A day of midwinter celebration finishes up with a tractor parade. Nobody tossing any beads that I could see.
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Five of the Brothers at the Weston Priory taking a break from cutting and splitting wood (and filming the effort).
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Karme Choling is a Shambhala Buddhist meditation retreat center situated on a former dairy farm in the Northeast Kingdom of VT. The old incarnation is still very much in evidence: the same meadows and streams, and maybe even the same buildings, albeit reinvigorated for a community of meditation practitioners. The two latest incarnations, of how many?
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The stupa in the upper meadow, where Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche was cremated, and where his ashes remain.
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There are many things I like about this image; for one, it’s such a non-business use of the sign, and in that way reveals something about Yankee practicality. The shot was taken with a Fuji 6×7 film camera twenty or so years ago, a few steps away from the Mohawk Trail, otherwise known as Route 2. The road follows a Native American trade route that linked Atlantic tribes with those in upstate NY. Vestiges of that era remain – this place sold all sorts of leather goods including moccasins and warm rabbit’s fur winter hats.
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Time again for this world famous parade, complete with beautiful bovines, dancing milk faeries (above), marching bands, and a superhero cleanup crew (see below).
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This image is on the cover of the current (winter) edition of the Essex Events magazine, featuring an article on the Ivoryton Library, quietly humming along now for 142 years.
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Fifteen minutes before the actual “Penguin Plunge”, where these guys and 150+ others will jump into a 34 degree F. ocean, all to benefit the Special Olympics. Theirs was the most boisterous preparation by far.
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