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A Good List
(Homage to Lorenz Hart)
Some nights, can’t sleep, I draw up a list,
Of everything I’ve never done wrong.
To look at me now, you might insist
My list could hardly be long,
But I’ve stolen no gnomes from my neighbor’s yard,
Nor struck his dog, backing out my car.
Never ate my way up and down the Loire
On a [...]

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Odd to have the snow almost completely gone this early.  In years past, we would find Mud Season to be in its full fury right about now.  But sunny skies and 50F temperatures are wonderful and although it will take a few more weeks before we really begin to green up, this glimpse of the [...]

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Last year, a group called the Council on the Future of Vermont traveled the state, holding community forums and gathering feedback.  After dozens of meetings, the council has just released its report, “Imagining Vermont: Values and Vision for the Future.”
On Thursday morning, Project Manager Sarah Waring joined us from Montpelier to tell us what she’s [...]

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Things make less sense than ever here.  When the bubble burst, one of it’s biggest explosions was over this scam lovers’ peninsula.  The radio dial is filled with non-stop talk about foreclosures, and how YOU can make money on others’ misfortune! and which Gold & Diamond buyer will give you MORE money for your estate [...]

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Voices
Imagined voices, and beloved, too,
of those who died, or of those who are
lost unto us like the dead.
Sometimes in our dreams they speak to us;
sometimes in its thought the mind will hear them.
And with their sound for a moment there return
sounds from the first poetry of our life—
like music, in the night, far off, that [...]

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It’s a quiet weekend in Montreal.  Like New England, early April is transition time, and even with most of the snow gone, it’s a few more weeks before things pick up and it will truly feel like spring.
Most of the crowd in town Friday night were hovering around the Bell Centre.  No, it’s not a [...]

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We haven’t spent much time focused on the legislature, but this morning, we got Senate President Pro Tem Shumlin to check in.  There was a brief break at the beginning of our chat as he had to make a roll call vote, but then we started talking about the economy, nuclear power and gay marriage.
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Brian Pickard is the founding genius behind “SLAYERS:  THE UNDEAD VS. THE BRAINDEAD,” a homegrown Vermont Vampire movie now in pre-production in the Northeast Kingdom.  Brian stopped by the studios Wednesday morning to explain the project:
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Will the Northeast Kingdom become the next Hollywood?    Nahhh.  But with guys like Brian around, more efforts like this [...]

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