In Their Words

Fall Weather

I think I've made a post about this before, but the weather here in Vermont needs a page dedicated to how diverse it can be. One moment you're in a pretty warm area where 80 is the max temperature, then another day it's 45 degrees and you want to stay in your room all day to avoid the painful winds that make your hands feel like bare bone. So it's currently October 13, and around this time the weather here in Vermont is going to get colder and colder, until eventually we reach a point where it's in the negatives around January or so. And it's not like I'll acclimate to it easily, because we'll be gone during the month of December. That's around the time snow apparently shows up and the weather just drops. I'm not excited for it, not at all. In other words, my room feels nice,... Read more →

Vermont vs. New Hampshire

When I first looked at Norwich and considered going to school in Vermont I though the only difference between my hometown in southern New Hampshire was the hills and mountains that surrounded you here. I was wrong. Back home, I keep getting videos and pictures of friends still comfily wearing their shorts to school meanwhile I am waking up here to 27 degree weather yesterday. Only three hours north, though very beautiful and everything I have imagined, seems to have a completely different weather pattern. Being a native New Englander, it shouldn't shock me that this weekend is supposed to 79 - 80, yet it feels so different than how it did at home. The temperatures we are experiencing here is was I associate with the middle of October, yet here we are in September. It amazes me how much of a difference three hours north can make it. Still,... Read more →

Mornings

I won't lie, waking up in the city and waking up here in Northfield are two entirely different things. Now I wasn't in the heart of Manhattan, but I do know the hustle of waking up, getting out in the house in time to catch the bus, and rushing to catch my 06:20 R train to head to school. The main hope is that the trains don't break down in the middle of its journey there, otherwise you will be late! The busy atmosphere of 42nd street, Time Square, is always there. No matter what time of the day, what day of the week, or month of the year, it's still alive. From the window in my room, the sun can slip inside, painting the floor and walls with its pale yellow morning light. I can look outside the UP and find upper-level students and civilians walking around. You can... Read more →