Category Archives: Field trips

Places I’ve been, places I want to go

A repost, in memorium

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Ali

Ali originally posted this piece, “Sugar” is a Verb, and so is “Hope,” in March of 2009. One week before Christmas this year, Sally Goodrich, mother to Ali’s friend Foster, passed away from ovarian cancer. Two days before Christmas, we … Continue reading →

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Greetings from the other Vermont

Posted on August 9, 2009 by Ali

Anyone out there remember a million years ago, when out of the blue, I signed up for a week-long women’s carpentry class? And then months came and went and you never heard a word, not one single word, about the … Continue reading →

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What I did on my summer vacation, by Ali

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Ali

Okay, so summer is just begininning. But I have been traveling, with limited internet access along the way. This is why you have hear neither hide nor hair from me. (Fear not, beloved worriers: all is well). First, we went … Continue reading →

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Jellyfish, yogi master penguins, and an old friend

Posted on March 28, 2009 by Ali

Thanks for everybody’s kind words about my friends Janine and Foster and their amazing family. At the end of that post, I did my first-ever blog drawing, for maple syrup that supports the Peter M. Goodrich Foundation. The first name … Continue reading →

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How to rock the thrift store, part two

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Ali

Shopping at thrift stores is fun, but it invariably leads to questions. Like, what will happen to all of these T-shirts if no one buys them? Actually, I can answer that. They will be shipped in massive piles overseas, winding … Continue reading →

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