The way I see it,  you turn fifty and you have only two choices.  You can buy into middle age and prepare for that gradual decline of…everything.  OR…you do what you can to fight the common wisdom and make however long you’re given…whether a week, a month, or thirty years…as productive and active as possible.  [...]

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Open Letter to First Lady Michelle Obama Dear Michelle, I am a chef at an independent high school in Northern Vermont. Your work with the White House garden and promoting healthy food choices has been amazing. Presidential food influences have historically meant penchants for jellybeans and Big Macs™, unease with grocery stores, vegetables, and scallops, [...]

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…and biggest ever Stars & Stripes Festival continues as of this posting (around 7:30 PM EDT Saturday) with the street dance.  Started by the Lyndon State College Foundation, the Lyndon Area Chamber of Commerce took over three years ago, and much like the chamber, the festival continues to grow and grow.  The parade began with [...]

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This is a reference to the post just below. Too bad, because it was a thing of beauty. In the meantime… Eat, sing, lean!! Happy Passover.

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Corporate Agribusiness doesn’t give a damn about you.  They prove this with every recall, with every outbreak of botulism, every time a slaughterhouse gets fined and keeps doing what it does. The movie FOOD, INC. is being shown at Lyndon State College on Saturday night at 8:00 PM.  There is no charge.  It’s being presented [...]

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“The turkey, slain, slowly cooked over our gas or electric fires, is the central figure at our holy feast. It is the totem animal that brings our tribe together. And because it is an awkward, intractable creature, the serving of it establishes and reinforces the tribal hierarchy. There are but two legs, two wings, a [...]

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Yes, we have liquor in the studio on occasion.   When we have our Halloween and Christmas parties (coming soon!), bottles of Champagne (or at least sparkling wine) and Kahlua show up.  Some linger. We’re unsure if it’s legal, but the FCC hasn’t busted us yet so we’ll continue. Just to our north, Ric Peterson, the [...]

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The Dark Clown Jingo just completed a one-night stand at Catamount Arts  in St. Johnsbury as part of the Belly Dance Circus. The crowd was standing room, the show was wicked, the After Party is still going on.  He sent us this note…  I’m looking for a new rickshaw driver. Young Kyle is no longer [...]

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Chris Johansen is one of those people that gets things done, and due in great part to his efforts, Aquafest in Newport is revitalized and BIG.  There are a ton of events, live music, Civil War re-enactments, great food and of course, the famous Bed Race on Sunday morning on Main Street in Downtown Newport. [...]

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