Letter to the editor: His kitchen offers a window on majesty of nature

First is the back yard, with a blue heron walking through, rarely, and lots of birds on the feeder that is suspended from a wire.

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)

It is too bad that our news media doesn’t read German. The AfD is the extreme right wing political group that is trying to take over Germany; their name translates to The Alternatives for Germany. Their writings are on our internet, and available here, if … (read more)

Now we can have more fun, not only counting Trump’s profuse lies, but now counting more ways he screws up our once great nation. He has mentioned several ways, like stopping government programs that help millions, and putting those people out of work, too … (read more)

The numbers show that voting for third party candidates help one of the two major candidates, leaving the third party candidate far in the dust. This helps the least desirable candidate, of the two from the major parties.

Seems that some businesses don’t want to hear from us if we don’t have a cell phone or at least a computer. Try to look up some businesses in the phone book and they don’t exist. Sure, it cost a business money, a few dollars for a listing in the phone boo … (read more)

Usually heads of state and armed forces and such have limited immunity. The story of Hornblower, who commanded wooden ships in the Napoleonic Wars of around 1814, had a run-in since people accused him of destroying their property. But he was immune as a c … (read more)

Germany got Hitler by popular vote, almost 100 years ago.

Have you noticed how car makers have a new way to get more money from customers? They use parts that corrode more and need replacement.

I am still waiting to hear why so many hold Trump in a positive way. Listing bad things about him is easy as he has done so many things that hurt this nation.

I am wondering if the rest of the world is laughing  hard or afraid of what this once great nation is turning into.

I wish the person who left a small tool battery and charger on top of my new heat pump would come and get it.

I was cutting some branches into firewood. Cut lilac has a nice smell, so I took some inside and set it on the kitchen table.

When I was young, over 70 years ago, everyone knew that turning down the heat at night made sleeping more comfortable. And it used less fuel.

So many times we follow a storm track from west and south on storm tracking radar that seems centered on Bristol. But as the storm leaves Albany it splits, some north to Burlington and some south of Middlebury.