11/8/09: The Green Mountain Hounds carry on the illustrious tradition of fox hunting with a modern day twist - instead of hunting actual foxes, the hounds trail the scent of anise.

Music:Renaissonics, Carols for Dancing, "Gaytas," "Fum, Fum, Fum"

Location: Charlotte, Richmond, VT

9/19/09: The tiny village of Tunbridge (population 1,400) gets quite a boost each summer when 50,000 people visit the Tunbridge World's Fair during their four day run.

Music:Pariah Beat, Pariah Beat Radio, "City Far Away," "Oh, What a Night"

9/5/09: Get lost in the "a-maizing" Great Vermont Corn Maze in North Danville.  Pet a baby coat, adopt a kitten and get some mental and physical exercise in the 8 acres of twisting paths through the corn.

Music: darkpark, "Husk"

Early in life, Mikey Van Gulden discovered he had a knack for reusing old and worn items. As the youngest of 10 siblings, he did so by necessity — most of his toys and clothes belonged to his elders before he ever got hold of them.... Read more

Elizabeth von Muggenthaler knows there’s some creature living in Lake Champlain. She’s heard it, and she has the audio recording to prove it. She can’t tell you what it is she heard, but she can tell you what it’s not.

“We know it’s not a beaver, an otter, a deer or a moose,” von Muggenthaler says. “It’s not a sturgeon or a turtle, and it’s definitely not a zebra mussel. Can you imagine that? And we know it’s not a man-made signal.”... Read more

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Once a year, professional sheep shearers gather at
Shelburne Farms to teach shearer wannabes the tricks of the trade.

With 40 sheep being shorn by novices and pros alike, it is an exciting day around the barnyard and a symphony of bleats ensues from the 80 gamboling lambs and their parents.

The song in the end credits is an Australian folk song:

Ryebuck Shearer

Chorus

If I don't shear a tally before I go
My shears and stone in the river I'll throw
And I'll never open Sawbees or take another blow... Read more

Some recent creations by three central Vermont artists are appearing in a modest show at The Lazy Pear Gallery in Montpelier this spring. Sculptor Jeane Wolfe and painters Mary Admasian and Frank Woods are featured in the exhibit, titled simply “New Artists/New Work.” Yet not all the work is really so new.... Read more

Last Thursday night, Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert interviewed Jim Cramer of CNBC's "Mad Money." As they bantered about the dire economy, big pictures of fuzzball kittens and puppies flashed behind them. Predictably, the audience greeted each with delighted laughter. The message? Perhaps only fluffy, adorable critters have the power to distract us from our fears about the recession. Unless, of course, we belong to the growing number of pet owners whose dwindling finances force them to "relinquish" their animal friends at a local shelter.... Read more