Spare Time: Twentysomething bowlers pin their hopes on a league trophy
“I brought the lucky bowling stone!” announces Mia Sladyk as she hurries into Yankee Lanes on a December evening. The stone is a half-dollar-sized light…
Road Runner: Animals inspire ultramarathoner Bernd Heinrich to go the distance
It’s hard to believe Bernd Heinrich doesn’t know precisely how far it is from the Richmond-Hinesburg Road to his house in the woods. You’d expect…
Motherly Glove: A mom makes a case for combat sports
In general, there are three types of combat sports: aerobic-style, boxing or kickboxing and martial arts. The first tends to attract predominantly women, while classes…
Visual Healing: A mysterious eye ailment sidelines “Mr. Charlie”
“It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world,” wrote art critic John Berger, whose Ways of Seeing was a veritable ode to…
Taliban Wins!
The purification of the Vermont Republican Party continued full steam ahead Monday evening as conservative party activists turned out in force to thwart the nomination…
Zero Tolerance
Ouch! Eek! This is your columnist’s reaction to being in New York City. I’m at a hotel called the Martinique, on 32nd Street near Fifth…
Same Old, Same Old
Nora Jacobson never seems to rest. While most of us were frittering away the holidays on festive pursuits, the Norwich filmmaker was laboring at her…
Spa Deal: You don’t have to spend a fortune to get soaked in Quebec
I’ve always regarded the flat stretch of road north of Vermont’s border as a bleak throughway punctuated by the occasional poulet et frites stand —…
Fuggetaboutit? Experts brainstorm on the mechanics of memory
Pay attention! Those are marching orders in the battle to enhance and preserve memory, according to local experts in the field. The better your concentration,…
