Dave Cohen
As climate change prods, tugs, and gnaws, what’s a parent to do?
This past Halloween, I had a terrific concept for a ghoulish costume. However, before I took it a step further, I decided to pass the idea by my wife.
“Do you think that will really help?” she asked.
What should Vermont sound like?
Our indigenous Vermont soundtrack brings meaning to place, articulates the seasons, informs us of the time of day and context, inspires our lives, and is something that nourishes us in a way that goes beyond words. It’s worth saving.
A few years ago, I went out to see the zany film The Grand Budapest Hotel. It was just my luck to sit a couple of rows in front of a man who gleefully provided a running commentary on the finer points of the movie to his partner. She...
Our automotive culture, our disconnection with place
On our bike, my family and I share the road with people in cars, but it’s like we’re in different worlds. Can we move beyond automobilism and reconnect our bodies and senses to our mobility?
I had a conversation with my son recently. “So, what projects are you doing today at school?” I asked him. “What?” he responded. “Projects at school,” I repeated. “What at school?” “Projects!” Finally, frustrated, he blurted, “I can't hear!” “Pro-jects!” I screamed. “Oh - projects,” my son said. That...
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Sensory deprivation
A traditional story of the Abenaki Indian people, who have lived in Vermont for thousands of years, tells of a time when the creator finished making the Earth and all the plants and animals, then decided to fashion the A-senee-ki-wakw, a new inhabitant to join the other beings. Unfortunately, the A-senee-ki-wakw, people made of stone, were unfeeling creatures, who with their gargantuan bulk destroyed everything in their path - trees, creeks, animals, meadows - because they lacked an ability to...