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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One of my favorite holiday traditions is in the mail - cards from afar that fill my December mailbox with messages of now from friends of then. Those鈥�
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I had a friend once who called Vermont a pretend state. He said that the state tourist office plants the meadows with wildflowers in spring, hires cows鈥�
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I've been thinking a lot lately about legends and legacies. I've followed with keen interest the Ken Burns PBS odyssey through the challenged and鈥�
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To slip into the darkness of soul where you want to take your own life is a place no one wants to go, something no one wants to talk about. The鈥�
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It seems every time I have a medical appointment now, I'm asked if I have trouble with falls, do I live alone and can I afford my medications? I just鈥�
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Every child needs a hero. Mine was Great Aunt Virgie - a larger than life presence who stood barely five feet tall, wore an apron, tied her hair in a bun,鈥�
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It wasn't exactly the Brady Bunch, but I grew up in a house with four brothers and sisters, two parents, a cat and one bathroom - shared living before it鈥�
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I've never been much of a dog person but maybe that's changing now, thanks to a couple of energetic, endearing canines with the classical names of Nero鈥� -
The weather outside is frightful, or so goes the holiday refrain. I think it might be better to say, I can't see what the weather is like outside, because鈥� -
A month ago I embarked on an adventure to share the birth of a new granddaughter and help smooth the transition for her two-and-a-half year old sister.鈥�
