Monthly Archives: January 2011

You know it’s cold when a cold snap is news in Vermont. This past Monday morning it was 28 degrees below zero on my front porch here in Lincoln. This is still a far cry from the minus 40 degrees … Continue reading →

Just about thirteen months ago, I was sipping a mimosa and watching 800 pounds of explosives blow up the Lake Champlain Bridge between Addison, Vt. and Crown Point, N.Y. It was a good combination: Booze and pyrotechnics, the sort of … Continue reading →

The first sign that my wife was feeling a little pressure was the email I got from zappos.com. For those of you who have been living on the Nikumaroro atoll in the Pacific Ocean where Amelia Earhart may have ditched … Continue reading →

A couple of years ago, I was sitting in my car in the Rite Aid parking lot on Cherry Street in Burlington, waiting for my daughter to finish an evening rehearsal for a Lyric Theatre production she was in. I … Continue reading →

Last month, William J. Broad reported in an absolutely terrific story in the “New York Times” that the United States government has important new guidelines on how people can best survive a nuclear attack. The recommendations? Stay inside. Stay inside … Continue reading →