Vermont’s Naked Summer of 1937 Are you ready for a wild and unexpected journey through Vermont’s history? Fasten your seatbelts and get ready to be transported back to the summer of 1937, where temperatures soared, rainfall was scarce, and clothing was optional. That’s right, you heard me correctly, Vermont’s Summer of 1937 was the year…
Get Lost in Vermont – Tsar Island
The seventh of fifty possibly fictional places to visit in Vermont you won’t find in any travel guide. These are the places the locals keep to themselves, and if you go, you’ll soon learn why. Tsar Island I was researching some of Lake Champlain’s smaller islands when I discovered the peculiar history of Potato Island….
Mid-Century Photography and a Building Demolition
My dad took about the same number of photos with his camera as an IG influencer takes with their iPhone. I sent off about 150 or so slides to ScanCafe, my recommended slide scanning company. They scanned a bunch of mid-century Vegas shots a few years back and I’m obsessed with them. This current bunch…
Get Lost in Vermont – The Best Damn Mosquito Spray in New England
The sixth of fifty possibly fictional places to visit in Vermont you won’t find in any travel guide. These are the places the locals keep to themselves, and if you go, you’ll soon learn why. This story was related to me by my doctor a couple of years ago. The locations may have been changed…
Get Lost in Vermont – The House with Mirrored Windows
The old Victorian house just west of Ludlow had once been a proud and stately home, a testament to the wealth and taste of its owners. But that was long ago, and now the house was a shadow of its former self. Its red paint was peeling and faded, and the white picket fence that…
Song of the Open Road – Walt Whitman
I edited this after driving around Oregon for a week just before my twins were born. I animated the footage to really let the words settle in. This poem is as relevant now as it was the day Whitman wrote it. There’s the line Out of the dark confinement! out from behind the screen! where he…
Get Lost in Vermont – The Green Hole
In the lush forests of Vermont, there lies a watering hole unlike any other. It is not a place of relaxation, but rather of fear and mystery. Located in the Green Mountain Forest, near the Massachusetts border, the Green Hole is a small pond of dark green hue, almost perfectly round in shape, with a surface as smooth as glass.
Get Lost in Vermont – The Treasure of Main Street
“Ahoy there, mateys! Do ye know the tale of the Treasure of Main Street? It be a story of adventure and intrigue, of pirates and potholes, of love and loss. Join me as I set sail on the high seas of imagination and uncover the mystery of the Black Snake’s lost treasure.”
Get Lost in Vermont – The Statue of Prosperity
The second of fifty fictional places to visit in Vermont you won’t find in any travel guide. These are the places the locals keep to themselves and if you go, you’ll soon learn why. The Statue of Prosperity A benefit of a summer drought is the opportunity to catch a glimpse of the copper green…
The Vermont Extended Universe – The Vampires of the Northeast Kingdom
The Vampires of the Northeast Kingdom This is an early version appearing in the VEU Vol 1. The legend of the TWA 666 has haunted Vermont for decades. On a snowy December evening in 1958, a plane full of Eastern European tourists crashed in the dense forests of Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. When rescuers arrived at…