Darren Higgins
CommentatorDarren Higgins is a writer and editor living in Waterbury Center who writes about topics including fatherhood, history, literature, and the environment.
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Birds embody movement — twitchy, agile, powerful, bursting with song and as light as the breeze. But there are nearly 400,000 birds at Harvard’s… -
Every moment of every day, we are surrounded by sound. Right now, for example, there’s the sound of my voice, of course, but there’s also a slight hiss…
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When one reads a biography of a long-dead author, the ending very rarely comes as a surprise. And yet, there I was, sitting on my cot in a dingy, cold…
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After an unforgiving winter of deep freezes and deeper snow that bolted barn doors, car doors, side streets, streams, and even Lake Champlain shut, this…
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Winter in Vermont is life stripped to monochrome. It's breath smoke, frost thick on the windows, and sleek, wind-sculpted snowscapes. But there are times,…
