Bats in the belfry? Nope, just the kitchen.
Earlier this month at the wildlife sanctuary that I call my house, I caught a bat under a plastic Tupperware layer cake cover....
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On the road again: The life that’s waiting
Last week a friend of mine asked me why I travel so much when I live in Vermont, a truly beautiful part of...
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It’s mid-July: Time to think rainbow
My basement right now looks like a dirt road after a monsoon in March. Most of it is usually a pretty dry dirt...
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No more teasers. No need. It’s here.
“The Light in the Ruins elucidates, haunts and raises moral quandaries… Bohjalian’s historical retelling is riveting…A memorable read.” — USA Today July 8,...
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Ashes to ashes: The last good-bye
After my mother died in 1995, my family and I sprinkled her ashes in the Gulf of Mexico. She had smoked the vast...
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My doomed romances — 20 love stories I savored
My new novel, THE LIGHT IN THE RUINS, began as a re-imagining of “Romeo and Juliet.” I was watching my daughter as one of...
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Young love? Never grows old.
Here is the definition of dogs in heat. Penny Lydecker, a female yellow lab, is locked safely inside her house on McIntosh Court...
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Hope is the tie rack with feathers
It wasn’t the worst Father’s Day present ever: Children everywhere have given their fathers gifts that are far more troubling. Exhibit A? Anything...
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Armenia, Untold Stories
In a Turkish town that had 10,000 Armenians, now there is only one
A woman I met last month in southeastern Turkey is going to die, probably sometime soon. Asiya’s death will not be covered by...
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It’s summer! Time to buckle up for redcoats and crummy joints!
Back in the day, we here in the Champlain Valley often made the redcoats’ lives hell – the breakfast brawl at Hubbardton notwithstanding....
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