I'm proud of Bernie's statement toward refugees.

In this hysterical xenophobia following the Paris terrorist attacks, it's good to be able to read the following from Seven Days, a weekly tabloid distributed from Burlington, quoting Bernie Sanders:

"During these difficult times, as Americans we will not succumb to racism," Sanders said.We will not allow ourselves to be divided and succumb to Islamophobia.  And when hundreds of thousands of people have lost everything.  And when hundreds of thousands of people have lost everything -- have nothing left but the shirts on their backs -- we will not turn our backs on the refugees from Syria and Afghanistan.

The full statements from him and Shumblin is at sevendaysvt.com.

The First Universalist Parish in Derby Line

V on a ladder painting First Universalist Parish on November 5, 2015, Derby Line, Vermont

Allen Yale, Derby Line, Vermont, UU church, Nov. 5, 2015, putting primer on bare wood on a wonderful November afternoon.

Yesterday I went to Derby Line and was able to help V and Allen paint, some; then went to the Haskell and was able to speak a little French with the library staff person, probably walking over into the Canadian side of the library.

from Barton, Vermont, November 4, 2015

 Are these different, these photos, from each other?  Are morning waves in Crystal Lake, moved by a northwestern soft wind, different from one another?  The leaves, the maple leaves?  Even Colleen, in whose house I wake, a third morning ... are we altogether different, distinct?  Twenty-five miles south of the Canadian border, beside a lake filled with Canadian geese trying to decide, I think, if they are altogether for the journey south, or not.  Route 5 traffic interrupts thoughts, but a still photo is a still photo still.  Early November.  Barton.