We Got Mud Season
It wasn't really a hard winter, but after early January, it consistently was moderately cold. So, apparently, the frost settled deeply into the dirt roads. The beauty of this mud…
Winter Retrospective
It's not really time for a winter retrospective (even though all the snow in the backyard is gone) because we know it's going to snow in April. But here goes.…
In the Bridge
I've been helping out the local weekly, The Bridge, with photos a bit this winter. These are all from a story by Will Lindner about the businesses that have sprung…
Winter Arrives
After a slow start, it suddenly snowed and winter was here, full-time, for now. Top and below, the Montpelier, VT, middle school cross-country team heads across a field on an…
All Quiet on the State House Front
Despite concerns about demonstrations in the wake of last week’s attack on the US Capitol, Vermont’s State House was practically deserted Sunday except for media and law enforcement. Police, reporters…
Winter Happening
As crazy as the rest of 2020, winter at the end of the year was happening slowly, in cold starts followed by fits of warm weather. Above, the colors of…
Stick Season
Stick Season: the interlude in Vermont between autumn and winter, when there are no leaves and no snow. But there are long, long shadows, peace, and a sense of anticipation…
Vermont Votes
Despite an early-season snowfall that iced up the backroads, despite COVID, and despite (or because of) Donald Trump, central Vermonters in Calais, East Montpelier and Montpelier pulled on their snow…
Lost Nation Roll
Clear and cool today for the first cross country ski race in the season of COVID, the New England Nordic Ski Association’s Lost Nation Roll at Craftsbury, VT, Outdoor Center.…
Sudden Peak
Maybe because of the drought, peak fall foliage in Vermont has come early this year. It's spectacular, but the dry, brittle leaves are coming down fast. These are from Albany…
Not too Late to Paddle
We've had some frosty nights, followed by summer-like weather, so the water temperature in Lake Champlain has plummeted into the low 60s, but it's still paddling season.
Apple Time
Apple time at Burtt's pick-your-own orchard, Cabot VT. Burtt's plants the trees in intensive rows, supported by cables, more like a vineyard than a traditional orchard, so the trees are…
NEOWISE Come, NEOWISE Go
About two miles up the road, there's a big hayfield that offers one of the best views in central Vermont. It was saved from development by the farm family that…
Down But Not Out
All was going well in the summer of COVID, but then I fell off a bridge on my mountain bike back on June 23, dislocating the heck out of my…
Light on the Lake
Lake Champlain never disappoints, whatever its mood. These are from Burlington's waterfront a few days before I broke my ankle.
Black Lives Matter, VT
Thousands attended a demonstration Sunday at the Vermont State House in Montpelier to protest the killings of people of color by police around the country. Click here for a full…