This is my blog, and I can brag if I want to: My baby climbed a mountain today. He walked one mile up the side of a mountain and then another mile back down. Last year Teddy was still a toddler in diapers who sat in a high chair to eat his meals. …
Signs of summer: Maple creemees at Maynard’s
August 4, 2008 5 reader comments
After days and days of rain, finally a nice day! We went for a ten-mile bike ride on the rec path in Stowe this morning and enjoyed ourselves thoroughly. Tommy had to ride through every puddle (as you can imagine there were a lot of them) and ended …
A rainy day with kids in Burlington, Vermont
August 3, 2008 3 reader comments
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 …
Conservation in all its forms: Woodstock, Vermont with kids
August 1, 2008 one reader comment
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 …
Ahhhh, Vermont
July 30, 2008 2 reader comments
We arrived in Vermont yesterday evening. Lest you wonder about my state of mind, here's what I wrote about our visit here when Tommy was one: Returning to Vermont does feel like going home for me. When I cross the border, something in my chest, a …
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