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The Sources of Fourth of July Pride in Vermont

The question on the sun-burned lips of Vermont-lovers everywhere will soon be “Where is the best place in Vermont to see the fireworks?” Answers vary depending on who you ask; each answer is correct. A more meaningful question might be …Read More

Celebrating the Great Outdoors – Indoors in Vermont

Few things are as pleasurable as sleeping outdoors in the early days of Vermont summer. A night under the stars can be magical and restorative…And buggy. Modern practitioners of the art of sleeping al fresco will tell you that the screened porch is civilization’s …Read More

Fly the Coop – Up to Addison County Vermont

The contemporary renaissance of healthy living and gourmet local foods has given wings to the revival of the backyard flock. More and more rural and not-so-rural families are rediscovering Vermont’s time-honored tradition of keeping chickens. And some are keeping them …Read More

Vermont Coops, CSAs and Farmer’s Markets

In Vermont, we are entering the season of really good food! The slow food movement takes hold in the winter, but now that green things are popping out of the earth, it’s time to eat fast food – right out …Read More

Moose on the Move in Vermont

There are few greater joys in Vermont than viewing wildlife from your own home. In the seventies this meant a TV dinner and a date with Marlin Perkins; in the Aughts (2000’s), this meant cozying up with a cup of …Read More

Unveiling the Secret Gardens of Addison County

A nickel tour of Pinterest will reveal hundreds of images of Secret Gardens. And why not? Few things are more romantic or mysterious. Who can forget Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden? But the secret is out, here in Addison …Read More

Temporary Shelter in the Wake of Irene: Another Vermont First

Part of a Vermont Realtor’s job is the accurate portrayal of beautiful properties in the best possible light. We do our work to educate our clients about our state and match their dreams to a location and a mortgage. So …Read More

Moonlight in Vermont, Willie Nelson and Music Festivals

From the Grateful Dead in Highgate to the Emerson String Quartet at Shelburne Farms to Grace Potter on Church Street, Vermont is the perfect place for a summer music festival and a perfect place for your next bongo lessons. Once …Read More

Monkton Vermont has its own flag

Monkton Vermont was chartered on June 24th, 1762. There are not many monks here, that we know of, instead the town is named after General Robert Monckton (1726-1782). A British Army officer and colonial administrator, Monckton’s distinguished military career in …Read More

National Poetry Month in Vermont

Any Vermonter lulled into a false sense of Spring by the unseasonably warm weather in March will agree with T.S. Eliot that ‘April is the cruelest month.’ That Vermonter might also agree that this month’s cruelty lead directly to the …Read More

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