Monthly Archives: August 2015

A great teacher sees the promise of September

Posted on August 30, 2015 by chrisbohjalian

The back-to-school sales fliers started arriving in our mailboxes back around the 4th of July, the scariest mail of the summer for students and teachers alike. And now the moment has arrived: for much of the world, classes have resumed. … Continue reading →

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A Ferris wheel is still food for the soul

Posted on August 23, 2015 by chrisbohjalian

A couple of years ago, Chris Ashby, director of operations at the Champlain Valley Exposition, saw three boys peering longingly through a fence at the Champlain Valley Fair. He guessed the kids were 8 or 9 years old. On the … Continue reading →

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A little too much like life: Aging and the approaching end to Idyll Banter

Posted on August 16, 2015 by chrisbohjalian

  In one of the last weeks of my father’s life — though we had no idea at the time that he would be leaving us shortly as a result of a burst blood vessel in his brain — he … Continue reading →

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To understand Vermont, look to Georgia. . .the dog.

Posted on August 9, 2015 by chrisbohjalian

If you really want to understand Vermont, spend a little time with Georgia. Georgia is a 65-pound pit bull and chocolate Lab mix — a classic rescue mutt — with a wattle under her neck that could double as a … Continue reading →

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Let’s hope Cecil the lion was not slaughtered for naught

Posted on August 2, 2015 by chrisbohjalian

It was well over 200 years ago now that Jeremy Bentham asked about animals, “The question is not, ‘Can they reason?’ nor ‘Can they talk?’ but ‘Can they suffer?’” It was a rhetorical question even then. Obviously animals can suffer; … Continue reading →

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