Monthly Archives: March 2015

Perchance to dream – and then to write

Posted on March 29, 2015 by chrisbohjalian

I’m writing a novel about sleep, and so lately I’ve been trying to understand my dreams. A novel about sleep may sound like a yawn, but at the moment I’m finding it eye-opening. I’ve also been reading a bit of … Continue reading →

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Five years on the turd hockey team — and thriving

Posted on March 22, 2015 by chrisbohjalian

Not long ago, a reader stopped me on Church Street in Burlington, Vermont and asked, “Do your cats still play turd hockey?” I admitted that our five are a little older now, and have accepted the realities of age. “Now … Continue reading →

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March in Vermont? Here’s to mud in your eye!

Posted on March 16, 2015 by chrisbohjalian

Vermont has roughly 8,700 miles of dirt roads, according to the Vermont Agency of Transportation. That’s roughly 55 percent of our streets, highways, boulevards, courts, dead ends, avenues, and … roads. And this time of the year, that’s 8,700 miles … Continue reading →

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Time to lose a little sleep over our homeless teens

Posted on March 8, 2015 by chrisbohjalian

Mark Redmond had been trying – and failing – to get some sleep since ten-thirty at night. He was on the front lawn of the Unitarian Church at the north end of Burlington, Vermont’s Church Street, curled up in his … Continue reading →

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Town Meeting in Vermont: Only after Voting Do I Dive into Dessert

Posted on March 1, 2015 by chrisbohjalian

Every so often, politicians on the campaign trail will hold something they call a “town meeting.” They’ll round up a hundred of the locals and answer questions — though the questions tend to be carefully scripted and there are TV … Continue reading →

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