Vermont Memories: My Family’s Journey

Almost 7 decades ago, my father and mother bought a small horse barn on a dirt road from my Uncle Louie and Aunt Ann who lived across the way in West Rupert, Vermont. My uncle Louie, a NYC cop, left Brooklyn during the 1940’s and moved to Vermont because he did not like the left-leaning […]

Welcome Challenges

I recently moved and said goodbye to the garden I had cultivated for over 20 years to a bigger property with many challenges. I have spots of sun that I never had before and a hill that had to be cleared. For the patio planters, I filled them with perennials purchased from Beds and Borders […]

New Horizons

It is has been a year of many unexpected twists and turns. It is no surprise that I am the most comfortable in the northeast. My body and mind immediately relax when I am close to Vermont’s rolling hills, far-off green vistas, silver maples, birches, cold quarries and red barns. This month I found myself […]