Penny Miller, an Underhill community member, has been educating herself on Jumping Worms—their potential for damaging gardens, their significant threat to our forests and maple trees, and the ease with which someone can unknowingly spread them. Based on her research and her communication with a UVM professor, Penny has been experimenting with identifying Jumping Worms and techniques to bring them under better control, and she will share her process and results at this outdoor workshop held at the Deborah Rawson Library garden. Rain or shine, no registration required.
DRBL is a monthly adult book discussion group. This month’s selection is One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey. New members are always welcome to drop in on any meeting, which is always the second Tuesday of the month at 7 PM. For more information on how to join in, contact [email protected].
Please join us as we explore the tile game of winds, dragons, and number tiles. If you like Rummy-style card games, you’ll love Mah Jongg! All are welcome—no experience necessary! If you plan to attend, please fill out this form or email [email protected].
Most of us are taught, when death occurs, to let the professionals step in to neatly, quietly handle our dead. Numb and exhausted in grief’s wake, it’s typical to make the simplest, most expedient choices and move methodically through “requisite” steps. But mainstream American death-culture expectations starve us of grief’s richness and fullness while simultaneously toxifying the earth and exacerbating global warming. And, the cost can be cripplingly high.
In recent years, a movement towards greener and more hands-on death and disposition practices has been spreading throughout the US. Did you know, for example, that in Vermont you are free, by law, to care for your loved ones after they die; that you are not required to purchase the services of a funeral professional if you don’t want to? Or, that state statute permits burials at the microbe-rich depth of 3 ½-4 feet?
Martha Dallas is a Burlington-based Certified Life-Cycle Celebrant and end-of-life ceremonies officiant. In this workshop, she will introduce the basics of home funerals and natural, green burial. She’ll share resources for simple, green-minded practices for those who expect to die and be laid to rest in Vermont and will provide guidance for putting your own green deathcare plans in place.
If you would prefer to attend this event virtually, you can do so via this Zoom link. If prompted, the Meeting ID is 478 309 7334 and the Passcode is DRML.
This meeting will be held in-person. A virtual meeting is available for those who wish to remain remote. Please contact Holly ([email protected]) to receive the link.
We will be discussing Sleight of Hand by Jonathan Kellerman. If you need a book, please call the library (899-4962) to request a copy. Due to delays with our courier you should request soon so that it has time to arrive.
We will be meeting in person in the program room. Masks are recommended. A Zoom meeting will also be available for those who prefer a virtual option. Please contact Holly ([email protected]) if you would like to receive a link to the Zoom meeting.
Please join us as we explore the tile game of winds, dragons, and number tiles. If you like Rummy-style card games, you’ll love Mah Jongg! All are welcome—no experience necessary! If you plan to attend, please fill out this form or email [email protected].
Join us at the library to discuss the 2019 award winning documentary Apollo 11, a look at the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilots Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. We will meet both in-person and virtually for a discussion of the film on Thursday, October 27 at 6:30pm. Please be sure to watch the movie independently before the meeting. You can watch Apollo 11 on Hulu with a subscription, on the Roku Channel for free with Ads here, or you can check out a copy of the DVD from the library collection. If you are interested in joining, please let us know when you drop by the library, give us a call, or email [email protected] If you would like the Zoom link, please email [email protected]
Please join us at the library as we discuss this year’s Vermont Reads selection The Most Costly Journey, an anthology of comics that depict the oral histories of migrant workers who traveled from southern Mexico and Central America to work on Vermont farms. If you would like to participate in the discussion, please drop by the library to sign up and borrow a copy of the book. You can also email [email protected] or call the library to sign up for the discussion and reserve a book to borrow.