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Addison County Fair and Field Days
08.08.2003
Tonight we tested the better half 's newly acquired vegan principles in the crucible of the Addison County Fair and Field Days , the local summer agricultural fair, where every animal on display is also conveniently available served hot on a kaiser roll. Winner: Fair and Field Days, by a margin of…


Rain
07.27.2003
The monsoon has arrived in Vermont, and it's in no hurry to leave us. The college (which lies between this site and the Internet) has lost power twice in a little more than a week - once from downed power lines, once from a blown transformer, both times the fault of powerful windstorms. The tomatoes in the garden have swollen to the size of basketballs, but their color is an unhealthy frog-be…


Angus King's Road Trip
01.07.2003
If you run a weblog using Movable Type, I have a small favor to ask of you. --- This is the worst time of year for a lot of people in New England; even though the days are getting fractionally longer, for some reason it\'s in mid-January that the seasonal blues kick in the hardest. Part of it is having to drive home from work well after dark, with …


Deep Freeze
01.14.2003
It is five degrees below zero this morning, but according to the weather site it "feels like -13". I don't want to know what -13 feels like (I have a strong suspicion it doesn't feel good), but I have to go start the car. The car is of a certain age and takes almost as long as I do to get ready for work. Out the window I can see huge billows of white steam coming out of my wallet - I m…


Spring
05.10.2003
Spring in Vermont - such a carnival! It feels like every plant, animal, and insect just got let out of prison, and is madly making up for lost time. It's also the time of year when the days get palpably longer, and already dusk stretches out towards nine o'clock. Spring is Vermont's underhanded way of trying to make me forget about the winter, but I won't be suckered. I still have those…


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