One of my favorite things in my job is the ability to alleviate pain in our pets. While our pets seem very far from their wild counterparts, they still hold on to a few adaptations. One of these is the ability to hide their pain. While most of our pets would be lost without an owner putting …
Memorial Day marks the start of summer barbecue season. And just like with Thanksgiving, it’s all about the sides. The salads, dips and snacks are what everyone wants to dig into. There’s nothing wrong with burgers and hot dogs, the typical barbecue fare, it’s just that they’re…typical. But …
People often say to me that the hardest part about my job must be putting pets to sleep. Full disclosure, this is actually not the hardest part. Make no mistake, I love my patients, and having to let them go does break my heart. But I also think that having the ability to release our pets fr…
When Brandon’s Barn Opera produced Mozart’s “Cosi fan tutte” last year, Artistic Director Joshua Collier wasn’t happy with the blatant misogyny he perceived, so he rewrote the libretto, but without touching a note of the glorious music. This year, he finds himself in a similar spot, but with…
Go away. After seven years in Vermont, this was the spring that finally caused me to break down and buy myself a pair of muck boots. Shortly after, during a brief reprieve from the rain, I splattered through my swamp of a yard to see if I’d be able to plant the garden or just have to settle …
So, it may not be raining the minute, or even day, that you are reading this. But, judging from the past few weeks, it will again very, very soon. We are suffering the effects of rain here big time.
It’s 2 a.m. and you hear your cat throw up. No big deal, right? How about throwing up 10 times? What if they are screaming in the litter box? What if they are limping. It can be hard to tell when an emergency is a real emergency and when it can wait until the next morning.
Spring is finally here, with warm, sunny days and plants greening up all around us. I love seeing our perennial herbs coming back to life in the gardens. Our chives seem to have grown a couple inches on one sunny day recently, shooting up towards the sky full of life and vitality.
As a country that likes meat, it surprises me that America doesn’t eat more lamb. According to the USDA, the average American meat consumption in 2018 was about 220 pounds per person — one of the highest rates on record. Yet, out of that, only about one pound, if that, came from lamb.
As the grass turns green and a hundred dog poops appear on the lawn from melted snow, we finally welcome spring in all its glory. This brings me to some common questions from readers and clients.
Spring is a rainy season. Seattle is a rainy city. Combine the two and you might expect a washout. Yet, Seattle just experienced its driest March in 75 years. It may be a fluke, or perhaps climate change will make the Emerald City a fine spring getaway for us Vermonters, where winter continu…
Easter is a great time to welcome spring, regardless of your religious views. We are welcoming new grass, buds on trees, flowers peeking up from the ground. We also welcome many things in our house. Most of these are great for us (candy, flowers, delicious food) but not all of them are great…
With Rutland Free Library getting ready to host a murder mystery party on May 3, a look at some off-beat crime novels.
Well, despite a few snowy interludes, it is mostly grass and relative warmth lately. This means that people are shaking themselves out of hibernation and getting those dogs out again. I love this, because I love exercising and fit dogs, but often they need a little behavior brush-up. If you …
Ancient healing techniques are becoming more commonplace in our country as people recognize the benefits of a multidisciplinary approach to health. One of these is Ayurveda, which is considered by many scholars to be the oldest healing science. Ayurveda, which means “The Science of Life” in …
Diabetes is something we are all familiar with, but did you know pets can get it too? I recently had gestational diabetes, which opened up a world of counting carbs and checking my blood sugar. It involved giving up baked goods and candy, but (hopefully!) that isn’t a problem with our animal…
Antonin Dvorák’s Te Deum, Op. 103, will be the first collaboration between the Champlain Philharmonic, conducted by Matthew LaRocca, and the Castleton University Chorale, directed by Sherrill Bodget.
More snow and more mud. Sometimes it seems that winter in Vermont will just never let go. I take that back. It always seems this way. Which is why I need just about any distraction I can get this time of year until I can start spending more time outdoors.
So, as I sit here looking at a deep snow cover, it feels weird to broach my next topic. But that’s Vermont for you! The truth is that we started seeing them last week before the snow, and we will continue to see them this week as the snow melts. Environmental allergies start as soon as the w…
With the spring equinox just past, may I have a moment of your time? Time is many things … the unchangeable march of seconds, minutes, hours; the fourth dimension of space/time; an elastic concept to be played with (or even just arbitrarily moved forward or backward an hour here and there). …
Dylan Flood
Two of my favorite things to talk about are pet fitness and tick prevention. This is clear to anyone who reads my articles, since you’re probably sick of hearing about both. BUT, the reason I go on and on about them is that they are so important to pet health, and I love healthy pets. So, we…
There are so many amazing people working in the field of natural health in our region, and Christina Cunningham is one of them. Her business, Chrysalis Healing Arts, LLC, offers bodywork and wellness coaching and has just launched a new program called Sacred Self-Care, based on the daily hab…
Spring is coming! Sure, it is in and out between lion and lamb, but the important thing is that I can go outside at 5:30 without a flashlight! While we often spread vaccines out over the year, spring means pet vaccines to most people. It also means that it is time to start thinking about pre…
As a child, Anthony McGill wanted to play saxophone, but it was just too big. Fortunately, because he went on to be associate principal clarinetist of the Cincinnati Symphony, principal of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and finally principal of the New York Philharmonic, where he is now. …
Women in the workplace do not always receive their due. A spate of books over the last few years reveals the stories of these previously unsung women whose work was instrumental in science, technology and the military.
After Guinness and Jameson, Baileys is probably the next most popular Irish beverage. My girlfriend would argue in favor of Magners, one of her favorite ciders, but just about everyone is familiar with Baileys Irish Cream.
When Weston Playhouse announced its 2019 season this week, it seemed a bit careful for Susanna Gellert’s first year at the helm. After all, “The Fantasticks,” Oklahoma!” and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” this year’s main stage productions, are hardly controversial. Or are they?
For humans, culture dictates how elders are treated. In a way, this is the same for our pets. I like to think that our pets earn a lot of goodwill over their lives. They see us through big life events, heartbreaks and joys, weddings and divorces, births and deaths. They get calmer and easier…
As I await the arrival of my second baby, I’m doing what I can to prepare for the postpartum period. With our first baby, labor and birth itself occupied most of my thoughts. But this time, I am also thinking about how I can be supported in the days following birth.
I feel like coming out of February always lightens us all up. We may often get tons of snow in March, but the temperatures even out (no promises though), daylight is present for more than four hours and we see spring in our sights. Thankfully, I spent February with a new baby, so night and d…
I shouldn’t tell you about these donuts. My grandmother doesn’t approve. Although she died about 15 years ago, I heard from her last week. She reached out from the afterlife to let me know I’m making these donuts all wrong.
The number-one concern that people have about dental cleanings is that the pet must go under anesthesia. I will walk you through a dental at our clinic and explain why being under anesthesia is in the best interest of everyone involved. Different clinics have different protocols, and this wi…
Jorge Martín wanted to write music ever since he was a child. Opera Company of Middlebury will celebrate the local Cuban-born composer with “Jorge Martín & Friends,” a concert devoted to songs by Martín, as well as popular opera arias, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at Town Hall Theater…
What is brunch? It’s either a late breakfast, early lunch or some hybrid of the two, right? Well if there were one dish that were to represent that hybrid, I can’t think of a better manifestation than the Monte Cristo.
When meteorologists predict a big snowstorm, people descend upon grocery stores to stock up. On a beautiful sunny day, we try to get outside to appreciate it. Meteorologists tell us through various channels what to expect because major weather events affect our lives in noticeable ways. Howe…
It is the week of Valentine’s Day! This means different things to different people. To some it means romantic dinners, to others (most of us) it means that delicious candy will soon be on sale. The one thing that everyone thinks about is hearts. Sure, we think about cute red and pink heart s…
Barn Opera is the brainchild of tenor Joshua Collier, a real Italian-style opera tenor who moved to Brandon several years ago after becoming a “regular” at Opera Company of Middlebury. Unlike Middlebury, which presents full-scale productions, Barn Opera offers “opera in miniature” in the int…
A HEALTHY DOSE
February is pet dental health month. Dentals often get overlooked for many reasons. However, that doesn’t mean that they aren’t of the utmost importance. There is a very high chance that I’ve talked to you about it in the clinic, or that your veterinarian has. Although it may not be my favor…
This week you were promised ways to enrich your indoor feline’s life. This may be for a permanent indoor cat or a cat that is driven inside by the new snow and cold. You don’t have to wait until you are seeing issues to start these. In fact, if you do them from the beginning you may never ha…
When conductor James Feddeck meets the musicians of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra to prepare for Burlington and Rutland concerts, it will be for the first time. Guest conducting can be daunting.
Happy new year! The Chinese new year begins February 5, 2019. In celebration, here are some novels set in China.
My articles recently have been pretty dog heavy. While weight loss is just as, if not more, important for our cat friends, they sometimes get forgotten. Of course, walking with cats is my absolute favorite thing, but it can be tough to base your resolutions on planned outdoor cat jogging. Fo…
Well, it may have come later than planned, but it seems like winter has actually arrived in all of its glory. We’ve had the early dark, we have the snow, and now we’ve gotten the chance to experience both with very, very cold temperatures. We all knew it was just a matter of time, but is it …
I may be a little late on this topic, but I’ve been waiting for some space in my life to think about New Year resolutions, and the time has finally arrived.
As we get into the depths of winter, when the snow starts to pile up and it becomes too cold and bitter to venture out for long, it’s a good time to make hearty meals that cook slowly through the course of a lazy weekend day. Stews that warm the air with their gentle heat and meaty aromas al…
So you made a weight/fitness resolution and you’re following my advice and getting your pet on board. Perfect start. Did you know, though, that most resolutions fail in February? That isn’t to discourage you, it’s simply to let you know that the road gets a little harder. You start to forget…
It’s the day after Christmas as I write the column for this week. I was excited to share a classic beef stew recipe that I may have recently perfected, but I woke up this morning still feeling full and not in the mood for anything too heavy. After several days of big meals and rich desserts …
Coffee table books, because they are usually heavy on illustrations, can be interesting to page through. These supersize books don’t always fit neatly on shelves, so in some libraries they have their own space. Here are a few big titles on different topics.
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Previewing upcoming arts and entertainment events throughout the region.
Previewing upcoming arts and entertainment events throughout the region.
Previewing upcoming arts and entertainment events throughout the region.
Previewing upcoming arts and entertainment events throughout the region.
