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Free • Statewide Calendar of Events, Map • Inns, B&B’s, Dining, Real Estate • Plenty of Good March 2019 Reading! GREEN MOUNTAIN STOCK FARM 5DQGROSK&R:RUNHU2IÀFHV RANDOLPH, VERMONT 2 South Main St., Randolph, Vermont &RUQHURI 0DLQ6WUHHW 0HUFKDQWV5RZ OUTSTANDING BUILDING SITES WITH SPECTACULAR VIEWS “7+(3/$&(72%(” The beautiful, 1,300-acre Green Mountain Stock Farm property is divided into choice 10-plus acre building sites. Ownership includes • Shared work environment where people meet, work, network, access to 35km of maintained trails. Adjacent to the 18-hole Montague share ideas and collaborate on projects Golf Club. One mile from Downtown Randolph, and only 3 miles from • Brings together entrepreneurs and professionals from many Exit 4 off I-89. different industries PROPERTIES FOR SALE • Ideal for independent contractors Lot 5 - “Upper Farm House” - $350,000 • Potential partnerships, friendships & business opportunities. An 1850’s farmhouse sited on 10.31 acres with panoramic, 30+ mile views • ,QGLYLGXDO2IÀFHVDQG2IÀFH6XLWHV UHPDLQLQJ Lot 12 - 10.47 acres - $100,000 High, hillside site with great views to the north and west • PRQWKIRUSULYDWHRIÀFH Lot 14-28 - 20.40 acres - $200,000 -RLQWKH*UHDW7HQDQWV:KR+DYH/HDVHG7KXV)DU Panoramic 180 degree views of the Green Mountains Attorneys - Administrative Services - Midwifery Lot 109 - 18.41 acres - $100,000 Counseling Services - LED Lighting - Real Estate - Massage 9LHZVRYHUDWHQDFUHÀHOGDQGWKH*UHHQ0RXQWDLQV )HDWXUHV,QFOXGHG:LWK5HQW For Further Information and to Arrange a Tour: Excellent on site parking - Central air throughout - High speed Internet Sam Sammis, Owner Use of copier/scanner, conference rooms and kitchen - Elevator 2 South Main Street, Randolph, VT Email: [email protected] 7R,QVSHFW&RQWDFW Mobile: (802) 522-8500 6DP6DPPLVDWa7LP6FKURHGHUDW Web: GreenMountainStockFarm.com RANDOLPH, VERMONT ZZZ5DQGROSK&R:RUNHUFRP March Journal Bewitched by Bill Felker He is bewitched forever who has seen, Not with his eyes but with his vision, Spring Flow down the woods and stipple leaves with sun… —Vita Sackville-West When the cold returns like fall away behind me. I try to it often does in the middle of keep the companionship of Early Spring, it pushes me memory and affection. to withdraw even more than I hold to the good of the I usually do from people in past. I carry gratitude and winter. But then I struggle love with me into my per- with loneliness, and I ru- sonal retreat, invite them minate about solitude and to support the walls of my isolation. seclusion against the cold Solitude is contained and Then the sun and the thaws confi dent. Solitude implies bewitch the final days of context and self-reliance March, turning my vision and safety. Isolation is needy away from myself. Gold- and implies that separation is finches turn gold and daf- insuffi ciency. fodils bud. Violet crocuses To break isolation and and yellow aconites and loneliness, I struggle to break white snowdrops bloom, and away from my insecurities nothing about loneliness or and doubts. I try to allow solitude seems to matter any Candace Stoumen and Herb Meyer enjoy sugar on snow at the Guilford Church Supper in Guilford, VT. dependency and worry to more. Guilford, VT Northern Forest Guilford Church Sugar-on-Snow Supper Set for March 16 Canoe Trail The Sugar-on-Snow Sup- pickles, and coffee, tea or ervations, please call (802) ty Church is located at 38 740 miles of lakes, per at Guilford Community milk. A half-gallon of maple 254-9019 or email guilford Church Dr. in Guilford, VT. rivers, & streams Church in Guilford, VT will syrup will be raffl ed off dur- [email protected]. Take 1-91 to Vermont Exit connecting the be held on Saturday evening, ing each seating. The Guilford Community 1 (Brattleboro), go south on Adirondacks to March 16th. There are three seatings to Church is one of the five US Route 5 just past Guilford Northern Maine The menu features baked choose from, at 4:30 p.m., oldest churches in Vermont, Country Store, turn left on Canoes, Kayaks, & Standup Paddleboards Welcome! ham, baked beans, deviled 5:45 p.m., and 7 p.m. Prices founded in 1767. The money Bee Barn Road, then turn left Guidebook • Maps • Membership • Volunteer eggs, potato salad, coleslaw, are $12 adults, $6 children raised at the Sugar Supper again to 38 Church Drive. northernforestcanoetrail.org • (802) 496-2285 freshly baked rolls, sugar on age 11 and under, and $3 helps support the church’s Call (802) 257-2776 or visit snow, homemade donuts, for preschoolers. For res- outreach in the community. www.guilfordchurch.org for more information. See us on The Guilford Communi- Facebook. 21ST ANNUAL WHITINGHAM VERMONT Valley Lilies Month of bold winds, you are stealing the snow! Why do you hurry away from us so? Baring the ground…deep rutted and wet… Maple Festival Showing too soon where the lilies were set Out on the bank, when the crinkled and gold Had changed to a blanket of deep brown mold. Someone was calling…left spade in the sod Out near the sumac and loved golden-rod… Covered with rust. March, March, do you know Why I am dreading to see you go? Too near the highway, all trampled and trod. (Such was her faith in humanity—God.) In your brave warring, blow over and past: Do not uncover them, March, till the last. —Nellie S. Richardson Springfi eld, VT, 1929 Vermont Country Sampler March 23 and 24, 2019 March 2019, Vol. XXXV Please check latest changes in operating times and schedules at the Information Booth The Vermont Country Sampler is distributed free Twin Valley Middle High School, 4299 VT Rt. 100, Whitingham. over-the-counter in and out of Vermont. Advertising rates on request. Deadline 10th of preceding month. Calendar of Events published free of charge. Saturday, March 23 Vermont Country Sampler 7:00–10:00 PANCAKE BREAKFAST by the Lions Club, Municipal Center. $9.00 adults, $7.00 65+ years, and P.O. Box 197, N. Clarendon, VT 05759 children 5-12 (children under (802) 772-7463 • [email protected] 8:00–4:00 INFORMATION BOOTH, Twin Valley Middle High School, 4299 VT Rt. 100, Whitingham. Activities www.vermontcountrysampler.com 8:00–5:00 SUGAR HOUSE TOURS * at several local sugar houses open to the public. Hours vary. at the 9:00–4:00 CRAFT FAIR, Twin Valley Middle High School, 4299 VT Rt. 100, Whitingham. festival are 10:00–2:00 HORSE DRAWN SLEIGH RIDES, snow or no snow – Across from Twin Valley Middle High free. School, 4292 VT Rt. 100 (Donations appreciated) Strolling of the Heifers 11:30–1:30 LUNCH by the Whitingham Ladies Benevolent Society at Twin Valley Middle Upcoming Events High School, 4299 VT Rt. 100, Whitingham. At the River Garden 1:00–3:00 COOKING WITH MAPLE CONTEST, Twin Valley Middle High School, 4299 VT Rt. 157 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT 100, Whitingham. Sunday, March 24 visit our website: whitingham-maplefest.weebly.com Cabin Fever 7:00–10:00 PANCAKE BREAKFAST by the EZ Riders Snowmobile Club, at the Municipal email us at: MARKETPLACE Center, Jacksonville. [email protected] Fri. & Sat. March 22 & 23 10:00–2:00 INFORMATION BOOTH, Twin Valley Middle High School, 4299 VT Rt. 100, Whitingham. (802) 368-2405 8:00–5:00 SUGAR HOUSE TOURS* at several local sugar houses open to the public. Hours vary. Home Improvement 10:00–2:30 CRAFT FAIR, Twin Valley Middle High School, 4299 VT Rt. 100, Whitingham. *Self-guided auto tour maps avail- & Garden Expo 10:00–2:00 HORSE DRAWN SLEIGH RIDES, snow or no snow—Across from Twin Valley able at the information booth Sat. April 6 Middle High School, 4292 VT Rt. 100, Whitingham. (Donations appreciated) Twin Valley Middle High School, Brown Bag Lunch Series Daily M-F 11:30–1:30 LUNCH by the 8th grade class at Twin Valley Middle High School, 4299 VT Rt. 100, Whitingham. 4299 VT Rt. 100, Whitingham. www.strollingoftheheifers.com Page 2 Vermont Country Sampler, March 2019 photo courtesy of VT Historical Society Children, oxen, and the family dog all turn out to collect sap from ancient maples on a spring afternoon, early last century. Mud, Sun, Snow and the Glories of Sugaring! Visit a Vermont Maple Sugarhouse This Spring! Maple Open House Weekend is Vermont’s most anticipat- 12-4 p.m. live music and free samples; on March 23 music Shelburne Farms, 1611 Harbor Rd., Shelburne, VT. ed spring event and a celebration of the current season’s crop. by Bob Degree; on March 24, music by The Sky Blue Boys (802) 985-8686. www.shelburnefarms.org. Open House When visiting sugar houses on March 23rd and 24th, (Banjo Dan). Sausage hoagies cooked in sap and maple chili. March 23 & 24, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free admission. Explore visitors can expect warm welcomes from their hosts, eager Dutton Berry Farm, 2083 Depot St. (Rts.11/30) Man- the sugarbush, go on a scavenger hunt, enjoy sugar-on-snow. to educate and share with the public the process of making chester Center, VT. (802) 362-3083. Open House March Live bird-on-hand presentations. On March 24: Abenaki maple syrup from sap. 23 with live music from 12-2 pm. Specialty foods, vendors, Campfi re Circle – discover Abenaki sugaring traditions and Traditional Open House activities include sampling syrup; maple creemies and fudge. Sugar house tours. Farm stand storytelling with Chief Don Stevens. tours of the woods; pancake breakfasts; horse-drawn sleigh open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Silloway Maple, 1089 Silloway Rd., Randolph Ctr, or wagon rides; sugar-on-snow parties; and plenty of maple Green Mountain Sugar House, 820 Rt. 100 N, Ludlow, VT.