The Wooden Toy Barn 
When my children opened the big box that held their wooden toy barn, the delight on their faces showed just how right the choice had been. They loved the barn doors that slid open
Bela Hall was a Blacksmith
On a windy day in 1839, sparks that flew from the forge of Bela Hall's Blacksmith Shop landed on the Meetinghouse and Academy building in the small village of Royalton, Vermont. Bela Hall's forge was blamed for the fire that burned the 1790 meetingho...
Ripe Cucumber Tongue Pickles
Autumn is the time of year when everything in the garden ripens and we rapidly pick, can and freeze the vegetables being grown there. This week we have been picking ripe cucumbers. Many people in Vermont continue the tradition of preserving their own...
Housing near Vermont Law School
Congratulations to all the new students recently accepted to Vermont Law School. What an exciting time! I am sure that you are all anxious to drive up to Royalton, tour the school, the town and get to know your new home for the next few years.3 Bedro...
I'll Love You Forever, Valentine
Valentine's Day is a special day to express our love for eachother and renew our focus on our husbands, wives, girlfriends or boyfriends. We look for the perfect setting for a romantic dinner, the perfect Valentine's Day gift, and a few moments to lo...
Making Maple Syrup
One of my earliest memories is helping my grandfather to tap trees and then collect the maple sap during sugaring season. When I was little there were huge Maple Trees growing on either side of the road. My grandfather explained that the number of bu...
Bluebird Math
The bluebirds are busy building nests, laying eggs and helping young children learn all about math. The basis of all math is discovering and describing pattens found in the natural world. This lens offers dozens of math activities, workjobs and cente...
Callenbeck B&B: Vermont's Best Bed and Breakfast
Our home in Vermont is a big old Vermont farmhouse that has been in the family since the town was founded. This historic 1850's Vermont Farmhouse is surrounded by pastures and hundreds of acres of woods, trails and even a waterfall.The house features...
Wild Edible Foods of Vermont
Land was expensive and wild game was becoming scarce in Connecticut when Daniel and Rebecca Rix decided to move their family to the wilderness of what would one day be called Vermont. With a family of six children and one on the way they packed up wh...
Building Bridges
Garner Rix and his family moved from Connecticut to Vermont in 1780 by oxcart. During his captivity he walked to Montreal and back. What was it like to travel in the 18th Century? There were few roads and even fewer bridges. The bridges over streams ...
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