Springtime in Vermont is in its full, glorious swing. The mud is among us, the flowers are blooming, the bees are buzzing and….BABY CHICKS ARE HATCHING! I have assisted several classrooms many times with this really exciting project over the past 10 years. It’s always a really fun, science-based, farming-centered countdown that ends up with […]
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MiniBury, I have a confession for you: I don’t really care about cobwebs. I’m much too busy looking down at smiling faces. Or at the enormous worm, in a little hand, someone brought in from the garden. Sometimes someone is practicing tying their shoes and I need to concentrate. I do care about lots of
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A couple of weeks ago, I clocked out of work at the end of the day, drove across town and walked into the preschool my daughter attends. Like any other day I smiled across the room at her, confessed how much I missed her in the 7 hours we were apart and waved to her
Like many family households, we have a dog. A gloriously gigantic, white fluffy dog named Hess. Hess is a type of dog called a Great Pyrenees — which means she’s technically classified as a working breed. She excels at guarding our livestock and small farm, she likes having something to do. She also has the
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Before we even get started today, I need you all to know that I’ve worn glasses since I was about five years old. At this point, I think it’s safe to say I’m proficient in the four-eyed lifestyle. But for some reason, whatever bizarre parenting phase we’ve hit in our household lately has taken my spectacles
This is a safe space, and you can be honest with me. Did you get a board game for your kids for Christmas? Yeah, me too. My kids are at the perfect age to want to play them, and I’m at the perfect age to want to sit still for long periods of time. Everyone’s a
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Diabetes doesn’t discriminate against age, race, gender, pre-existing disabilities or any other differences we may have. It just sucks for everyone! And one of those people that it sucks for is my son, Henry. Henry, as I write this, is eight years old. He loves soccer, reading books and watching his list of “old” ’90s
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Phew! We’ve done it folks. Another Vermont summer is in the books. The weather is just a little bit cooler these days, and the trees are starting to get some kisses of color on their branches. Reminding me, not only of how lucky we are to be living here, but also how lucky we are
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