Up until 2011, Vermonters had a tendency to shrug off hurricane warnings.

“They always say we’re going to get hit but then it all peters out on its way north,” they’d tell one another.

It’s one of the reasons why Hurricane Irene was such a shock.

But life goes on, as is its habit, and renewal and recovery have progressed in fits and starts. Agnes Findlay and Charlie Cooper have renewal on their minds. I hope you can join them tomorrow to see if they come to any conclusions.

Welcome to Carding, Vermont where life always includes a dash of the unexpected. You can find the little town that no one can seem to find on a map right here in the Carding Chronicles and in the four novels of Carding, Vermont, The Road Unsalted, Thieves of Fire, The Dazzling Uncertainty of Life, and Lights in Water, Dancing.

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