Staff Blog
Table Talk: The meat of the matter
A couple of Saturdays ago, my friend Kay and I pulled up to a squat brick structure off of a bumpy dirt road, still unsure that we’d managed to find the Neshobe Sportsman Club.
As soon as we climbed out of the car, though, I knew we’...
On the Ball: Playoff pairings out
On the Ball: Playoff seeds are out
OK, the Vermont Principals’ Association released field hockey and soccer pairings this afternoon, and there were few surprises. The VPA’s new in-season “Sports Rankings” – essentially division standings based on...
Notions: From Rendering to Reality
Thursday evening, I attended a lecture in the Johnson Memorial Building at Middlebury College by landscape architect Susannah Drake. A graduate of Dartmouth and the Harvard School of Design, Drake has since moved on to even more impressive...
On the Ball: Playoffs around the corner
On The Ball: Playoffs on tap
It seems like yesterday we were stifling in that 90-plus degree September heat wave, not bundling up and clutching cups of cocoa at football games.
But it’s true: Playoffs in high school boys’ and girls’ soccer and...
Notions: Theater costumes — so much drama.
Whenever I tell my friends that I have been helping out with costumes for the Town Hall Theater (THT), they immediately reference the popular mockumentary, “Waiting for Guffman.”
“Is it really that absurd?” they always want to know. And each...
Notions: Offbeat architect charms reporter
Even Plato had a sense of humor, I discovered recently, when interviewing Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus Professor of Philosophy Victor Nuovo earlier this week. The ancient Athenian philosopher was able to laugh at himself in that charming,...
Middlebury Trailrunner: The wreckage formerly known as the Blue Bed House
In the late 1980′s a popular “out of bounds” ski tour from the Rikert Touring Center at Breadloaf included an abandoned homestead which people referred to as “The Blue Bed House”. Mind you, there was never a blue bed...
Table Talk: Ciderfest
By the time my friends and I arrived at Ciderfest on Saturday, the tent was already smoky with hamburgers cooking on the grill, attendees wandering contentedly while Run Mountain played in the background.
I’d been a little doubtful about...
Notes from the Border: Apple trees and cellar holds
Apple trees outlast cellar holes. In fact, one of the best ways to discover an old house’s laid stone foundation as you hike through the now heavily wooded landscape of Vermont is to happen upon an ancient apple tree, still blossoming and...
Notions: When I have fears...about fall foliage?
Perhaps it’s the English major in me, but I’ve been having these strange, semi-subliminal (is that oxymoronic?) moments ever since autumn set in and pastoral beauty began reigning supreme in all its multi-colored glory. I have...