GUILFORD — Above Sweet Pond
a great blue heron hovers
over a brown trout:
* * *
In Sweet Pond
frogs hide
from a winged shadow.
* * *
Beside Sweet Pond
mushrooms push
from earth after rain.
* * *
On Sweet Pond
dragonflies wheel
through my daydreams.
* * *
Without Sweet Pond
where will the sky
see its face
as water thins
to a ribbon?
Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman will be taking on his boss, Gov. Phil Scott, in November. In the unofficial vote tally at press time, as reported by the Secretary of State's office, Zuckerman won a decisive victory over former Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe in Tuesday's Democratic gubernatorial primary. Zuckerman led Holcombe, 52 percent to 39 percent, with Bennington attorney Patrick Winburn finishing a distant third with 8 percent of the vote and Ralph Corbo of Wallingford getting less than 1.5 percent...
I was sorry to have missed the Marlboro College Graduate School graduation ceremonies. Matt Dunne's speech [“Grounds for optimism,” Primary Source, Sept. 12] was excellent and truly captured the spirit and ideals of Marlboro. In our fast-paced, super-media-focused lives, I'm afraid that many people miss the importance of personal and social interaction. Kudos to Dunne for stating it so eloquently.
Grammy-nominated bluegrass mandolinist Matt Flinner again teams up with award-winning local American Roots band Low Lily to celebrate the winter solstice on Saturday, Dec. 11, at the Stone Church at 210 Main St. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the concert begins at 7:30 p.m. The show debuted in 2019 but was sidelined by the pandemic in 2020. This December, the band returns with more dates, and, as described in a news release, “an excitement that only comes from being...
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