Words by Carolinne Griffin
Photography by Dylan Griffin
"We were going to move to Vermont. This was our dream and the time had finally come to own it."
All in Transplants
Waiting to Grow
Words by Liz Schroeter Courtney
Photography by Dylan Griffin
“May in Vermont always stretches on colder and longer than I expect it to.”
Transplanted
Words by Carolinne Griffin
Photography by Dylan Griffin
“‘What should I get?’ I asked, as if I’d never heard of vegetables.”
Today’s Vermont: Diversity and Resilience
Words and Photography by Tim Patterson
“Sometimes politicians get pilloried for making statements that are true.“
Home Precarious Home
Words by Liz Schroeter Courtney
Photography by Dylan Griffin
“Now as a homeowner in Vermont, I again feel suspended between two realities.”
Finding Sanctuary
Words by Liz Schroeter Courtney
Photography by Caleb Kenna
“I guess what I’m saying is, you can’t run away from your problems. But if you’re lucky, you can move to Vermont.”
Craftsbury’s Generous Stores
Words by Tim Patterson
Photography by Dylan Griffin
“My wise neighbor Addie Lou refers to Craftsbury’s stores as the two Blues - ‘One Blue Collar and the other Blue Blood.’”
Finding My Snow Legs
Words by Liz Schroeter Courtney
Photography by Dylan Griffin
"I experienced glee, then dread, then resolve, then panic as my momentum gained."
Bipolar
By: Jeremy Knoll
Photograph: Dylan Griffin
" I struggle in life’s gray areas.
Splinters
"Whether you want to ride in the trees, race down mogul runs, or hit rails and jumps in the terrain park, it’s all good, there is no right or wrong way to snowboard, that is the root of our culture."
Chains, Pains and Automobiles
By: Jeremy Knoll
Photograph: Dylan Griffin
"I’m going to pour antifreeze in my toilets, add some emergency supplies to my car, and drive up any damn chance I get."
Fermenting a New Future
By: Breana Lai
Photographs: Dylan Griffin
"While fermented foods are a hot new trend in the food industry—and the Elbersons run one of the best operations—the life they’ve chosen isn’t an easy one. "
Warming
By: Jeremy Knoll
Photograph: Dylan Griffin
"This morning the silence is of a different sort, so complete it is almost a noise all its own. "
Dance, Medicine, Love and War — An Immigrant Story
By: Carolinne Griffin
"I won’t lie, growing up in a multi-cultural environment was at times confusing."
Beautiful Pumpkins
By: Eileen Brunetto
Photograph: Dylan Griffin
"Rest follows flurry, but before it is all over, Vermonters celebrate one more time on All Hollow’s Eve."
Living As We Always Hoped We Could
By: Jeremy Knoll
"I am not meant to live in the most densely populated state in the country. I am not comfortable amid the strip malls and traffic. I feel the absence of the land I loved most. "
Fern: A Story on an Attempt to Go Country
By: Elizabeth Graham
"Isn’t this what Vermonters did? Didn’t they all have mounted heads in their living rooms? Shouldn’t I be congratulated as having taken a valuable step in the shedding of my city girl ways?"