Tag Archives: Bartonsville bridge

Forward Motion

Posted on November 6, 2011 by lettersfromheartscontent

This week my students and my daughter are studying Inferences of Categorical Statements in Logic, taking a midterm on all the declensions in Latin, writing a paper on what they would be willing to work two years to accomplish, doing … Continue reading →

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Whether We Will Weather the Wild Weather

Posted on October 30, 2011 by lettersfromheartscontent

Robbo says we in New England live at the end of a weather funnel.  Weather from the southern US and from the west converges on our region, like water going down a drain. At the Montshire Museum in Norwich Vermont … Continue reading →

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Working on a Bridge

Posted on October 17, 2011 by lettersfromheartscontent

Did you see the covered bridge that went downstream when hurricane Irene slammed Vermont? The Bartonsville covered bridge used to stand a mile downstream from where I live. Every Tuesday on our way to Classical Conversations we would drive through … Continue reading →

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Bridge to Understanding

Posted on September 30, 2011 by lettersfromheartscontent

Whenever I have found myself standing next to a postcard rack I always looked for the Bartonsville covered bridge. I rarely found it, but I invariably walked away secretly satisfied. Vermont postcards and calendars focus on more famous and picturesque … Continue reading →

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