by Sue Schlabach | Mar 8, 2024 | In the Studio, Vermont
Walker Hill, Fable Farm, and More Swallows In February I traveled to Kochi in Kerala, India, for 10 days of bold color, rich connections, and a renewed appreciation for leaping out of my comfort zone. I came home to mud season and sent pictures of snow and frozen...
by Sue Schlabach | Mar 4, 2022 | In the Studio, Vermont
It was 10 below zero when I woke up this morning. The sun is shining so bright I need to pull the shade to avoid squinting. And layered over an ordinary March morning is this ceaseless ache for the anguish across the globe. Moments in Ukraine—described by its brave...
by Sue Schlabach | May 2, 2020 | Garden, Spring, Vermont
Everywhere I dig—and I am digging at every chance I get these days—I am finding something buried. And that could be a metaphor for all of us in these days of stay at home orders and isolation. What’s deep inside is sustaining each of us, I’d wager. If we...
by Sue Schlabach | Jan 25, 2020 | Natural World, Winter
Remember that night back in September? But as the moon rose, like a lantern above the farthest hill,we got goose bumps and huddled under the blanket, which was damp. The fiddles played. And guitars and cello. Voices rose up in the night.Clothing caught the dimming...
by Sue Schlabach | Jan 19, 2020 | Garden, Vermont, Winter
January thaw came and went last weekend. The temps rose to mid 50s and after walking the dog on our muddy road I got motivated to cut back the dried perennial stalks by the house and in the garden. When my mom got sick last fall, cutting back the garden didn’t...
