This month was spent entirely in Vermont, so nothing more needs to be said. . .well, I'll mention a few of the events that made the stay in Vermont so wonderful.

Sheila and I started the month by spending the morning of the 1st consulting with the staff of Population Media Center regarding surveys of radio station managers in Africa and Asia, to lay the groundwork for training them in socially conscious programming.  After lunch, we completed our cross-country trip by driving to Woodbury and the camp.

We had an enjoyable summer in Vermont, though it was a bit short.  (Of course, all Vermont summers are short, but ours was even shorter.)  Still, it was a time for getting together with Vermont friends and relatives, and hosting out of town visitors.  Here are some who seemed to enjoy the camp:

Evie explored country life, made new friends, and generally enjoyed herself.

Every summer is also about what animals visit the camp.  There have been fewer trout in recent summers, and we have stopped naming the ones we feed every evening.  Harry the Heron was a regular visitor again this year, and one day he brought a date.  The two of them worked the pond much of the day, but Harry must have gotten dumped, because he was alone the rest of the summer.  There were a couple of dens of foxes nearby, who would scamper by the camp from time to time.  We had deer a few times, including one who swam across the pond, coming ashore just a few feet from the boat house. One day, a seagull spent an hour or so sitting on the boat house, and late in our stay, we had a loon (Larry) at the pond for about 24 hours.  Oh yes, there was also Sally the Snake.

The most exciting development of the summer is that my mom is moving back to Vermont.  It's as though the universe has come a little more into alignment, just as it did when the Raiders returned to Oakland.  She'll be living in Greensboro, a small town with a large summer population about twenty minutes drive from Woodbury.  Here she is, handing over her first month's rent.

Through all this, I completed the revision (10th edition) of The Practice of Social Research, so it was a productive as well as enjoyable summer in Vermont.