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Most of you who have been reading this column for any amount of time know I am a foodie and love to cook. I subscribe to both The New York Times cooking website and the print and online versions of Fine Cooking. A new recipe...
Thanksgiving It was a dark, cold, December evening when we were called to sing for Lucy. There was no further treatment for the metastasized breast cancer that would take her life. She had come home to die with her family around her. They had put off...
A few weeks ago, I moved something on a bulletin board and discovered a small calendar underneath. It was opened to March 2020. March 2020, the month COVID-19 officially became a pandemic, the month calendars suddenly became irrelevant. In the space of a week, we went...
I have been watching the Harry Potter movies again. This is mostly because the internet has not been working at my house for the last week and a half (don’t get me started on the frustration of wrangling with the service provider) and the only...
ASK ALICE Dear Alice, A friend has recently asked me to be her health care agent. I am inclined to say yes, but I want to find out more about what is involved. There is a fair amount on the internet about how to choose a good...
ASK ALICE Your questions answered about Advance Care Planning This month's topic: More than one home: Do I need multiple ADs? Dear Alice, I live part of the year in another state and part of the year in Vermont. And even when I am living in Vermont, I spend significant...
From Jennie Reichman, Shop staff “You kids, get off my lawn!” Those words have become synonymous with jokes about differences between people of one generation (over 40ish) and another (under 25ish). Those of us in the first category either laugh and nod knowingly at those jokes,...
We are pleased to announce the establishment of Friends of Cicely Saunders. At the encouragement of several people who have named BAH as a beneficiary in their will, BAH has created a legacy program named after Cicely Saunders who is considered to be the founder...
Brattleboro’s Quality Youth Department Project awarded us for being a youth friendly business! To quote BQYDP, we are a business that “is an inclusive and welcoming place towards young people from all backgrounds” and “has friendly staff that youth feel comfortable talking to”. We are...
We are excited to announce that Brattleboro Area Hospice has been chosen as the November recipient of the Round Up for Change program at the Brattleboro Food Coop. When you’re shopping at the Coop in November, be sure to Round Up, and all proceeds will go...