https://youtube.com/shorts/26ovXqzKCew?si=ezKrJB1FIZ6UiaGI All YouTube videos go live at 12:30 am Eastern Daylight Time. I stood on the Burlington, Vermont side of the Winooski River to watch it. This was only a few days after the devastating rains, which flooded several parts of Vermont. To watch how strong and powerful the current was days later was amazingContinue reading “Winooski River: Post July Flooding 2023”
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Shelburne Museum Pop-Up Outdoor Art Exhibits
All YouTube videos go live at 12:30 am Eastern Daylight Time. I mis-stated the name of the building these pop-ups are in front of. I said the Webb Gallery. (I was heading there. 🙄) THIS building is the Electra Havemeyer Webb Memorial Building. I apologize for my error. From the Shelburne Museum website: “Inflated objectsContinue reading “Shelburne Museum Pop-Up Outdoor Art Exhibits”
Creamery Covered Bridge: National Register!
“The Creamery Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge in West Brattleboro, Vermont. Now closed to traffic, the Town lattice truss bridge formerly carried Guilford Road across Whetstone Brook, just south of Vermont Route 9. Built in 1879, it is Brattleboro’s last surviving 19th-century covered bridge. The Creamery Covered Bridge is about 1.5 miles (2.4Continue reading “Creamery Covered Bridge: National Register!”
Royall Tyler: Early American Playwright
https://youtu.be/i75b4vJGsOM Inscription: “Boston-born Royall Tyler’s play, ‘The Contrast”, was the first American drama to be performed in this country (1787) and his novel, ‘The Algerine Captive”, presented the first Yankee types in our literature. He came to Guilford in 1791, and was Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court for 7 Years.”-https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=94428
Meet David Gillespie: Colonial Craftsman
I had the pleasure of meeting David and his wife, Renee, at an event hosted at the Community Hall in Halifax, Vermont. The headstone he is carving is that of the grandson of the Otis family. (This is the family of the man who invented the Otis elevator.) The grandson only lived six years. DavidContinue reading “Meet David Gillespie: Colonial Craftsman”
Moses F. Lee: American Civil War
All YouTube videos go live at 12:30 am Eastern Daylight Time. Join the LIVE CHAT on YouTube! The chat lasts as long as the video plays. Let’s discuss the video!! Born in August 1840 in Willsboro, New York, Moses F. Lee enlisted with the Union Army on August 9, 1862. He mustered in on SeptemberContinue reading “Moses F. Lee: American Civil War”
Whetstone Brook Powered Mills
https://youtube.com/shorts/RoSqwuDHMG8?si=qbpT4of_Vvg46Gg6 All YouTube videos go live at 12:30 am Eastern Daylight Time. “…Whetstone Brook was an important part of the economic development of the town of Brattleboro, providing power for mills and factories along the shore of the brook. The first gristmill was established in the area by Governor Wentworth of New Hampshire in 1762,Continue reading “Whetstone Brook Powered Mills”
Gift Shop: Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
All YouTube videos go live at 12:30 am Eastern Daylight Time. Join the LIVE CHAT! The chat lasts as long as the video plays. Let’s discuss the video!! Recently, I visited the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vergennes, Vermont. Did you know this museum is FREE to visit??? FREE! The money you are saving onContinue reading “Gift Shop: Lake Champlain Maritime Museum”
Raven Shadow & Walks Beside Me Share Native American Life
I attended an event at the Halifax Community Hall in Halifax, Vermont. There were Native Americans there to demonstrate their craft through a demonstration (flint knapping). And others, Raven Shadow and Walks Beside Me, for instance, through their words. In this video, these two women shared amazing information and stories about Native American life, traditions,Continue reading “Raven Shadow & Walks Beside Me Share Native American Life”
The Guilty Party: Snowy, the Naughty Boy!
I returned home to find Snowy’s treat jar on the floor broken with his treats strewn about. What the heck??? That treat jar was sandwiched between a utensil block and blender. To know that Snowy walked it out from its position, across the stove top, and ultimately, to land on the floor in several piecesContinue reading “The Guilty Party: Snowy, the Naughty Boy!”