Missing the Marathon
For several years on the Sunday before Memorial Day my wife and I ran the marathon in Burlington. I haven't run it since 2002. It happened this past Sunday and I keep bumping into people... More »
For several years on the Sunday before Memorial Day my wife and I ran the marathon in Burlington. I haven't run it since 2002. It happened this past Sunday and I keep bumping into people... More »
A while back I wrote about Dinky Donuts , a company in Burlington that makes fresh donuts and delivers them (read more in my second post on the topic here ). They have no store front. ... More »
We took a short walk this evening in the dark. The children wanted to explore with flashlights. So we suited up for the ten degree cold and looked at the sky. I pointed out Orion,... More »
From Yesterday's Burlington Free Press : Generally around this time, merchants keep a close eye on items like shaving cream, eggs and tomatoes, that tend to do the most damage. A child buying cartons of... More »
Thunder rumbles from the south. The radar map, recently viewed, shows it may slam us. We might get wet. I was just sitting outside. Lightning jumped between clouds. The thunder keeps getting louder. We might... More »
When I was in college I had a show called Blues in the Basement. Today was the kind of day when I enjoyed being at the station. I played blues for a couple of hours,... More »
1. A sign in the Burlington, Vermont airport, at the entrance to the security screening: "To protect our health, please do not use your mouth to hold your documents." 2. The man behind me at... More »
How much has the war in Iraq cost us? Here is a handy tool to help answer that question: The War in Iraq Cost Estimator is a project of the National Priorities Project. This... More »