daunting…

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Cross Country Skier Photos

I was happy to have some wide-ranging photos in the new issue of Cross Country Skier magazine. Above, the fantastically beautiful Pokljuka plateau and the Julian Alps in Slovenia. The others:…

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A Couple Awards

I received two regional awards in 2023 in the National Press Photographers Association's monthly clips contest for New England: First place for spot news in July for a group of…

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