JACKSONVILLE — Thanks, Meredith Anton, for writing such an honest and courageous essay describing things that I, too, struggle with daily.
It seems ever more confusing when trying to explain to growing children these things, the inexplicable - what to say and how to phrase it so as not to judge.
Up near my kitchen sink is the poem “The Peace of Wild Things” by Wendell Berry, and it does my heart some good.
I thank you for putting your voice out here. All the best to you in the new year.
Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
Steev Lynn works internationally, currently reporting on the civil war in Myanmar after a military...
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As the federal government works to come up with new rules for decommissioning nuclear plants like Vermont Yankee, U.S. Rep. Peter Welch can distill his hopes into two words. “We're trying to say over and over again - 'community involvement, community involvement, community involvement,'” said Welch, D-Vt. Welch doesn't believe the nuclear industry has the same goals. That's why he and 14 other federal lawmakers - including Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. - have sent a letter...
I have always believed that one of the basic laws of economics is that of supply and demand. We have come to expect that when demand is high, prices tend to rise and when demand is low, they may drop. That appears to be true for most items - except for gasoline in Windham County. While nationally, the price of gas has dropped significantly at the pump for the past two months, the prices at stations in this county have...
Main Street Arts presents the vocal group Windborne in concert on Sunday, Sept. 18. at 7 p.m. Internationally acclaimed, Windborne is known for the power and innovation of their arrangements, as well as their mastery of polyphonic music from a variety of cultures. Their musical knowledge spans many countries and styles, but they remain deeply rooted in American folk singing traditions. Cited by BBC Traveling Folk as,“the most exciting vocal group in a generation [...] subverting expectations and redefining the...
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