No Kings 3.28.26, Vermont
at the No Kings anti-trump demonstration at the Vermont State House in Montpelier, VT, USA.

No Kings 3.28.26, Vermont

From Yesterday’s No Kings Trump protests at the Vermont State House in Montpelier. Sign-makers unite.

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The XC Ski World Comes to Lake Placid
American Jessie Diggins holds the overall World Cup crystal globe after the 20-k freestyle race at the 2026 FIS World Cup cross country ski races in Lake Placid, NY, USA. It was her fourth time winning the overal World CUp cross country ski title.

The XC Ski World Comes to Lake Placid

When the 2026 FIS World Cup cross country ski final races came to Lake Placid, NY, in the heart of the Adirondacks last weekend, the American XC ski community showed…

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Farewell, John Caldwell
(c)john lazenby Montpelier VT USA

Farewell, John Caldwell

  When it’s said that John Caldwell was the father of cross country skiing in America, it’s not a stretch, not by any means an exaggeration. There is an absolutely…

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Coyotes at the Aud
Scott Lampron, foreground, and Malachi Howard in action during the game against the Boston Sharks on Jan. 18.

Coyotes at the Aud

The Vermont Coyotes have brought professional basketball to the Barre Auditorium. Images from two games in January. Click here for a gallery.

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2025: The Year in Pictures
Lorraine Zaloom Demonstrators at a 50501 Trump protest on International Women’s Day 2025 at the Vermont State House in Montpelier, VT, USA

2025: The Year in Pictures

Some of my favorite pictures from the crazy year of 2025. Click here for a gallery/slide show with captions. Brass Balagan leads Montpelier's Lantern Parade across a newly illuminated bridge…

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Autumn on PEI
Walking amid fall foliage on Prince Edward Island in the Canadian maritime provinces.

Autumn on PEI

Annual fall jaunt to the north shore of Prince Edward Island and St. Andrews, New Brunswick, in the Canadian Maritimes. Clouds, wind, rain, surf, crimson blueberry fields, red rocks, red…

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Back to the Adirondacks

Forked Lake, including the old telephone booth where you can make emergency calls on a landline and the row-it-yourself guideboat at the Adirondack Experience in Blue Mountain Lake. Water's low,…

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August in October
A kayaker paddles north from Juniper Island as the sun sets over the Adirondacks.

August in October

August in October: 80 degrees F. on Lake Champlain in the first few days of October. Summer, but with low-angle Autumn light. Very strange, but very beautiful. Hazy on the…

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Nathan Suter Middle School Track & Field Meet
Main Street Middle School coach Dylan Broderick and runner Izik Currier after the MSMS boys won the 4 x 400 meter relay, which sealed the MSMS boys team's overall win.

Nathan Suter Middle School Track & Field Meet

The state middle school track and field championships on May 30 were renamed in honor of Nathan Suter, who died on May 13, age 52, and who was instrumental in…

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The Mighty Muddy Onion
Mud-spattered cyclists descend Gould Hill Road in Montpelier near the end of the annual Muddy Onion dirt-road bike tour put on by Onion River Outdoors.

The Mighty Muddy Onion

If you’re going to have a big dirt-road bike tour called the Muddy Onion, it might as well be muddy. And it was mighty muddy for the annual Onion River…

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Snows of March
Despite the snow, runner Jim Murphy climbs a hill on North Street in East Montpelier.

Snows of March

The inevitable snows of March. This one arrived on March 29, about eight inches worth after most of the season's snow had melted, as did this snow a few days…

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Vermont April 5 Hands Off! Rally
Demonstrators at a 50501 Trump protest on April 5, 2025, at the Vermont State House in Montpelier, VT, USA.

Vermont April 5 Hands Off! Rally

The big crowd that filled the Vermont State House lawn for the April 5 Hands Off!/50501 rally. Click here for a gallery.

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