Mary McCallum
CommentatorMary McCallum is a freelance writer and former prison librarian who now works with Vermont elders.
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While awaiting the inauguration of a new president who admits he鈥檚 never read a presidential biography and hasn鈥檛 the time or interest to read anything鈥�
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If I say I鈥檝e gone cold turkey, you might assume I鈥檓 talking about Thanksgiving leftovers. But no: going cold turkey was all about putting myself on a鈥�
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A popular catch phrase that gets bandied about a lot is 鈥渢he myth of Vermont exceptionalism.鈥� We in the Green Mountain State like to believe that we do鈥�
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You鈥檇 have to be living under a rock to be unaware of the issues and deep divisions surrounding this presidential race. And many voters are dissatisfied鈥�
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I see them all the time: electronic traffic signs warning drivers of safety hazards, road work and weather conditions. With orange letters against a black鈥�
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This spring my brother in another state became seriously ill and required end-of-life care in a nursing home. As his health care proxy, I responded to鈥�
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It began with slight rustlings over the winter. I ignored them until I found evidence of a mouse in a bureau drawer. Out came a snap trap and the next day鈥�
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A friend recently called while I was working outside and asked me what I was up to. 鈥淧icking up sticks,鈥� I said. He knew instantly what I meant since he鈥檇鈥�
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The Stone Hut on Mt. Mansfield was a rustic cottage built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1936 as a shelter for crews working on Vermont鈥檚 highest鈥� -
I don鈥檛 think it鈥檚 a coincidence that the first radio FM broadcasting system was unveiled in January, in the dead of winter, when life turns inward,鈥�
