7/14/24

Heat, heat & more heat, plus humidity. So lovely when a coolish breeze passes by, however! We were so fortunate to have avoided the flooding north of us. So sorry for their destruction.

In the end of June, I attended a meeting sponsored by Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission. TRORC is participating the Resilience Initiative for Vermont Empowerment and Recovery (RIVER). This project is gathering potential flood mitigation ideas, with the goal of developing a list of potential projects that can be funded through the FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. Plymouth will be participating in the conversation and hopefully can benefit.

I don’t seem to have much news today. Please check out the town website for the 7/15 Select Board agenda.

Amazingly, I just came across some writing that I did 20 years ago, so I decided to share it with you:

Oh, to let go of striving & to simply be

Too much thinking – judging – planning

Makes me so weary

Then suddenly the sun filters in

Casting a shadow on the floor

The leaves of my hanging plant

Are springing up & down

Jolted by a hungry hummingbird

With fast fluttering wings

Extracting the nectar

Ah, a moment of respite

Amid the chaos