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"What a gift this book is! It is a gift for all who have lived and worked in the Wake Robin community, and for all who have watched this community take shape and then grow. … And it is also a treasure trove of ideas and analyses for others interested in senior living, re¿ecting on what it means to age well and create an environment where that can happen. … Wake Robin's experience does not provide all the answers, but this well-documented and thoughtful book is a learning lab, painting a picture of a community that helps create a vibrant life for seniors."- Allie Stickney, former president and CEO of Wake RobinOpened in 1993, Wake Robin was the first Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) and first Life Care Community in Vermont. Residents can move from independent living to increasing levels of support without a change in monthly fee (the Life Care promise). Today, some 25 years later, the community thrives. This book tellsthe story of Wake Robin's origins and contemporary life on its campus. It explores the culture and practices that have allowed Wake Robin to create and sustain a high quality of life and a strong sense of community and belonging-a context where residents realize their potential for continuing growth throughout their later years. Wake Robin's successful strategies are readily translatable to varied forms of senior congregate living and care settings. Thus, this book is recommended for all who are exploring senior housing and care options for themselves or their loved ones, as well as for senior housing and care professionals who are committed to improving settingsdesigned for people in later life.

Welcome to Skunk Hollow, a seemingly tranquil, idyllic town of weathered red barns and rambling white farmhouses, grazing cows in green pastures, and thousands of maple trees, providing their river of golden sweetness every spring. But there's a dark side to this pastoral village. Greenish, long-toothed sapsuckers. Feral sap lines. Genetically modified trees. Follow adventurous investigative reporter Charlotte St. Johnsbury (aka, Ms. Sugar Maple) and country boy Chester Arthur as they uncover the dark underbelly of this rural paradise.

From giving his second-grade teacher a black eye to insulting the grieving parents of a military hero, the rollicking verse in this book presents a Donald Trump profile of bombast, babes, and bankruptcies. Details of Trump, his progeny and current political cohorts, characterized by greed and deceit, are verified by engrossing news accounts. The facts are grim, the humor captivating.

The wedding industry is set up to screw you over. This refreshingly entertaining book will give you a candid insider's perspective on the Wedding Industry. It'll expose the tricks the industry professionsals use to get you to spend more, warn you about potential pitfalls, and guide you through the ins and outs of securing your ideal vendors for a reasonable price -- all while teaching you how to successfully plan your wedding.This book includes: Detailed information on powerful strategies to ensure wedding professionals won't try to pull the wool over your eyes Ready to use email templates with the specific words to use while reaching out to vendors Memorable stories and cautionary tales followed by specific strategies on how to avoid common set-backs Questions to ask vendors to build respective relationships with vendors without losing control of the conversation Ways to combat common tricks of the trade without becoming defensive This is one of the most snarky, down-to-earth guides on navigating the industry traps. Not just tips and advice, but the acutal scripts and strategies that you what you want.

"A Small History of Political Thought" is a collection of essays written by Victor Nuovo. It contains thirty-three essays beginning with the ancients, Plato and Aristotle, continuing with notable moderns, including Machiavelli, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Diderot, and concluding with Madison and the U.S. Constitution. The general theme is the nature and purpose of civil government and the norms that govern it.The essays previously appeared in the Addison County Independent, a local newspaper serving Middlebury and surrounding towns in Addison County, Vermont. They were written to make political philosophy accessible to the public at a time when our political institutions are under great stress and public diligence is requisite.

The poems collected here are not mere versification, nor do they hide their meaning behind surrealism or cubism or any of the other movements of the 20th century that made meaning oblique in the construction of an artistic reality. Rather, they offer to the reader of the new millenium a fresh way of organizing language and discovering is import. No one should doubt that the talend displayed in this volume is a growing one that will make its audience happy to come back for more,

Rose lives in a world with magic. Spells. Vampires. Witches. All of this is normal, but she lacks magic ability of her own. She feels lost until one day, she falls into another world not unlike her own, except for one glaring, dark difference.