Waterbar A water bar or interceptor dyke is a road construction feature that is used to prevent erosion on sloping roads, cleared paths through woodland (for utility companies such as electricity pylons), or other accessways by reducing flow length.    —Wikipedia Downpour; Rain pours down. Thunder thunders, lightning streaks. Falls Brook rages then subsides. June… Read More

Being the first Tuesday in March, today is Town Meeting Day, a guidepost marking the turn of seasons. Town Meeting Day is to sugar season what Memorial Day is to summer. For me, both days signal permission to buy paper plates. Of course, we speculate on when the season will break open. Always, we say, “I… Read More

It’s coming, despite the cold, the bottomless snow, the number of lines buried by fallen trees and branches or chewed apart by animals. It’s not that we have SO much snow this year, it’s just that we never had the thaw and freeze to create a firm base. The crew has been at it intermittently… Read More

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