GUILFORD — I am surprised, and not pleasantly so, that the editors of this paper found Patience Merriman's comments regarding “disruptive protest” to be worthy of space in The Commons.
She speaks of Donald Trump as a “narcissistic bully” and of “the hateful agenda of the extreme right.” Do I detect just a hint of those very qualities in her vicious call to revolt?
True and effective reformers would be appalled at her lack of human decency.
Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...
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In a repeat performance from two years ago, Mother Nature has again deprived us of our locally-grown peaches and plums this summer. “We have no peaches or plums,” said Andrea Darrow, who owns Putney's Green Mountain Orchards with her family. Although it was a mild winter, the late freeze brought two days in April of 12 to 13 degrees, and “that does a number on” the peaches and plums, Darrow said. Dummerston's Scott Farm has no peaches this year, either,
I was strolling through the aisles of the local supermarket late one afternoon, when a sweet little girl, 4 or 5 years old, sitting in the front of her mother's cart yelled out in Arabic, “Hey! Grandma!” I'd never met the child, but of course I rolled right over there and said hello to her. She knew a little English, and she was thrilled to have me give her a smile and stop to talk. Her parents didn't feel that...
Yellow Barn's Summer Artist Residency concert series will be live-streamed from the Big Barn this season, starting July 10. Over the course of seven weeks, 18 resident musicians will explore 43 works of chamber music, each of which will be presented in a live stream concert. From July 10 to Aug. 9, 10 broadcasts will air on Yellow Barn's website at 7:30 p.m., and 2 p.m. the following day. The concerts will be 60 to 90 minutes in length, and...
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