DAN SHEA, WINNER of the the 2013 Spirit in Nature (SPIN) Eco-Spirit Award, enjoys a laugh with SPIN board member Carol Spooner during the awards ceremony in Middlebury on Feb. 10. Shea, a drummer and photographer from Burlington, Mass., was recognized for his dedication in creating Spirit in Nature path systems like the one in Ripton elsewhere of New England.
PEOPLE FROM THE Five Town area and beyond gathered at the Waterworks property this past Dec. 21 to mark the shortest day and the longest night of the year with singing around a fire. The celebration also featured a potluck as well as a druid with a Guy Fawkes mask.
