Many of the towns I've visited, sketched, and profiled on this blog have been severely damaged by flooding brought by the torrential downpours of Hurricane Irene on August 28th. As I continue to travel around the state in the coming months, I'll be posting what I'm seeing--and I'm guessing I'll see many places untouched by damage, many hard at work rebuilding, and a few that are changed forever.
Meanwhile, to help out on the rebuilding front, I'm offering the painted photos that illustrate this blog for sale at a discounted price, and I'm donating 100% of sales to flood relief efforts in Vermont. You can take a look here for more information, including how to purchase.
Another way you can help Vermont is to come and visit! Most of the state is open for exploring, and as you have seen from this blog, there are endless dirt roads waiting for you and your sketchbook (or camera)...
What's This Blog About?
The first book I bought when I moved to Vermont over a decade ago was “Let Me Show You Vermont”, a title that jumped out at me from a dusty corner in a used book store because it appealed to my obsessive curiousity about my new home state. Written in 1937 by Charles Edward Crane, this book’s vivid descriptions of Vermont’s rural past made a lost time come alive, and its faded black and white photographs showed places that still looked familiar. I wanted to jump in my car and drive dirt roads looking for those same country stores, farmhouses, dairy barns and one-room schools. Seventy years after Charles Crane showed us his Vermont, this blog is my own report (mostly a visual one, since that’s what I do) of what’s still here, what has vanished forever, and what may be coming to my wonderful adopted home state.
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