Index 11-05 Archived Editions : Vermont Woman Newspaper

November, 2005


A Walk on the Wild Side with Susan Morse She’s been followed out West by a cougar in heat and witnessed a bull moose charging a logging truck in Maine, but usually habitat specialist and professional tracker Susan Morse is found in less harrowing circumstances, lovingly photographing wild animals and scrutinizing the signs these critters have left behind. Read the full article

Notes From the Watch The end of life, like its beginning, happens more and more often at home, or in a home-like setting, where the participation of family and loved ones is part of the process. Vermont Woman has kindly offered to post some of the notes I took during the final illness of my mother, at her home in Maine. We hope that others may find comfort and encouragement in these words. Read the full article

The Gun Rights Policy Conference 2005 I am in the Burlington airport, on my way to speak at a conference in Los Angeles. The Twentieth Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference, to be exact. I am flying courtesy of Paladin Press and the Second Amendment Foundation. Paladin (www.paladin-press.com) published my handbook about Brady background check law for gun owners, Brady Denial? You CAN Get Your Guns Back. The Second Amendment Foundation and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms are the conference sponsors, supported by numerous other organizations and businesses including Women and Guns magazine, whose publisher Julianne Versnel Gottlieb will serve as master of ceremonies for the event. Read the full article

A Conversation with Novelist John Irving Novelist John Irving, a resident of Dorset, gave the public a sneak peek at his current work in progress, Until I Find You, to an audience gathered at the Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester in September. A lively on-stage conversation between Irving and fellow bestselling author and Newsday columnist Susan Cheever preceded the reading. Irving, who has been interviewed almost daily since June, says that he welcomed the change of pace and likes interviews better with an audience present than one-on-one, which can get “repetitious.” Read the full article

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