Goddard College: The Rhetoric of $10 Wine

Clocktower

Yes, people, it's a wine blog.  However, as many of you know, I recently plunged back into school.  I feel incredibly lucky to have been accepted at Goddard College, where individuality reigns supreme.  And this is worth writing about, you see, because Goddard programs are built around an intense ten-day residency during which a huge amount of serious work is accomplished.  Along with the work, or perhaps because of the work, or perhaps in spite of the work, an enormous amount of cheap wine is imbibed.  Late at night, after the workshops, usually around a fire, often directly from the bottle.  And not, I swear, just by me.

Apple Picking in Charlotte

It's the peak of leaf-peeping season here in Vermont.  The treetards are out in force.  Rather than hide from the New Jersey license plates swarming the roadways, my sisters and I decided to join the fray - in our own way.  After all, who could have asked for a more perfect October day?  Picking fallen apples up off the ground at Shelburne Orchards, with the panorama of Adirondack color reflected off Lake Champlain and the sky a striated mess of rushing clouds and crystalline blue, made me realize that Fall is here, and I am glad.