Sunset over the Worcester Range, VT.

The Atlantic Ocean

To be clear, “Vance skis in jeans” is Vermont’s highest insult. This is Final Boss Nuclear Insult level in the Vermont linguistic hierarchy.

As a flood relief volunteer I worked with FEMA personnel last year, here in Vermont. Such good people. 😢

The AP provides a model of effective press resistance Credibility is more important than access.

“Despite the demands of Trump, Leavitt, and Big Brother, the AP is not changing their style to suit the whims of a would-be tinpot dictator. And by defying Trump, the AP has created a rallying point for other organizations and individuals to find their spines and defy him as well.”

AP is a global organization, so that’s unlikely. The rest of the world is still calling it by its correct name, GoM. 🩵

Vermont barn.

Marianne Faithfull, a Pop Star Turned Survivor, Is Dead at 78 (Gift Article) A fresh-faced singer in the 1960s, she went on to experience more than her share of hard times before emerging triumphant in the ’70s.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/a...

Her father was one of my professors at Bedford College, London, in 1970s. In our first class Dr Faithfull announced that yes, he was her father, and no, the mars bar story was not true.

I didn’t know he was a spy in WW2!

Loved Marianne 🩵

Horrible. I hope she is back home soon.

That would be excellent.