Jessie Raymond
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Jessie Raymond: Doing my best not to spit on you
Call me a whiner, but I don’t like having to wear a mask in public. Since I rarely leave the house now — once a week or when…
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Jessie Raymond: Just ask me, the expert gardener
This year, the state of the world demands that I grow an impressive vegetable garden. It would be a first. But producing vast quantities of home-grown food has…
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Jessie Raymond: No longer wallowing in others’ germs
Welcome to the new normal. Are we having fun yet? Vermont is more than a week into the governor’s “Stay Home, Stay Safe” order to minimize the spread…
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Jessie Raymond: Is there really a lighter side to a pandemic?
Perhaps you’ve been wondering, as I have, about the protocol for writing a humor column during a pandemic. I couldn’t find an official ruling, so I’m working on…
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Jessie Raymond: Using your noodle to make pasta
I’ve always loved pasta. But now that I’ve started making my own from scratch, I’m convinced it’s the best food on earth. I can’t get enough of it.…
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Jessie Raymond: Painted into a Christmas corner
When it comes to Christmas, my husband Mark always wins. He’s just a more thoughtful gift giver than I am. I hate that. I wanted Christmas 2019 to…
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Jessie Raymond: Counting on befriending crows
A few years ago, I read about a little girl in the UK who had made friends with the crows in her yard. Noting that they picked up…
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Jessie Raymond: Tempting fate — and stomach bug
In December, rumor had it that an intense stomach bug was leveling large swaths of Addison County residents with a double whammy of upper and lower GI distress.…
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Jessie Raymond: Kitchen finally seeing the light
“Bake fish until it begins to turn from translucent to opaque.” This is the kind of cooking direction that was lost on me until last week, when we…
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Jessie Raymond: Coffee’s key quality? Availability
I’ll never forget a couple of years ago when I was thrown out of a fancy indie coffee house for asking — at 3 p.m. — if they…
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Jessie Raymond: Decorating never goes on vacation
When I joined an online group dedicated to home decorating, I hoped to be inspired by other people’s ideas. Mostly, I just feel like an outsider. I’m learning…
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Jessie Raymond: Familiarity doesn’t breed contempt
It started like a meet-cute setup from a romantic comedy: Twenty-seven years ago, after work one day, a lonely young man named Mark and his big brother Fred…
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Jessie Raymond: Bring on the tears
You might not know it to look at me, but I’m a crier. Show me a touching video or play me a sad song, and I’m a blubbering…
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Jessie Raymond: Efficiently stitching the fabric of life
As a freshman in college back in 1986, I bought a $75 used sewing machine so I could make throw pillows for my dorm bed. Really, I did.…
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Jessie Raymond: Am I an introvert?
I’m a people person. Really. So when a friend suggested last week that I might, in fact, be an introvert, I sought out an expert opinion. Kind of.…
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Jessie Raymond: This country homesteader can’t
It’s harvest season, and boy, am I exhausted. I’ve really only picked some apples out back and brought in a few loads of tomatoes from the garden. But…