Category Archives: Society

Thoughts about the Farm Credit System

Posted on September 16, 2017 by

One of the themes of this blog is that I sometimes think about public life in terms of three sectors: Government For-profit Not-for-profit I worked for the Farm Credit System for 32 years, retiring at the end of 2016. How … Continue reading →

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Cloverdale Presentation

Posted on August 4, 2017 by

Cloverdale was a distinct, close-knit community mostly in Westford, Vermont, but also including the Putnam Farm in the adjacent town of Cambridge. It lasted for more than 150 years, from 1804 until the 1950s and 1960s when my siblings and … Continue reading →

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Cloverdale Book

Posted on July 20, 2017 by

Cloverdale was a distinct, close-knit community mostly in Westford, Vermont, but also including the Putnam Farm in the adjacent town of Cambridge. It lasted for more than 150 years, from 1804 until the 1950s and 1960s when my siblings and … Continue reading →

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Mansplaining

Posted on July 1, 2017 by

Recently I was in the awkward position of explaining to a woman the concept of mansplaining. What is mansplaining? This clip from the television series Silicon Valley explains: Ouch. What can we men do to improve our communication skills? This … Continue reading →

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Classifying Public Life: Discussion and Examples

Posted on May 18, 2017 by

In the previous post I discussed how I sometimes think about public life in terms of three sectors: Government For-profit Not-for-profit And sometimes in terms of two sectors: Government Society (= for-profit + not-for-profit) In this post I further discuss … Continue reading →

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Classifying Public Life

Posted on May 17, 2017 by

I sometimes think about public life in terms of three sectors: Government For-profit Not-for-profit Government makes the rules that everyone lives by. The for-profit sector provides most of the goods and services that we use. The not-for-profit sector fills in … Continue reading →

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The Villages Project

Posted on May 13, 2017 by

The Villages Project is an initiative to provide services to the elderly in their homes in order to allow them to age in place, without moving to an elder care facility. The concept originated with a group of citizens in … Continue reading →

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Leadership Lamoille

Posted on April 27, 2017 by

Leadership Lamoille is a leadership program of the Lamoille Region Chamber of Commerce for “today’s managers to become tomorrow’s leaders.” The current class consists of eight participants working in healthcare, education, banking, hospitality and energy fields. There are nine day-long … Continue reading →

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Poems for the silo murals

Posted on March 10, 2017 by

Two concrete silos stand in the village of Jeffersonville (town of Cambridge) where the Bell-Gates Lumber Corporation once had a sawmill. In 2016 large murals were painted on the silos. The silo murals were featured on the cover of the … Continue reading →

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Meeting Pastor Pete

Posted on February 19, 2017 by

I have been visiting the Vermont State House in Montpelier this past week. It’s a great place to meet interesting people! Every day brings new people. Wednesday, February 15, for example, featured the annual reception in the State House cafeteria … Continue reading →

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