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Tag: vermont

What to Do with a 10-Hour Train Ride
Adventure, Travel Advice, U.S.

What to Do with a 10-Hour Train Ride

July 24, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 5 mins read

I’ve done that thing again. That thing where I look at plane tickets, look at train tickets, enter all available data into an elaborate equation […]

Nature, U.S.

Waiting For The Invisible, Part III

October 3, 2014May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

I think I could write about autumn forever. Something about this turning of the season insists on words. I would like to complete the series […]

Nature, U.S.

I Went on a Vision Quest and All I Brought Back Was…

September 29, 2014May 22, 2020 Toby 6 mins read

At exactly 3:00pm today, I passed the “Town of Middlebury” sign on Route 7. I’m back. Though it will be days, weeks, or perhaps months […]

U.S.

Why I am Doing a Vision Quest

September 17, 2014May 22, 2020 Toby 5 mins read

(This article was originally published here at elephant journal. I decided I wanted to share it on this blog, too.) It’s just settling in that […]

Culture, U.S.

Oh, the Characters of Middlebury

July 25, 2014May 22, 2020 Toby 5 mins read

One of my favorite things about working in restaurants is the unlimited entertainment potential of observing the characters that pass through. Middlebury, Vermont does not […]

Nature, U.S.

Waiting for the Invisible, Part II

July 16, 2014May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

(I promised lots of pictures this time…) Watermelon flower. I think I am a little bit in love with these plants. It’s official, there is […]

Food, U.S.

A Picnic Revolution

July 6, 2014May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

I’m starting a picnic revolution! Here’s how it came about: Yesterday, my friends invited me to an outdoor concert at Lincoln Peak Vineyard (about 3 […]

Poetry & Fiction, U.S.

Snapshots of Living

June 28, 2014May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

Snapshots in words and pictures of the last three weeks of life in Middlebury– plant, animal, and human. (Disclaimer: All photos were taken yesterday, when […]

Food, Nature, U.S.

Waiting for the Invisible

June 7, 2014May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

I expect this garden will teach me many things this summer. Though garden is perhaps too tame a word to describe it– too civilized. No […]

U.S.

Next Stop World, First Stop Vermont

June 3, 2014May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

Dear readers, friends, internet… I’m back in Blogland. I think I have for some time now unconsciously defined The World as “that which is not […]

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