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Timberon · TimberonI am pretty sure she was a little disappointed when I turned into the Kent Pond parking lot. Can someone really get excited about the 100 acre pond that you pass by all year long on the way to the resort or to work? It is definitely not expected when someone says “Will you take me paddling in your canoe sometime?” One probably dreams of the grandiose views of the Chittenden Reservoir, the playfulness of Woodward Reservoir or the solitude of Lake…See the Story
Loon vs. Canada goose: A battle for Goose Poop Island
Timberon · TimberonBy Barry J. Wicklow For nearly 15 years, I have been exploring the headwaters of a river near my home. The entire drainage area, encompassing all the streams, rainfall, and snowmelt that pass into a single river, is called a watershed. Within each watershed, a system of rivers and streams forms a network, in which small first-order streams (headwaters) meet to form second-order streams that converge to form third-order streams, and so on. While…See the Story
Headwater streams are vital sources of clean water
Timberon · TimberonBuilding a Killington Dream Lodge, Part 10 As the ski house we were building in Killington grew, I did, too, from age 7 on up. I entered adolescence and continued helping with various tasks. My latest assignment was pretty exciting compared to repairing our tar paper roof. I climbed a ladder to the top of each beam (where it stuck out in front of the wall), then painted it with creosote while backing up and straddling it. Keeping my balance and …See the Story
Riding over the mountains: an expedition to a rodeo wedding
Timberon · TimberonThe Earth is beautiful, That should never change, The earth is natural, And it should stay that way. Magical and wild, The earth has always been, Sunning and gorgeous, It should always be. But our earth is slowly losing, What is used to be, Temperatures are rising, Making ice melt at sea. Forests are dying, Making creatures flee, And I always have to ask myself, Why could this be? Making all this damage, And all of this change, Who is doing this…See the Story
The animals are counting on us
Timberon · TimberonAs the dust begins to settle upon the chaos that April has been, thus far, don’t be fooled into thinking the storm is over. While the skies are quiet comparatively to what they’ve been, this is simply a chance to calm down, regroup and refocus. In times of war (real or metaphorical), in times of collective and personal change, there are moments of stillness. An eerie type of quiet. It would be easy to get comfortable again. This isn’t to say the…See the Story
A quiet moment amidst the storm
Hollywood · TimberonFriday, April 26-Sunday, April 28—RUTLAND—The Broadway and Hollywood sci-fi smash hit, “Little Shop of Horrors” has thrilled theatre goers for over 30 years is coming to the Paramount Theatre, 30 Center St., Rutland. Howard Ashman and Alan Menken (Disney’s “The Little Mermaid,” “Beauty And The Beast,” and “Aladdin”) are the creative geniuses behind what has become one of the most popular shows in the world. The meek floral assistant Seymour Krel…See the Story