by Sue Schlabach | Jul 8, 2016 | Summer, Vermont
I drive by this alpine meadow near my house most days and see a shingled roof up there through the trees. I’ve been so curious about this cabin since glimpsing it for the first time last year. So a few weeks ago I was traveling past mid-morning on a weekday and...
by Sue Schlabach | Jun 5, 2013 | Artisanal Living, Eating and Cooking, Friendship, Natural World, Spring, Summer, Vermont
Saturday, June 1. Nearly 90 degrees. Humidity off the charts. Off to Julie’s pond with a group of friends, a feast, a gaggle of kids. Go through the gate, be sure to latch it. There are cows in this field that takes you to the pond. There is a bull. Walk...
by Sue Schlabach | Jul 16, 2012 | Holidays, Summer, Vermont
The town of Stafford, Vermont, holds one of our favorite parades of the year the weekend closest to the Fourth of July. Last Saturday rain threatened, but held off. And still a crowd formed around the green in Strafford’s upper village to see kilted men and...
by Sue Schlabach | Jul 13, 2012 | Summer, Vermont
No matter how cold the water is, my daughter will always jump in. I admire that quality in kids. This weekend it will be sweltering hot and we’ll be camping on a lake. I plan to take a tip from the youngsters and make the leap without dipping a toe.
by Sue Schlabach | Jun 20, 2012 | Artisanal Living, Garden, Natural World, Summer, Vermont
In six months the sun will be setting at 4 pm and I’ll be longing for this day. The first day of summer dawned with the promise of intense heat. There was barely dew on the grass when we went out to eat breakfast in the garden. The lambs got busy grazing,...