Touched By an Angel? Findhorn co-founder Dorothy Maclean gets into the veggie spirit
Dorothy Maclean seems pretty out there. Especially as compared to the rest of us, who are so overwhelmed by modern living that we find it difficult to communicate even with the people we care about. Maclean communicates with the spirit world — specifically, nature “devas” and angels. Nearly every decision in her life is a…
Out in Those Mountains: Ra Press opens a new literary chapter in the Adirondacks
“What does nature mean in the 21st century?” wonders Wadham, New York, poet Chuck Gibson. “Many people claim to ‘love nature.’ What does that mean?” For Gibson, “nature” means his home and the setting of his work, the vast tract of legislated wilderness we face when we gaze across Lake Champlain. While “Vermont has much…
Write-In Candidates: Never mind the speeches… what does penmanship say about Vermont’s top pols?
Does Jim Douglas have suicidal tendencies? Is Doug Racine a dictator in the making? Is Con Hogan a pathological liar? One would hope that Vermont’s next governor exhibits none of these characteristics. Even if he did, we’d never know from the campaign speeches or commercials. While political candidates spend most of their time telling us…
High-Class Glass: In Burlington, sales are smoking for designer bongs
Art and cannibis culture have always been intertwined. In the generation that came of age in the 1970s, this connection was expressed simply: a single marijuana leaf on a jean jacket or T-shirt, “trippy” graphics on rock posters, etc. But bongs were generally of the homemade variety, crafted out of toilet paper rolls or plastic…
Welcome, Dick!
Considering the fact that no state in the nation counted fewer Bush-Cheney ballots in the 2000 election, it’s quite flattering to have Vice President Dick Cheney planning a fundraising visit to Vermont on Thursday. Mr. Cheney is expected to spend a couple hours at the Burlington International Airport. Several well-heeled Republicans are ponying up the…
A Long Road Home
I found myself in Essex Junction during back-to-school week, and on a pass by the train station I noticed a man, a woman and a teenage girl standing outside with their luggage. The man was flagging me down — he clearly wanted a taxi. I was momentarily perplexed. The evening train is not due in…
Masthead to Masthead
The sprawling city of Colchester may lack an identifiable downtown, but it now has two newspapers covering its selectboard meetings, sewage strategies and high school sports. The debut issue of the Colchester Sun rose last Thursday, reporting that the 17-year-old biweekly Colchester Chronicle is being sold to The Burlington Free Press. In a tacit declaration…
Show and Telluride
You can find Spain, Italy, Russia, Brazil and Scotland in western New Hampshire this week during “Telluride at Dartmouth,” the Hopkins Center’s annual showcase of unreleased independent and foreign film fare. The programmed six films are diverse selections from the famed Colorado festival, which took place earlier this month. The Hanover event allows serious cineastes…
