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Dear Alice, With help from Taking Steps Brattleboro, I have recently completed and registered a Vermont "Short Form" advance directive. I am so relieved, and my children, who are in their late twenties and early thirties, are so grateful that we have had the "Advance Care...
by Jennie Reichman Hello, and welcome to Experienced Goods! Face mask? Check. Hand sanitizer? Check. Willingness to maintain the six-foot distance protocol? Check. So excited to be shopping again at the world’s best thrift store you can barely stand it? Double check!! On Tuesday, July 7,...
By Lars Hunter Bereavement Program Coordinator As I drive through the backroads of Vermont I’m overwhelmed with the color nature provides us this time of year. The lush green trees covering the mountains and long open meadows, and the wildflowers as they brightly blaze on the roadside...
By Sarah Cooper-Ellis A phantom lives forever in our love, the great sorrow embodied there. The saying goes: “Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” Is it? How deeply do you want to let love into every fiber of your muscles,...
We are pleased to announce a new support group to assist people in our community during this challenging time. We are broadening our grief and spiritual support to include issues of loss, transition, and other difficulties and challenges that arise and are magnified during this...
Dear Alice, Hi! It's me, the Concerned Supporter again, with the questions you suggested I send you last month. My questions are about planning for the possibility of dementia. A friend of mine who has seen several family members go through Alzheimer's is currently doing his...
From Experienced Goods Thrift Shop by Jennie Reichman I saw a t-shirt in a catalog once that had two words on it: Do. Be. Under that it said, “Do-Be-Do-Be-Do-Be-Do! Frank Sinatra.” As the pinnacle of a Vermont summer approaches and, like the bears I wrote about...
Please read below about the changes and guidelines we have instituted for shopping at Experienced Goods. Change. We've been through a lot of it in the last few months. We've changed how we interact, how we work, how we shop, how we go to school: Virtually...
Do you have a family member in a care home? Care facilities have strict visiting rules to remain safe, however the resulting isolation has been tough on residents and their families who cannot visit. We hope to begin a new support group for adults who have...
The Quiet Reflective Days of Hallowell by Kathy Leo Hallowell is resting, like so much of the world during this time of change. We are quiet and wondering. Socially distanced. Humming from our own homes and surroundings. We are not visiting people in their homes. We are...