I’m happy to say that one of my favorite photos—the leaders of the men’s 50-kilometer classic race skiing the course during the 2023 FIS World Nordic Championships in Planica, Slovenia, with the Julian Alps as […]
Hadestown Homecoming
Ben Matchstick, left, holding flower, and Anais Mitchell, with microphone, co-creators of the award-winning Hadestown musical, delighted cast and audience by attending the January 31 performance of Hadestown (Teen Edition) at U-32 High School in […]
Vermont Trump Protests
Hundreds gathered at the Vermont State House in Montpelier February 5 and on Presidents’ Day, February 17, to protest the policies of the Trump administration as part of the 50 States (50501) demonstrations. Here are […]
Craftsbury’s 2025 Ski Marathons
The return of ski racing, in the form of the Craftsbury, VT, skate and classic marathons on January 25 and 26. Click here for galleries from each event.
Spice on Snow
Images from the Spice on Snow winter music festival organized by Montpelier Alive and the Summit School of Traditional Music and Culture, the renewal of the event after the devastating flood of July, 2023. Events […]
Martin Luther King Jr. Concert
A few images from the sold-out Martin Luther King Jr. concert at the Montpelier, VT, City Hall Sunday night, January 19, with the Montpelier Community Gospel Choir, Shidaa Projects African drumming and dance, the Montpelier […]
2024: The Year in Pictures
I seem to have fallen behind on blog posts, but I have made up for it! Please click here take a look at 2024, The Year in Pictures, from my vantage point(s). Don’t forget to […]
On the March to Hannaford
Migrant workers from around Vermont and elsewhere in New England gathered for an annual soccer tournament organized by Migrant Justice at Leddy Park in Burlington in July. They took a mid-tournament break to march to […]
Cleaning Up the Mess
In Plainfield and Barre the cleanup from the Flood of 2024 began. Twenty days later another flood devastated towns in the northern part of the state, the Northeast Kingdom. And it’s early in the […]
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 of the Winooski River, undermined […]
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 1968. Below, representation of the […]
Charging Across the Country
Gassing up the Musk-mobile at the truckstop and Punjabi diner in Foss, Oklahoma. Well, just cleaning the windshield using the water bins at the gas pumps. For the past three weeks we’ve been driving cross […]
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 total solar eclipse. Miraculously, it […]
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, braving such dangers as a […]
Fresh Rolls for a Nickel at The Manghis’
There’s only one place that I know of where a kid can buy a freshly baked roll for a nickel, and that’s The Manghi’s Bread in Montpelier, VT. Kids have been taking advantage of this […]