Words by Tim Patterson
Photography by Dylan Griffin
“My wise neighbor Addie Lou refers to Craftsbury’s stores as the two Blues - ‘One Blue Collar and the other Blue Blood.’”
All in Family
A Story of Thankfulness
Words by Brett Ann Stanciu
Photography by Dylan Griffin
"For a moment at least, I see so much of what I worry about —our own domestic jumble—as transient stuff."
Reviving 18 Elm Street
Words by Jeremy Ayers
Photography by Dylan Griffin
"Together, we waded down the steps into chest-deep water."
Bipolar
By: Jeremy Knoll
Photograph: Dylan Griffin
" I struggle in life’s gray areas.
A Reluctant Skier Comes Home
By: Jillian Conner
Photograph: Nathanael Asaro
"...we decided to cut our losses and concede our battle to the mountain, for it had won effortlessly."
Chains, Pains and Automobiles
By: Jeremy Knoll
Photograph: Dylan Griffin
"I’m going to pour antifreeze in my toilets, add some emergency supplies to my car, and drive up any damn chance I get."
Mister Chris on the Farm
By: Carolinne Griffin
Photograph: Dylan Griffin
" It’s about stirring up the magic that you see around you. And that’s all you gotta do."
Almost Lost
By: Carolinne Griffin
Photographs: Dylan Griffin
"Despite their city sensibilities and limited funds, this enterprising couple set out to bring the Stickney farm back to life."
The Beauty of Slowing Down
By: Natalie Hayes
Photographs: Dylan Griffin
"We had both been craving a change but didn’t know quite what that change should be or how to make it happen. So life decided for us."
The Meeting of the Gourds
By: Margaret Albee
Photograph: Dylan Griffin
"No matter that her child's body is battling at the gates of womanhood. She holds on with an iron grip to the fierce imagination of a babe."
Living As We Always Hoped We Could
By: Jeremy Knoll
"I am not meant to live in the most densely populated state in the country. I am not comfortable amid the strip malls and traffic. I feel the absence of the land I loved most. "