Weathersfield News Dec 30 #WeathersfieldVT #VT
Weathersfield News December 24, 2014
Ah, the last few days of 2014. Time to take a look back at
the year that was. My year was filled with music and adventures. It started
with Trombone Shorty and ended Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band. With about
fifty bands and artists in between. My favorite shows would have to be Lyle
Lovett and John Hiatt in Burlington VT and Concord NH and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in Albany NY Uncasville CT. )
I celebrated my birthday in April by diving in the beautiful
waters off the coast of Little Cayman in the British West Indies and traveled
to Ireland
in November to explore this magical Emerald Isle. I covered 38 assignments for
the Vermont Standard and 17 shows for the Lebanon Opera House. I saw only three
Boston Red Sox games, (it didn't help that they stunk this year) and had the
pleasure of shooting three weddings.
The world around me had some pretty strange stuff happen. An
Airliner completely disappeared and we still have no idea what happened to it.
People around the world celebrating their 15 seconds of fame and raising money
for ALS research decided to dump buckets of ice water over themselves and
challenge others to do the same.
The Secret Security at the White House was left wondering
how the perimeter was breached and an intruder made it into the home of the
leader of the free world. The US
was invaded by a Polar Vortex from our neighbors to the north. We saw huge
amounts of snow and record low temperatures. I know we "burned"
through our wood pile really quickly.
A few states decide that selling marijuana to consenting
adults may not be a bad thing for the local culture and economy. (Vermont may debate this
issue in the upcoming legislative session.)
The Super Bowl in February was a Super Bust-the Seahawks
walked all over Payton Manning and the Denver
Broncos-not a bad thing for New England Patriot fans. The Olympics from Sochi was interesting and
a lot of Vermonters brought home some heavy metal. As soon as the athletes leave,
Russia invades Crimea .
World Cup Fever hits the US
in June and a fever of a different kind, Ebola hits the US in October.
The mid-term elections, which most people has no idea happened (the lowest
voter turnout, like EVER!) saw the Democrats dropping like flies. Politics in Washington will be even
more interesting now, NAH.
Race relations took center stage in late November when white
police officers were not indicted for killing unarmed black men and the "people"
took violently to the streets. Just this last week two New York City police
officers were gunned down and there are reports of many threats being made to
more people who put their lives on the line to keep the peace. We sure live in
a crazy world.
For me, while all these bizarre events were happening in the
world, I got to meet some extremely nice people in my adventures as a freelance
photographer. I love our little towns here in southern/central Vermont . I hope we all
really appreciate what a special place this is and how, thankfully, we are
unlike most of the rest of the world.
For 2015, my resolution will be to appreciate the life I
have and the people I know now and the ones I hope to meet in this upcoming
year.
No local news updates this week as most Boards and
Committees in town were off spending time with their family and friends.
Ongoing:
Weathersfield
Knit/Crochet Group
Beginning Dec. 1 1-2:30 p.m. Perkinsville Community
Church
Food Shelf
The Weathersfield Food Shelf is located at 7303 Route 131 -
the former "World of Discovery" daycare. Thanks to the generosity of
their donors, the Weathersfield Food Shelf will now be open every Thursday from
4 p.m.-5 p.m.
Senior Exercise
Program in Ascutney-FREE sponsored
by RSPV- Wednesdays 10-11 a.m. in basement of Martin Memorial Hall, Route 5, Ascutney , VT.
Weathersfield Proctor
Library-FREE Programs
FREE Computer Tutor - Fridays 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Do you want to learn how to use a computer? Sign up for email or facebook or
learn more about internet safety? Did you know the library offers downloadable
eBooks and audiobooks? Sign up required. BYOL (bring your own laptop or
smartphone if you have one).