The dramatic reconfiguration of the land in parts of the West River Valley is nearly as poignant to some as the deep losses of homes, cars, businesses, guest houses, barns, sheds, studios, and other property. Sara Deluca, visiting from Connecticut, spent many vacations over the years at her father’s Williamsville cabin high up a hill off the Dover Road. This time around, she said, all she could do was shake her head and hope to get the geography straight. “I...
The Brattleboro Literary Festival invites everyone to join them on Friday, March 10, at 5 p.m., when their Literary Cocktail Hour presents Helene Stapinski and Bonnie Siegler to discuss their book The American Way: A True Story of Nazi Escape, Superman, and Marilyn Monroe. Register to join this online conversation at bit.ly/LitCocktail28. In this real-life adventure, the publisher of DC Comics comes to the rescue of a family trying to flee Nazi Berlin, their lives linking up with a cast...
Every single person who has ever played on any sort of team - sports or otherwise - has been exhorted by a passionate leader to put aside personal goals and play for the team. A mask for one is a mask for all! Why is this so hard to do during the twilight (at least, we hope) of the pandemic? Malcolm Gladwell, in his 2006 book, The Tipping Point, used the epidemiological model to describe how information is rapidly transmitted...
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