Ways of Seeing: In an age of isolation, build a library

“We collaborate. We contribute. We restore old buildings and imagine new uses for them. We create partnerships that cross institutional lines.”

Ways of Seeing: These green hills and silver waters

“It is hard to describe how it feels to love a place with all your heart while feeling a strong pull away from it.”

Ways of Seeing: Raise your voice at the ballot box

“Every decision about leadership counts.”

Ways of Seeing: Dear Vermont

“Summer nights like these are about being self-indulgent.”

Ways of Seeing: Respect and porous borders builds a neighborhood

lice Leeds of Bristol taught in a variety of private and public schools and colleges for 40 years.

Ways of Seeing: Refilling the joy coffers

“Immigration officials and law enforcement are participating in atrocities every day.”

Ways of Seeing: What we miss in plain sight

I’m trying to open my eyes to what’s around us before there’s nothing much left to see.

Ways of Seeing: Building a Vermont our kids can afford

“We need to build more housing supply more efficiently to get prices down, and we need to give some a leg up.”

Ways of Seeing: Honor the meaning behind Independence Day

“Who are we as this vast and varying group of people, and what is most central to us as a nation?”

Ways of Seeing: The Purple Gazebo

The Purple gazebo was built over one hundred years ago for an orphanage in Shelburne.

Ways of Seeing: Considering the creemee

“A creemee evokes the whole experience, the sweltering summer weather, the cute stand, and an extra creamy treat with which simple soft serve could never compete.”

Ways of Seeing: Reframing loss

“Death of a loved one does not have to mean total loss.”

Ways of Seeing: Inch by Inch

Each time we help our neighbors, this lovely garden of democracy will indeed flourish.

Ways of seeing: Togetherness in dance, song and silence

“I’m a group person. Not the exclusive kind of cliques that offer an empty status, but rather those that welcome and encourage.”

Ways of Seeing: Other ideas are worth considering

In my courses, students explore important issues in the world and express their views on these pressing concerns. An important goal is to help them consider that their perspectives aren’t the only valid ones.

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