Duck, Duck, Goose!

Duck, Duck, Goose!

      Out back, this time of year, we have a lovely pond. It’s really a large hole in the ground with a couple of picturesque boulders that fills up with snowmelt and run-off from the hills above. In the spring, this hole is filled with...
Vermont Fashion

Vermont Fashion

     It’s not an oxymoron to call what we wear here in Vermont “fashion”. All apparel can be in a sense called “fashion”, and almost everywhere around the world, people wear clothes, so, fashion is everywhere! (This...
Drivers Wanted

Drivers Wanted

     If you could indulge in just one rich-people’s perk, a luxury without cost or bad karma, what would it be? For me, it would be a car and driver, hands down. A daily massage would be my second choice, although if I had a car and driver, I...
I ‘Heart’ VT

I ‘Heart’ VT

     The 10th anniversary of 9/11 has come & gone, marked this year with admirable restraint from the fear-mongering politicians who turned the attacks into their justifications for denying our civil liberties and going to war. I don’t think I...
Totally, Locally

Totally, Locally

      Yesterday, the Garden Goddess Suzanne gave me two beautiful heads of Napa cabbage that I bet would go for $10 each in Whole Foods. She claimed that she has so many she’d give them to her chickens unless I took them. I had to save...
Pillow Talking about Irene

Pillow Talking about Irene

 On the Saturday of Irene, I posted a picture of this pillow, called The Eye of the Hurricane, on the ShapeShiftas’ Facebook page, with the caption, “This one’s for you, Irene.” I didn’t mean to be irreverant, and I hope it...