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“Snowflake” Bentley

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I posted this once before, but thought the weather forecast warranted running it again! Hope you don’t mind! When first married, my husband and I moved to Vermont from Chicago, motivated by an image of that state as...

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What is Darkness?

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While driving late one night between Woodstock and Harvard, it struck me how dark it seemed. Most house lights were out, so the landscape visible along Route 14 was dark. It was a new moon, so there was no moonlight from...

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Winter Control of Brush and Vines

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Some folks may think that with the onset of winter, we can stop thinking about invasive plants – after all, they aren’t growing in winter, right? Well, while we may not have to worry about them growing during...

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It’s fog season

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“The fog comes on little cat feet” wrote Illinois poet Carl Sandburg in 1916 as he watched the fog roll in at the Lake Michigan shore in Chicago. The next line, “It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and...

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Kale does not get my vote…

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Has this election cycle left you with a bad taste in your mouth? Well, at least no one’s making you eat kale. I’m a fan of eating seasonally fresh foods, but that has never included certain vegetables that are common this...

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