Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley knew that snow was important — so important that he made a life’s work out of photographing one flake at a time. “Under the microscope,” Bentley wrote, “I found that snowflakes were miracles of beauty.” Bentley isn’t the only one whose occupation centered on snow; nor was he the only one for […]

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A gossamer shawl of iron lace floating in midair: The “Rattling Bridge” between New Haven and Weybridge spans Vermont’s history, bridging the agricultural landscape to the automobile age. Built in 1908, this 148-foot long Double-Intersection Warren Through-Truss is made of forged low-carbon steel (colloquially called wrought iron). It assembled in the then-new method of riveting […]

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I love growing veggies. Don’t really care what kind, I just enjoy planting seeds, tending them and harvesting the crop. For several years we grew a little more than we needed for the winter. Corn, beans, potatoes, peas, pumpkins and squash were the majority of what was planted. That’s what we ate and put up […]

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On and off all summer long a skunk has been knocking over my trash and spreading it around. Not the worst thing that can happen in Vermont, I guess.

On October 4, I could smell “skunk” inside my building. Not good. I did a little research to determine if he/she is living under the […]

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