Moments in Time – June 21, 2023

#MiddleburyCT On July 3, 1971, Jim Morrison, lead singer for the rock group The Doors, died in Paris at just 27 years old of what was officially listed as heart failure likely due ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – July 28, 2021

#Middlebury On Aug. 9, 1854, Henry David Thoreau’s classic “Walden; or, A Life in the Woods” is published. The book is Thoreau’s account of his experimental time of ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – Aug. 21, 2019

#Middlebury On Sept. 8, 1504, one of the world’s most beloved works of art, “David,” by Michelangelo Buonarroti, is unveiled to the public in Florence, Italy’s Piazza ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – July 17, 2019

#Middlebury On Aug. 3, 1492, from the Spanish port of Palos, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sets sail with three ships – the Santa Maria, the Pinta and the Nina – to find ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Sept. 12, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY The Inward Morning Henry David Thoreau Packed in my mind lie all the clothes Which outward nature wears, And in its fashion’s hourly change It all things else repairs. In ... Continue Reading →