November in Vermont is cold and where I live on Lake Champlain it is both cold and windy. It's the season of breaking out the winter...

The St. Nicholas Project is doing a special Christmas project this year for the Kurn Hattin Homes for Children. Because of the...

Tonight is the night in the fall when we turn our clocks back one hour. You all know the rule: "Spring forward, Fall back." With the...

By guest blogger, Laura Duquette On our life’s journey we have all met face-to-face with moments of sadness and of despair. ‘When...

One of the core pillars of the Kurn Hattin Homes for Children is perseverance. By that virtue one learns to forge ahead, not to be a...

Have you ever had a day when you ask yourself, "What else can go wrong?" Then lightning strikes. Literally. Tonight, lightning struck...

It's easy to have friends when you are little. It's hard to have friends when you are older. Perhaps it seems like there are more...

The following (unedited) note was included in the card that is printed in this week's blog. It is from a young boy at the Kurn Hattin...

The Kurn Hattin Homes for Children is not an orphanage. An orphanage historically was a place where children who had no parents or...

Guest blog by Laura Duquette I have always loved the ocean and its surroundings. The sound of the waves, the scent of the salty air, the...

Do you know the feeling? It's the feeling of never being caught up to the point of not being able to finish anything. It's that...

I was recently dogsitting for a friend. All was going well until the dog jumped through a screened-in window and ran away, which I...

This plant was almost dead by the time I got to it. I have been nursing it back to health for months. It had been left in a room with...

Surely you're heard the term "guardian angel." It is a biblical and theological term which is also applied to people who watch over or...

Guest blog by Laura Duquette Yes, we have all heard that famous tune, sung by Judy Garland in the Wizard of Oz, as she played a young...

I started to get panicky because I couldn't find the cemetery for a burial. And I was late. I knew people would be there waiting for me...

Today a lady came to me at church and said, "Father, I have some bars of soap for the children's home." I thought that that was...

June 14th is my birthday. I usually try to keep a low profile because I am shy and don't like being the center of attention--usually. ...

There was a time when many Americans only had a middle school education--or less. They were pressed into service on the farm or had to...

This morning I noticed the bird on the right feeding the bird on the left at the bird feeder by passing the birdseed from her beak into...