Time has a strange way of sneaking up on you. A year ago, toilet paper, cleaning supplies and hand sanitizer were in short supply. Groceries flew off the shelves. Businesses were shuttered; schools transitioned to remote learning; museums and theaters were closed.…
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Here we are again. Soon it’s going to start getting dark at 3 p.m. The good news, or inevitable news, is we have the winter holidays to give us some hope amid the darkness and the (shudder) snow and driving through it…
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It’s my favorite season!! OK, not yet, but hopefully it will be by the time you read this. Anyone else get ragey when it’s still 80 degrees in October? And I say this as someone who is perpetually cold. Seasons are meant…
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By Gena Mangiaratti, Vermont Country. I recently heard someone ask how everyone is enjoying their fall this summer. In early June, when I visited an open house event at Naulakha, “The Jungle Book” author Rudyard Kipling’s house in Dummerston, there was a…
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By Gena Mangiaratti, Vermont Country I recently realized I am among the many who claim their mood is not affected by the weather until suddenly winter ends (knock on wood) and my antidepressant apparently starts to kick in. Until then, I forget…
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By Gena Mangiaratti, Vermont Country As I write this, it is “fool’s spring,” a muddy reprieve from New England winter. As a person not designed for temperatures under 70 degrees Fahrenheit, I am blissfully hopeful it will extend into real spring. This…
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Every year, I wonder why we do Christmas and all the stress and preparation and finances required of it. Then the sun sets before I have worked up the courage to be a member of society, and I remember why: Christmas lights…
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By Noah Hoffenberg, Vermont Country I was raised in a Jewish home that also sported an annual Christmas tree, with lights and decorations, opening one present on Christmas Eve and the rest the next morning. My grandparents, all now gone, were never…
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By Noah Hoffenberg Vermont Country Magazine For my August vacation, I spent a week camping on Cape Cod. Problem was: No one told the ocean I was coming, and it was nowhere to be found. It was midmonth on a Monday, and…
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Editor’s note For this July-August edition of Vermont Country magazine, we really wanted to sell the sizzle that is the Green Mountain State in the summertime. To help you chill out a little, photojournalists Isabel Wissner and Kristopher Radder point out six…
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Beware the ides of false spring … it can get messy and pricey By Noah Hoffenberg Vermont Country More pasture than people. That’s Plainfield, Mass., a hilltown between home and work that I have driven through for years. On Feb. 23, 2018,…
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