Martha Molnar
CommentatorMartha L. Molnar is a public relations and freelance writer who moved to Vermont in 2008. She was formerly a New York Times reporter.
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They say heating with wood warms you three times: while cutting, then stacking, and finally burning the logs. So we thought we’d save on labor – and the…
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Each year before the winter solstice, I start thinking about just how smart those ancient pagans must have been. The Druids, the Romans, the Chinese and…
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Our house has become a battleground. The two of us against the invading flies, worms, wooly bear caterpillars, and spiders that each fall colonize it for…
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I once read a book called Watchers at the Pond by Franklin Russell. The author lived alone in a primitive cabin for a whole year observing a New England…
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On the front page of the Rutland Herald, I recently learned that Castleton is the ninth most educated town in the country, and the most educated in the…
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This coming Saturday Castleton will host its 76th Colonial Day House Tour. That’s three generations of women organizers and community members involved in…
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We moved to Vermont at the end of June six years ago and enjoyed every hour of the sublime summer, followed by a glorious fall and a very long white…
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At a recent Select Board meeting in my town of Castleton, instead of cooperation, divisiveness and vindictiveness ruled. Instead of allowing individual…
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The garden catalogs are arriving too early, when I have other things I must do, but I steal a guilty glance... or two. The pages of eggplants are…
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We’ve heard it said that in Vermont you can’t fling a paintbrush without spattering a dozen artists. As a writer, I find that neither can you click on a…