Gates Reopened

While the rest of the country is reveling in the early days of spring, up here we’re still held quite firmly within winter’s clutches. Case in point, on Friday night we went from this… To this… Fortunately my …

Bookings & Borderlines

I know some of you will understand what I’m talking about when I say that earlier this week, my Friday was shaping up to be the harbinger of a long weekend. My only meetings were blocked time for …

Daphne. Is. Great.

That’s been one of Daph’s favorite sentences to spell out on her talker of late, and can’t say as I disagree. So I thought I’d go through a few of the things that’s she’s been doing amazingly well, …

Drops to Drink

I wasn’t kidding yesterday when I mentioned that the snowmelt was a thing right now… The Mighty Passumpsic wasn’t far from overflowing its banks yesterday. And, as you saw, the mud going up and down our hill was …

Tip of the Mudberg

What a change. A week ago today, everything looked like this: As of this morning, it all looks very different out there. Oh hey! There’s the extension cord! But when you’re talking about 2.5′ of snow that’s been …

Sociable

As we approach another weekend, and also begin our climb out of the doldrums of a long winter, I’m reminded of how generally solitary we are up here. Now on the one hand, this is a fantastic thing …