This was the most festive winter weekend in town since 2020. I had to duck out of Winterfest after Pie for Breakfast to attend a Zoom League of Vermont Writers annual meeting, but pie felt like old times. People gathered, talked, ate well, laughed and hugged; children helped serve, found friends and little ones were passed from lap to lap.
I had one of the best slices of pumpkin pie I have ever had, sweetened with maple, I think, with a lovely blend of spices that was easy on the cloves and a nice balance of ginger and cinnamon. I would also love the recipe for one of the deep-dish savory pies: layers of sausage, thinly sliced potato, onion and some bell pepper. If you have that recipe, my email is at the bottom of this column.
Sunday afternoon, friends, co-workers and clients celebrated Pam Sills’ retirement from Sunrise Physical Therapy. For those of us who are patients, it was a chance to see staff faces unmasked for the first time in almost three years. It was also a chance to catch up with more people, because Sunrise is a hub for the community. Don’t worry, Pam is still around, working per diem. She said last week that meant working five days.
There is one call for volunteers this week. The Cambridge rec board is looking for people to help with gathering information and preparing for an informational session to help voters make an informed decision about town acquisition of the Cambridge Community Center. If you support the town purchase and would like to help, email recreation board clerk Nanci Lepsic lepsicslodge@gmail.com.
There were reports of dogsleds using the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail this weekend, which means we finally had enough snow. As an aside to those who ski, snowshoe or walk the rail trail this time of year, snowmobiles have the right of way on the trail.
The minutes of the trails committee’s last meeting suggest that we can look for several different types of celebrations of the trail’s completion this coming May and June. Those same minutes also clarified a minor mystery for me. The Alden Bryan Brewster River Trail is closed from sometime in the fall until April 15 each year to protect a deer yard.
Those same minutes suggest something we can all do to help the trails committee with its work, which includes a good number of maintenance tasks along with policy, organization, grant writing and the like. If we see branches down while using the trails, we can move them to one side. The committee also requests that downed trees be reported to a committee member via pingvoldstad@gmail.com or laird.macdowell@gmail.com.
That does it for me. Until next week, I’ll see you around town.
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