Winter 2013—vol. 7 | issue 2

Editorial

From This Side of the Mountain

GMP Cow Power
Paul Post

Features

Deck the Halls

Interior designer Ruxana Oosman helps you decorate for Christmas
Kim J. Gifford

Ice Dreams Fishing Lake Bomoseen in Winter

Bill Bunker and his extended family spend many happy hours on the ice.
Caleb Kenna

Pico Antique Ski Race Reliving the Past on Skis

Bring out your favorite pair of vintage skis and take to the slopes in a memorable race.
Karen D. Lorentz

Dashing Through the Snow In Mount Holly & Shrewsbury

The hills and dales are transformed after a February snowstorm.
Cassie Horner and Tim Sink

Rutland Veterinary Clinic & Surgical Center
50 Years Accredited

The veterinary team has been taking excellent care of cats, dogs and owners for over 50 years.
Cassie Horner

Know Your Way Search and Rescue in the Green Mountains

Killington Search and Rescue volunteers are ready to help the lost and injured in all kinds of weather and on all kinds of terrain.
Caleb Kenna

Departments

Time Travels
The Settler’s Dream

Eighteenth century poet Thomas Rowley beckoned people to Vermont in his poem, To Rutland Go.
Cynthia Battles

Stepping into Nature
Ermine on the Roof

What is this quick-change artist doing on the writer’s roof?
Cassie Horner

School News
Pink the Rink

The Castleton College Spartans go out on the ice in support of breast cancer patients of RRMC.
Patricia Morale

Kitchen to Table
Take the Eat Local Challenge Even in Winter

Savvy shoppers can make tasty meals all winter long.
Mary Ellen Shaw

Spotlight on Business
Acupuncture Works

Dianne Barclay helps people get back in balance with this ancient healing art.
Sandra Stillman Gartner

All About the Arts
The Art of Bargain Hunting

The Good Cents Store, a BROC program, is home to all kinds of treasures. Susan Orzell-Rantanen and Cassie Horner

What’s Happening

Paramount Festival of Trees, Falstaff, Belmont

Kyle Dunbar, Jess Duncan,
Kelly Donaldson and Chris Bunker
Ice Fishing on Lake Bomoseen.
photo caleb kenna