Thank you for sharing this story full of tears and love. I am happy for the happy ending.
Wilda L. White, Hilary Melton, and Malaika Puffer are founding directors of MadFreedom Advocates, Inc.,
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Peter Adair is the author of the books Sacred Universe and Sacred Earth. WESTMINSTER WEST-Unlikely...
This is no country for old people. And that's a problem, because there are lots and lots of them, with more coming. One person who is looking at the consequences of these demographics is Roger Allbee, the former Vermont Secretary of Agriculture and former chief executive officer of Grace Cottage Hospital in Townshend. He is one of the founders of Windham Aging, a collaboration of people concerned with the challenges of aging in Windham County. Windham Aging was begun in...
I am surprised, and not pleasantly so, that the editors of this paper found Patience Merriman's comments regarding “disruptive protest” to be worthy of space in The Commons. She speaks of Donald Trump as a “narcissistic bully” and of “the hateful agenda of the extreme right.” Do I detect just a hint of those very qualities in her vicious call to revolt? True and effective reformers would be appalled at her lack of human decency.
From the 97 works being explored at Vermont's storied Marlboro Music retreat, the participating artists have chosen works by three of the most important and expressive voices of the 20th century - Alban Berg, Benjamin Britten, and Aaron Copland - and one of the most acclaimed of the current century - Caroline Shaw. The Beethoven Quintet in E-flat for Piano and Winds, Op. 16, and Dvorák's String Quintet in E-flat, Op. 97, also feature on the next-to-last weekend of concerts...
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