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Krakow, October 2021

Posted on May 8, 2024

There is a square in Krakow, Poland, a place I have never been and likely will never have the opportunity to go. Late on an October morning in that square several years ago, the sun slashed in low between cathedral and town hall and onto the intricate patterns of the... [Read More]

One for the cyclists

Posted on April 29, 2024

One year ago I wasn’t sure I’d ever run again, but with some patience and lots of support I’m back on the roads and trails, and it’s comfortable. For reasons not totally clear to me or a bunch of earnest medical professionals, my knee just . . . healed. The... [Read More]

Long-term longform

I am not a podcaster. I would never dare. But I am a ravenous listener of a certain kind.

Posted on March 17, 2024

A history of history [Read More]

The wrong cloudy day

An apprehensive survey of solar eclipse mapping, as it pertains to Vermont

Posted on February 8, 2024

A total solar eclipse is coming to Vermont! Burlington is right in the path of the totality! Every hotel room and rental in Chittenden, Franklin, and Grand Isle counties is booked! Transports are sold out! The scale of the tourism impact is being compared to multipliers of Super Bowls! [Read More]

Good Fortune

Posted on January 26, 2024

Last week I was visiting Ben, a friend of mine, and - as middle-aged men are wont to do - we got onto the subject of collections. While my own accumulative tendencies are focused on backpacks and skis, it emerged that Ben is a collector of vintage posters and magazines.... [Read More]

Thank your heroes

In memoriam: Jarlath O'Neil-Dunne

Posted on January 8, 2024

I got the news this morning that Jarlath O’Neil-Dunne has died, and it’s hard to grasp. [Read More]

A good season

Posted on November 10, 2023

The snow is flying this morning in Vermont - early, it seems - and therefore it’s as good a time as any to reflect on last winter in the Northeastern mountains. [Read More]

Just Another Dark Age

Illuminating the things that grow in our gaps of perspective

Posted on October 28, 2023

In the Summer of 1934, author Patrick Leigh-Fermor entered the Transylvanian city of Kolozsvár, accompanied by his aristocratic lover and chauffered by their enthusiastic wingman. Even distracted as he was by such great company, he took note of his surroundings: [Read More]