sports column
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Matthew Dickerson: Appreciation and exploitation of nature, Part 1: Sacrifice
Near the start of the J.R.R. Tolkien’s three-volume novel “The Lord of the Rings,” the hero Frodo Baggins makes a statement with profound philosophical, moral and environmental implications.
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Karl Lindholm: Of jump shots and heroes
I’m so old, I predate the jump shot.
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Matthew Dickerson: The evolution of a Nordic adventure
It was almost 30 years ago, during the winter of 1992-1993, that I began the adventure of pulling a child behind through the woods on snow while cross-country…
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Matthew Dickerson: The delight of one outdoor chore
The temperature is in the low teens. My chainsaw hums smoothly. The machine likes this temperature. I stand in six inches of snow next to a huge old…
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Karl Lindholm: Who is Art Pepin — to me?
Art Pepin had a big personality, was affable in the extreme: a raconteur; a crooner — he loved to sing and recite whole poems from memory (Frost’s “Birches,”…
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Karl Lindholm: Kitty, Tony, Minnie, Gil, Bud & Buck: About time!
We now have a Vermonter in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
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Matthew Dickerson: Ode to snow (and an outdoor center)
My wife and I bought our seasons passes for the Rikert Nordic Center today. In truth, it was more of a step of hope than one based on…
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Karl Lindholm: Midd hoop: Here we go again
When the note came across my computer that the college was shutting down early for the holiday break, the Thursday before the last day of classes and the…
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Matthew Dickerson: Wilderness survival not always the toughest test
The idea of wilderness survival is certainly appealing to me, mostly because wilderness itself is appealing.
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Karl Lindholm: Remember me now: Ken Burton
There have been many great athletes from Middlebury Union High School over the decades, and Ken Burton has to be in the very top tier.
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Matthew Dickerson: Local, free-range, and antibiotic-free
“Any luck?” It’s a common question one hears when fishing. I’m sure I’ve asked it as often as I’ve heard it.
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Karl Lindholm: Caroline Leary Dowd – a free spirit and fierce competitor
Heart. Determination. Relentlessness. Effort. Caroline Leary Dowd, class of 1992 at Middlebury College, had all these capabilities in abundance.
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Matthew Dickerson: Of lost ice and changing seasons
I don’t remember the exact year when I first drilled holes in the ice and set up tip-ups, beginning a longstanding tradition of ice fishing in Maine the…
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Karl Lindholm: Saward’s remarkable ‘coaching tree’
What is perhaps most striking about Dave Saward’s soccer career is his “coaching tree,” that is, the extraordinary number of his players who have decided to pursue a…
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Matthew Dickerson: Ducks on a pond, and other memories
We parked the Jeep on the edge of the old unmaintained Class VI road running through the town forest.
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Karl Lindholm: Dave Morey: ‘Middlebury’s Miracle Mentor’
Nine years before his crowning achievement at Bates, Dave Morey’s Middlebury team “defeated” the other national powerhouse, Harvard, 6-6, before 25,000 fans in Harvard Stadium.