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Between the Lines: Adventures in Moving, Vermont Style

Posted on September 13, 2012 |
By Gregory Dennis



From the ancient caves of Lascaux to the 21st century towers of Dubai, there has always been something magical about the ways in which humans convert nothingness into spaces for living.

Fascinating though the process may be, though, it rarely goes as planned. And sometimes it’s the unexpected wrinkles — the shelf in the wrong size that gets turned into a lovely coffee table, the windows placed too low but leaving room for paintings — it’s these little twists in the process that alchemize the mere physical object of a house into memories, and a home.

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Clippings: My moon landing with Neil (Armstrong)

Posted on September 6, 2012 |
By Trent Campbell



pparently there was a little confusion surrounding the recent death of Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong. Some people got him mixed up with Lance Armstrong, the newly shamed bicyclist, and NBC posted that astronaut Neil Young had died. I guess it is easy to confuse a guy who wrote a song called “Harvest Moon” with a guy who walked on the moon. For anyone around my age or older, though, the name Neil Armstrong and the defining moment of the first manned moon landing will forever be etched in our minds.

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Clippings: Reporter hungry for new pursuits

Posted on August 23, 2012 |
By Andrea Suozzo



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By the time you read this, I’ll most likely have finished up my time at the Addison Independent with more than a few tears.

As I write it, I’m preparing to move on from this three-year experience that’s taught me almost everything I know about journalism, agriculture, technology and adult life.

I started here at the Addy Indy as an intern, fresh out of Middlebury College armed with an English degree and a mighty indecision about what I wanted to do with my life.

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Clippings: Looking back at a year and a half

Posted on August 16, 2012 |
By Andrew Stein



When I moved back to the U.S. from China in December 2010, I felt rootless.

Growing up in a small township in western Pennsylvania and having graduated from a college of 1,600, I was fortunate to have had my formative years shaped by tight-knit communities. While I found a similar sense of support teaching at a Chinese public school after graduating from Kenyon College, that feeling of community eluded me the following year.

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Clippings: Lessons learned from the bubble

Posted on August 9, 2012 |
By Lauren Davidson



I tend to get caught in bubbles. Metaphorical bubbles, that is.

Growing up in a suburban town in central Ohio and moving to Middlebury after high school, I am attracted to the sense of comfort that small towns provide. The familiar faces, streets and foods are among the many things that contribute to this feeling of ease.

More often than not, these small towns that I have grown to love are protection for many. Consistency and reliability allow us to rest within our comfort zones.

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Clippings: Olympics 2012 are sports at their best

Posted on August 2, 2012 |
By Angelo Lynn



I knew the American Fab Five would win the women’s gymnastics title at the Olympics several hours before watching some of the action on television Tuesday evening. And I knew Michael Phelps would surpass the Olympic medal count on Tuesday by reaching 19, but fall short in the 200-meter fly by five-hundredths of a second.

But the headlines I saw on my email at work didn’t matter, I knew there was much more to the story.

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Clippings: Fly fishing solo on the fourth

Posted on July 26, 2012 |
By Andrew Stein



On Independence Day I left behind the pomp and circumstance for a day of fly-fishing and solitude along mountain tributaries.

This was an uncanny decision for a “people person” like myself. On most holidays, and particularly the Fourth, you’ll usually find me mingling with a range of characters, tossing back beers and enjoying the festivities. But this year I needed some time to myself.

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Clippings: Absence adds spark to local vistas

Posted on July 19, 2012 |
By Kaitlyn Kirkaldy



I recently realized that I don’t appreciate the smell of freshly spread manure enough.

I didn’t suddenly decide that I love the odor, but I have discovered the scent a reminder of home and of the beautiful landscape around me, a landscape that I have not appreciated fully until recently.

I attend college outside of Boston, which is a considerable change in scenery from what I see here in Addison County. Down there I don’t have the same views of rolling mountains and green pastures and the smell of manure is nowhere to be found.

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Clippings: 25 years already? Life's been good

Posted on June 28, 2012 |
By John S. McCright



“Good visit, but boy, are we old!” my college friend “Cowboy” emailed me recently after we had returned to our respective homes after our college class reunion. “Let’s not make it 20 years between connecting again.”

I didn’t think we were getting old, but did note that it was the 25th anniversary of our graduation from Dartmouth College and wondered where my friend had lost the other five years. Perhaps those senior moments are coming a little more frequently nowadays.

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Clippings: A reminder that people are awesome

Posted on June 21, 2012 |
By Andrea Suozzo



Twenty miles into a bike ride on the Champlain Islands last Saturday, my left knee developed a slight tingle.

At that point, I should probably have reconsidered the next 34 miles of the ride. Hopped off by the side of the road, walked for a while, sent my friends on without me and asked them to swing back and pick me up when they were done.

But as I’ve discovered over the years, I have a persistent inability to admit weakness and a competitive streak that keeps me going long after I should have stopped to recuperate.

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