Anne Averyt
CommentatorFree lance writer, Anne Averyt, lives in South Burlington, with her cat Sam and as many flowers as possible.
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For more than 20 years, April has been observed as National Poetry Month. It鈥檚 a time when poetry is shared across the country at readings and in鈥� -
I'm a news hound. So it's not surprising that I've been thinking a lot lately about walls. I'm also a poet with a deep love of history, and to me, walls鈥� -
Mary Oliver is gone at age 83 鈥� and I feel like I鈥檝e lost a friend, a soulmate, a walking companion.Walks through nature provided the inspiration for Mary鈥� -
For days the news has been full of footage in which long columns of migrants, thousands of displaced people, surge forward, looking for asylum, seeking鈥� -
Right now the world seems topsy-turvy. It feels as if the light has been dimmed and we鈥檙e at risk of losing our way. But autumn is a brisk reminder that鈥� -
In recent years, the postal service has been a popular fiscal flogging post for politicians. But according to this year鈥檚 Gallop poll, 74 percent of the鈥� -
With Father鈥檚 Day just a couple days away and Mother鈥檚 Day only a few weeks gone, it鈥檚 a time when most people take a moment to reflect on parental love鈥� -
I鈥檓 one of those people who find the national news increasingly disheartening, so I appreciate when online sites and some mainstream media include 鈥済ood鈥�
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For the young and the agile, winter in Vermont means heading to the ski slopes or crisscrossing white fields, donning snowshoes or silver skates. But for鈥�
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I wonder what Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr would have thought about Twitter. Limited to one hundred and forty characters, today's tweets are鈥�
