What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire

The trains have been way better. At least as judged by the clock…
The North-South train that brought us to New England a month ago was way late…five hours so. But since we’ve been in NE, the trains have run much more on time. Both the Vermonter and the Pennsylvanian have had a […]

Maybe it was the full moon. Maybe it was the warm weather. Maybe the Rolling Stones were in town. Maybe we were competing with some staged public battle between a local Named-After-An-Almost-Extinct-Wild-Animal sports team and a from-far-away Named-After-An-Almost-Extinct-Wild-Animal sports team. Maybe it was the fact that […]

I woke up afraid. I recalled a dream in which I saw myself acting in a way that could be labeled “hysterical.” I woke up feeling ashamed and humiliated, afraid of being labeled overemotional, dramatic, maudlin.
Of course I’m afraid of that. It is rare in this culture that the […]

Leaving Vermont, we headed south into Massachusetts, to meet with some of the people who had attended our screenings in Northampton and Amherst, for a follow-up potluck and circle. Jim and Torie again played host and organizer, giving us a comfortable place to sleep and bringing together a wonderful group for further discussion and […]

A few more days in Vermont gave us time for more long walks and more email, dinner in Montpelier and breakfast in Pittsfield, meteor watching on a clear, cold night and house hunting on a beautiful, warm day, and some sweet hang time with Annabelle and Robert. The cool nights and beautiful days feel […]