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Monthly Archives: July 2014
The view from the Champlain Bridge
Earlier this month, I stood alone in the center of the Champlain Bridge. I had ridden there on my bike from my home in Lincoln, Vermont and I gazed for a long while at the lake and the Adirondacks and … Continue reading
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Building a better mousetrap? (It won’t be a cat.)
Earlier this month, my wife and I were awakened by a mouse. . .in our bed. On my pillow. In truth, it might actually have been the cat that woke us up. Hard to say, in hindsight. She brought the … Continue reading
In Vermont, “Hair” is not just a musical
Last month I had to endure a lot of manscaping jokes. Friends of mine who are not lucky enough to live here in the 802 — Vermont — kept bringing up the American Time Use Survey from the Bureau of … Continue reading
Five novel narrators who broke my heart
This month Goodreads asked me to pick a few books I liked that, for whatever the reason, I grouped together in my mind. I picked narrators who broke my heart. Here is the Goodreads introduction and my five picks. It … Continue reading
As Heather O’Rourke put it in POLTERGEIST, “They’re here.”
July 8, 2014 Dear Friends Who Read and Readers Who are Friends, As Heather O’Rourke said in “Poltergeist,” that classic multiplex confection from 1982, “They’re here.” In this case, of course, I mean books. Or, to be very precise, my … Continue reading
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Free as a bird? Yes, thanks to a wildlife rehabber.
Any day now, a little grackle is going to lift from Julianna Parker’s hands in her backyard in Addison, Vermont and fly away, its long black tail creased in the center into a small V. The creature probably won’t be … Continue reading
A19th-century poet, a 21st-century meltdown, and my new novel
“If you need any proof that fiction can scare us, move us, and break our hearts simultaneously – look no further.” – Jodi Picoult July 2, 2014 Dear Friends Who Read and Readers Who are Friends, I hope your summers … Continue reading
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