A LITERARY COLLECTION FROM VERMONT WRITERS

On the early morning of September 11, 2001, I had arrived at school at about 6:30 as usual and had no reason to believe it would be other than a typical day. After greeting students as they arrived on their buses and chatting with parents dropping off their kids, I was working with a small group of students in the library for about half an hour. When I returned to our office, Donna, the school secretary, informed me that she heard on the news that a plane had hit the World Tr

“Out of the night when the full moon is bright, comes a horseman known as Zorro!”

One of my earliest memories was playing in the basement of my grandfather’s house. There were many old toys and curious objects from my mother’s childhood. By then they were quaintly old fashioned, but always fascinating to play with whenever we visited. However, the jewel of this basement playground was the magnificent old Victrola and the collection of records from an earlier age. The “Victor Talking Machine” was the first popular sound recording devise. My grandfather