Break dancing at the ECHO Center

A rainy day with kids in Burlington, Vermont

The weather went from bad to dismal; rain all night and more this morning. The house smells like mildew and our bed feels like a wrung-out sponge. Surveying the sky, we decided to head for Burlington without even bothering to bring out bikes (usually …

Calf at the Billings Farm Musem

Conservation in all its forms: Woodstock, Vermont with kids

One of the reasons that I love coming to Vermont is that it is both a living place, where people continue to use the land, and a place where natural beauty has been protected and fostered for a long time. Much of it is genuinely unspoiled. How this …