Poem A Day – Feb. 6, 2017
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Thoughts While Walking
Maxwell Bodenheim
A steel hush freezes the trees.
It is my mind stretched to stiff lace,
And draped on high wide thoughts.
My soul is a large sallow ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Feb. 5, 2017
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Let Them Not Say
Jane Hirshfield
Let them not say: we did not see it.
We saw.
Let them not say: we did not hear it.
We heard.
Let them not say: they did not taste it.
We ... Continue Reading →
A Sporting View – ‘Any given Sunday’ rule applies to Patriots
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By Mark Vasto
The New England Patriots are the greatest franchise in modern football history. That statement is irrefutable. This will be the team’s ninth ... Continue Reading →
Sports Quiz – Feb. 4, 2017
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By Chris Richcreek
Questions
How many times has a major-league team won a best-of-five playoff series after losing the first two games at home?
In 2015, the Chicago ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Feb. 4, 2017
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Cachexia
Max Ritvo
Today I woke up in my body
and wasn’t that body anymore.
It’s more like my dog –
for the most part obedient,
warming to me
when I slip ... Continue Reading →
Tour Land Trust properties from your car
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By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY
Previous Spotlight articles highlighted the beauty and active outdoor use of properties conserved by the Middlebury Land Trust (MLT) ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Feb. 3, 2017
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Resurrection
Sally Wen Mao
In the autumn I moved to New York,
I recognized her face all over the subway
stations – pearls around her throat, she poses
for her immigration ... Continue Reading →
Don’t become income tax fraud victim
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The Connecticut Better Business Bureau recommends taxpayers file their 2016 returns as quickly as possible to avoid becoming victims of income tax return fraud. ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Feb. 2, 2017
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from “[the old soiled carpet of the wish to be Anais]”
Wayne Koestenbaum
writing on the bruised
body and seeing into the
bruise’s locked backyard, not
psychoanalyzing ... Continue Reading →
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