Living story sections
I have my Brattleboro Time Trade board member hat on now, I hope you can help us out tomorrow!
We’re so excited to be a part of #VTGives! You can support our campaign by visiting https://www.vermontgives.org and donating on May 17th.
Thank you!
Recently, C and I shuffled off to Buffalo for a short visit with family. Leaving Brattleboro is always an adventure, partly because we hardly ever do it and never know what we’ll find out there. This time, it seemed as though everywhere you looked, the future was being installed, and folks, it wasn’t pretty. In fact, it was almost scary.
Our first jolt of the new normal came in the outer Albany area where we’ve been stopping at McDonald’s for years for a quick bite before we hit the Thruway. This time, there was only one young woman at the counter with maybe 5 or 6 customers in the lobby.
Brattleboro Senior Meals Menu May 14 thru May 18
May 14 Baked Stuffed Shells
Broccoli
Garlic Bread
Pears
The Brattleboro VFW Post #1034 will be having a $10 All You Can Eat Breakfast Buffet Sunday May 20th from 8 am – 10:30 am.
Bacon, ham, homemade sausage gravy w/ biscuits, fried potatoes, homemade pancakes w/ real maple syrup, scrambled eggs, fried onions n’ peppers, and blueberry muffins. Coffee, tea and juice included in price.
The Brattleboro VFW located at 40 Black Mountain Road is open to the public for lunch. Lunch is served Mon-Fri from 11:30 – 1:30. Specials listed below are only $6 a plate. Hand made burger, fries, sweet potato fries, wings, onion rings, soups and sandwiches are also available. Take outs available by calling 257-0438
Mon – fried chicken breast sandwich w/ mashed potato & veg
Tues – shepherd’s pie w/ salad
I had an exciting squirrel Friday. It turns out that “our” squirrel – the one that hops over to say hello to us – is a female. And she’s a new mom, too!
Friday afternoon, one of her youngsters made the daring decision to follow her out of the nest for the very first time. It watched her hop to a branch, and did the same.
For the next three or four hours, the little squirrel alternated between sitting very carefully on the branch, and trying out some squirrel skills. Mom squirrel helped a bit, but also was tough and made the little one try things on its own.
Healing Our Divisions and Biases and Unifying Our Movements
Join the Climate Change Cafe on May 22nd at 7 pm for a FREE talk and workshop with Sherri Mitchell. This will be a special event held in the Main Reading Room, downstairs.
This workshop will provide participants with an opportunity to look at the divisions and biases, including hidden biases, that have been built into our societies and ideologies. Participants will look at the divisions created by our shared history, the biases informed by that history, and the ways that they prevent us from joining our movements, with special emphasis on how colonization has impacted our thinking and the ways that we engage one another and the world around us.
Broad Brook Grange will present its 22nd annual Mother’s Day Brunch on Sunday, May 13, from 7:00 am to 1:00 pm at the Broad Brook Community Center in Guilford.
The all-you-can-eat brunch features eggs and omelettes, any style, made to order. Also on the menu are pancakes, French toast, sausage, bacon and home fries, with Guilford maple syrup. Other treats include home-baked coffee cakes and other baked goods, fresh fruit salad, and bread for toasting. A selection of juices will be available, along with coffee, teas and milk.
Food truck season is on! Dosa Kitchen’s hours are WED-SUN 12-3.
We are located at 400 Linden Street, at Grafton Village Cheese and the Retreat Farm.
The Brattleboro VFW located at 40 Black Mountain Road is open to the public for lunch. Lunch is served Mon-Fri from 11:30 – 1:30. Specials listed below are only $6 a plate. Hand made burger, fries, sweet potato fries, wings, onion rings, soups and sandwiches are also available. Take outs available by calling 257-0438
Mon – liver & onions w/ mashed potato & veg
Tues – burger and hot dog w/ german potato salad
Wed – chicken & asparagus pasta
Brattleboro Senior Meals Menu May 7 thru May 11
May 7 Sesame Chicken
Cabbage Stir-Fry
Vegetable Rice Pilaf
Jello w/Fruit
On Sunday Norman Finkelstein spoke at the First Baptist Church about the inhumane conditions in the Israeli-controlled Gaza Strip and the terrible slaughter and war that are imminent.
Israel has managed an effective media black-out about the conditions in Gaza, which has been condemned by the UN and is virtually a death camp. The thousands of Palestinians gathering near the fences of Israel may sacrifice themselves to show their desperation to an un-hearing world. They will storm the fences of Israel on the 14th of this month, Nakba Day, which commemorates the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homeland during the Israeli war for independence in 1948.
Today BASIC kicked off our fundraising “Tarrant Foundation Matching Grant Campaign”. For every dollar raised, The Tarrant Foundation will contribute a dollar up to $15,000 through the Months of May and June. We am happy to say John and Cathy Allen donated the first $1,000!
Brattleboro Senior Meals Menu May 1 thru May 4
May 1 Cheese Souffle
Sweet Potato
Parmesan Tomatoes
Apricots
The Brattleboro VFW located at 40 Black Mountain Road is open to the public for lunch. Lunch is served Mon-Fri from 11:30 – 1:30. Specials listed below are only $6 a plate. Hand made burger, fries, sweet potato fries, wings, onion rings, soups and sandwiches are also available. Take outs available by calling 257-0438.
Mon – chicken parmesan grinder w/ onion rings
Tues – pulled pork sandwich w/ coleslaw & macaroni salad
Wed – lasagna w/ salad & garlic bread
Everywhere I go see a coincidence of numbers. Everyday many people drive or walk by Abbiati Monuments. Abbiati=26 in English Reduction. Abbiati supplies the headstones for a grave. Grave=26 in English Reduction. The grave is located in the graveyard. Graveyard=101 in English Ordinal. 101 is the 26th prime number. What do you find in a graves? bones=26 in Reverse Reduction. There are 206 bones in the adult body. 206 is 26 in numerology. Abbiati Monuments=70 in English Reduction (s=10) its located in Brattleboro. Brattleboro=70 in Reverse Reduction.
If you ask Lisa Lorimer and Meg Donahue, eating a healthy plant-based diet should be easy. But that’s not often the case. There’s a lot of information and misinformation out there. On top of that, eating healthy seems time consuming to the beginner. It can feel like you have to spend your entire day meal prepping.
All of this led Lorimer and Donahue to start MamaSezz, the Brattleboro-based plant-based meal delivery company in 2016. They deliver nutritious and fully cooked plant-based meals to their customers nationwide and now they’re offering free plant-based classes for anyone interested in reaping the benefits of plant-based eating but needs help getting started.
There’s an opening for one adult team in the Putney Soccer Club’s summer soccer league. We play 7v7 on small fields at SIT in Brattleboro. The games are on Wednesday evenings from May through August.
If you have a team, or can form one, please contact RB Lawson at putneysoccerclub@gmail.com for more information.
Brattleboro Senior Meals Menu April 23 thru April 30
Apr. 23 Pea Soup
Egg Salad Sandwich
Pineapple Cole Slaw
Mango
The Brattleboro VFW located at 40 Black Mountain Road is open to the public for lunch. Lunch is served Mon-Fri from 11:30 – 1:30. Specials listed below are only $6 a plate. Hand made burger, fries, sweet potato fries, wings, onion rings, soups and sandwiches are also available. Take outs available by calling 257-0438.
Mon – mushroom swiss burger w/ French fries
Tues – ham, baked potato, veg. & roll
Wed – turkey club w/ French fries
