From my youngest childhood days, I remember foraging for fiddlehead ferns with my Uncle Leonard,
To prepare the fiddleheads: First, soak your fiddleheads in cold water for 10 minutes and...
Daffodils can break your heart in so many lovely ways. "I wandered lonely as a...
I smell maple syrup in the air and travel back to the kitchen of Grandma...
Good day to you, denizens of the Green Mountain State! While we still have a substantial portion of the summer to wade through, there are more cool indicators than warm ones for the month of August. In other words, I still am not seeing any heat waves coming to our shores anytime soon. So if you are a summer heat detester, this summer's for you! If you love the 90s, super humid air, and hazy skies, you have my sympathies.
It is too bad that Kenneth V. Scipione thought he could mansplain Elayne Clift's view of abortion. His letter contains some serious misunderstanding about women's lives. One sentence set me back particularly: “Victims of rape or incest have available to them the ability to prevent pregnancy.” Please tell me, Mr. Scipione, what ability that is. I am a survivor of incest that started when I was 3. Of course, my body prevented pregnancy then, but what about when I turned...
Arts Alive!, in partnership with the Hannah Grimes Center, will present an artist-to-artist workshop on intellectual property law on Wednesday, Nov. 29, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., at MAxT Makerspace in Peterborough. Attorney Amanda Nelson will present a brief introduction to the three major areas of intellectual property law: copyrights, patents, and trademarks. She will discuss the distinction between these three areas; what, specifically, they protect; and how artists can use intellectual property laws to protect their livelihoods. “An artist's...
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