Curations from the Human Jungle
Like all great ideas, The Classic was conceived on a cold winter’s night when summer seemed a thousand … a million years away. It was at the McKeon’s house. Someone (Greg Schipa? John McKeon?) said “Wouldn’t it be incredible if next summer we could get in good enough shape to run all the way around... Continue Reading →
What Amuses Us (Whitney Campbell Morris) There is no shortage of cheesy holiday rom-coms to choose from, from the cadre of unexceptional Hallmark Channel procedurals to classics like Holiday Inn. For me, the best of the bunch is the mega-ensemble British take, Love Actually. It never fails to make me both laugh and cry. The... Continue Reading →
[Labor Day is a mixed bag, a double-edged sword, and every other cliche you can think of. It's still summer ... but not for long, and it's going to be a long time until you are back here again. The garden is pumping out produce, but it's really the last gasp. For many years we... Continue Reading →
Sandy and I began our lives together at The Parsonage, located on Gilead Brook Road in Bethel, Vermont. We're not similar people at all. The phrase "Vive La Difference" gets invoked a lot in this household. She's a perfectionist. I am, to use an Italian word that I can't find in Google translate, brucchiamata. It... Continue Reading →