I had the experience, some thirty years ago, of sharing a canoe in the Canadian Arctic with a delightful child psychiatrist. Naturally, we talked all day long — of shoes and ships and sealing wax, I suppose — and I remember a few of the things I learned. ... See more
EAST MONTPELIER – I’m writing this before this year’s State of the Union speech. As an old hand at backstage preparations, I can well imagine the excitement currently infusing whatever passes for a green room wherever the president is getting ready for hi... See more
The other day — a cold one, which means it was sunny — I glanced out a southside front window at the bird feeder to see who was there. The yard beyond the porch lay about a foot deep in snow, smooth and white all the way down to the big steel sculpture an... See more
by Willem Lange EAST MONTPELIER – The so-called Founding Fathers of the United States of America were far from perfect. Compromised by various interests as they were, however, they were more aware of the various imperfections of the human character than m... See more
The other day — a cold one, which means it was sunny — I glanced out a southside front window at the bird feeder to see who was there. The yard beyond the porch lay about a foot deep in snow, smooth and white all the way down to the big steel sculpture an... See more
