Ways of Seeing
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Ways of Seeing: The full range of life
The leaves are putting on their brilliant display and temperatures are falling and for me that means I transition from outside to inside work. I work outside all…
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History as a Way of Seeing
A few weeks ago, when I was teaching my students in my Southwest Borderlands class, I asked them to look at what historians call a primary source document,…
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Ways of Seeing: Communities are all around us
We’ve been doing some repairs to our house. On the side of the garage, we pulled off a rotted clapboard and discovered that the wood beneath it was…
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Ways of Seeing: Reflecting on knocking on doors
I recently found myself doing something I had hoped to avoid. The new administration convinced me to join Democrats canvassing in Florida, where I spend winters. It would…
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The heart of the community is care
Community is important. And it’s okay to ask for help.
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Ways of Seeing: Airport rote
“I hadn’t thought of this rote method for years—not until I was traveling home from Mongolia about 15 years ago.”
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Ways of Seeing: As always, change is coming; make a plan
“For now, I will appreciate the inevitable transition from summer to fall.”
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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.”
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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.”
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Ways of Seeing: Raise your voice at the ballot box
“Every decision about leadership counts.”
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Ways of Seeing: Dear Vermont
“Summer nights like these are about being self-indulgent.”
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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.
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Ways of Seeing: Refilling the joy coffers
“Immigration officials and law enforcement are participating in atrocities every day.”
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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.
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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.”
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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?”