Occasional Musings by Kevin Russell
July 17, 2024 – Phen Basin, Vermont My living room is not your average indoor climate-controlled space. In fact, it is outdoors, the Phen Basin Wilderness Area of the Camel’s Hump State Park in Vermont. I do not own this room but have lived in it as often as possible since discovering it in 1999. I also work there, maintaining the Old Mountain Road … Continue Reading →
July 11, 2024 – Along the Mill Brook This is my 70th trip around the sun and my 30th year residing along the Mill Brook. Over these past three decades, I have observed this efficient watershed that drains Mount Ellen, General Stark, Baby Stark, and Molly Stark Mountains. Along with Camel’s Hump to the north, these make up the Green Mountain Monroe Skyline. As … Continue Reading →
In 1903, the Town of Fayston constructed the iconic schoolhouse along the Mill Brook near the junction of Number Nine Hill Road and Town Highway #1, now Mill Brook Road (Vermont Route 17). The road got its name from Schoolhouse #9, which served the Fayston School District 9. Sixty years of bell ringing and the chatter of the children of Fayston ensued along the … Continue Reading →