Monthly Archives: June 2014

World Cup soccer no match for an outhouse race.

Posted on June 29, 2014 by chrisbohjalian

While a lot of the world has been focused on soccer the past couple of weeks, the serious sports aficionados have been gathering in Bristol, Vermont for the most extreme X Game there is: outhouse racing. This coming Friday morning … Continue reading →

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The day the kids came back to say thanks

Posted on June 22, 2014 by chrisbohjalian

An era came to an end here in Lincoln, Vermont this past Monday morning: Alice Leeds and Donna Woods dismissed their fifth and sixth graders for the last time ever. The pair has been teaching the small elementary school’s two … Continue reading →

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The full Bookpage Review of CLOSE YOUR EYES, HOLD HANDS

Posted on June 19, 2014 by chrisbohjalian

Dear Friends Who Read and Readers Who are Friends, Just in from Bookpage — their review of “Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands.” Here it is, below, in its entirety. A thousand thanks to Bookpage and to Karen Ann Cullotta. Color … Continue reading →

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The memories? Sometimes they’re in the mail.

Posted on June 15, 2014 by chrisbohjalian

About a year before my father died, when I was visiting him at his home in South Florida, I told him that I was going to the nearby Dunkin’ Donuts to use their wifi and do some work on my … Continue reading →

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A last chance to win a free advance copy of “Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands”

Posted on June 9, 2014 by chrisbohjalian

Greetings! “Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands” doesn’t go on sale for a month. The novel is the story of Emily Shepard, a young girl trying to survive on the streets of Burlington, Vermont after a cataclysmic meltdown at Vermont’s lone … Continue reading →

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Vermont in 1927? As ‘pawky’ as ever.

Posted on June 8, 2014 by chrisbohjalian

In the spring of 1927, “National Geographic” profiled the Green Mountain State. The Vermont that the magazine shared with the world was at once recognizably ours, expectedly anachronistic, and weirdly prophetic. Portland, Oregon reader Clifford Sagendorf mailed me the magazine … Continue reading →

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Nine lives is a lot — but not forever

Posted on June 1, 2014 by chrisbohjalian

My wife and I don’t have a lot of yard; our house sits on three-quarters of an acre. Moreover, a lot of that partial acre is taken up by the old horse barn that now serves as our garage and … Continue reading →

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