Hundreds of students from around Vermont gathered at the State House on April 14 for Youth Lobby’s 2023 Rally for the Planet, calling on Vermont legislators to address climate change. Click on the headline or […]
Up & Over: Spruce Peak to Smugglers Notch and Back
A good day’s work in beautiful spring conditions: Alpine touring up to the top of Spruce Peak in Stowe on April 10, over Sterling Pond, and down to the Smugglers Notch base in Jeffersonville. And […]
2023 Craftsbury Super Tour & Club Relays
University of Utah teammates celebrate their win in the mixed relay at the 2023 Henchey Memorial US Super Tour Finals and Toyota US Cross Country Ski Championships at Craftsbury Outdoor Center, Craftsbury, VT, USA, in […]
Paddling Out of Winter
It was technically still winter on Saturday morning and there was plenty of snow around, but that didn’t stop Richmond Scott from launching his stand-up paddle board in the North Branch of the Winooski River […]
50-K & 30-K Planica Galleries Are Up
I have finally posted the galleries from the men’s 50-kilometer and women’s 30-kilometer races at the world nordic championships in Planica, Slovenia. For reasons known only to WordPress, to see them you have to click […]
Phantom Valentines
The annual attack of the Valentine Phantom struck Montpelier again this week. This year’s onslaught of hearts included a cameo by Bernie Sanders and support for Ukraine. And the perpetrator or perpetrators once again disappeared, […]
Climate Change March
Last Sunday (February 11) hundreds of people marched from Montpelier’s City Hall to the State House calling for action to address climate change. Organized by 350Vermont and 30 other groups, the demonstrators called for in-state […]
Winter Toss
Case Phinney, above (very), goes flying at the annual Montpelier, VT, celebration of winter known as Ice on Fire. The blanket toss, based on the Inuit method, was the most dramatic part of the event. […]
Pictures of the Year 2022
I’ve compiled some of what I consider my best photos from 2022, from the overturning of Roe v. Wade to the Lake Memphremagog Winter Swim and a lot more. Take a look! To see the […]
The World Comes to Lake Placid
Beautiful winter day in the Adirondacks Sunday for the continuing World University Winter Games in Lake Placid (Jan 12-22). Competitors from around the world in just about every winter sport, from curling to skating, hockey, […]
Picking Up the Pieces
They called it a historic bomb cyclone, and the storm that hit Vermont Friday, Dec. 23, lived up to its name. It tore down trees and branches all over the state, especially in central Vermont, […]
Sun Dog Symphony
Morning sun and ice crystals floating in the air created this sight at Sugarbush, VT, Monday morning. I don’t know what this phenomenon is called: multiple sun dogs with a big rainbow is the best […]
Susquehanna Foliage Season
Turns out that places other than New England have fall foliage. Like the Susquehanna River valley in central Pennsylvania. I happened to be there at the absolute peak in late October. None of the reds […]
New Farms for New Americans
Belated Thanksgiving post: I had the pleasure last summer of photographing immigrants in the New Farms for New Americans program in Burlington for the Vermont Almanac. On a beautiful August evening new Vermonters from places […]
The Joy of Pavement (Without Cars)
Unless you’ve been reading the local papers, you don’t know about the long and painful process over the past summer of paving the County Road, the main drag from Montpelier, VT, to the bucolic hills […]