Curations from the Human Jungle
I met Charlie Page on the day of my job interview at Vermont. A gangling puppy-dog of a man, Page had worked both as a logger, but also as a technician for Jotul, the Norwegian stovemaker. He was effusive in his praise for Vermont Castings and was hoping to land a position in the technical... Continue Reading →
Meryl Streep, Bill and Hilary Clinton, Erich Segal, John Kerry, George W. Bush, Henry Winkler, Gary Trudeau—there were a lot of soon-to-be famous people hanging out at Yale during the late 1960s. And what did this embryonic celebrities have in common? That’s right … that they did NOT know me. Laura and I married in... Continue Reading →
Del Shannon week Begins Monday, 3/14/22 Start Getting Excited! [We all live several lives. Here I am in my pre-Silverback days. Very few of you out there in The Jungle will be able to sit through all 18 minutes of this promotional video that Vermont Castings made for it dealer network in 1987. Video technology... Continue Reading →