Visions of Renewal: Singing in the Dark

“A cherished aspect of this season for me has always been its songs.”

“One personal challenge for us politically engaged Boomers will also be to cultivate a measure of equanimity, in order to experience this concluding chapter of life with pleasure and gratitude.”

“How can we liberate ourselves from the mindset of winners and losers and cultivate a sense of common cause with our fellow citizens?”

“We in Vermont should cherish the immigrants to our state, including the migrant workers on our farms. Is there anyone who could deny their importance to Vermont’s agricultural economy?”

Patty Lewis’s well-researched and forceful letter in the Independent of last week explains the grave dangers posed by a policy of wide-scale deportation. Many undocumented residents, without whom our dairy industry and other aspects of our local economy w … (read more)

An educator, environmentalist, service-based teacher, acclaimed writer, former professor, ever-evolving musician and, as he believes he is and strives to be, a beginner. If you have been around Addison County for as long as he has, you’re probably familia … (read more)

When it comes to films and works of fiction, we often think in terms of character development. Did the main characters change? If so, how and why? We don’t always ask that of non-fiction. But we ought to.