Please also check the Cavendish VT Facebook page for photo albums of various CHS activities.
Happy Candlemas Day, or as
it is better known, Happy Groundhog’s Day. It really doesn’t matter if
Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow as living in Vermont, one could only hope
that winter ends in six weeks.
If you are wondering where
this custom comes from, it turns out that a number of Germans settled in
Pennsylvania, the home of Phil, and noticed how similar the groundhogs
(woodchucks) were to the European hedgehog. In Europe, when clear skies
occurred on Candlemas Day (Feb. 2), an extended winter was forecast-“For as the
sun shines on Candlemas Day, so far will the snow swirl in May.” The German’s
noted that if the sun shown on Candlemas, a hedgehog would cast its shadow,
thus predicting six more weeks of winter. Given how cold it is at the moment, I
don’t think any self-respecting woodchuck is venturing out in Cavendish.
WHAT WE’VE BEEN DOING
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| Preparing packages |
Homeschooler’s Cavendish Care Packages: This year’s flu is off to a roaring start,
and early indications are it’s going to be a banner year-and not in a good
way. To help with both flu awareness and
to provide some comfort to those affected, -it’s also part of CHS’s efforts to
teach town stewardship-the Cavendish Homeschool community in conjunction with
the CHS, Cavendish Connects and the Cavendish Baptist Church are preparing
Cavendish Cares Packages (CCPs). The packages contain items to help prevent the
spread of flu as well as provide comfort to those who already have it. These
are available now through April (flu season).
We love the logo the kids
designed for this project along with the personal get well notes they include
with each package.
If you would like to help
with this project, you can drop off the following items for the CCPs at the Cavendish
Baptist Church between 7am and 7pm every day through the side entrance at
the back of the church - through the double doors under the porch supported by
crosses. There is a bin labeled "Cavendish Cares Donations"
just inside those doors.
• Tissues, toilet paper, paper towels
• herb teas
• honey
• cough drops
• lip balm
• hand sanitizer
• disinfectant
• Water
• Electrolyte solutions, such as Gatorade and Powerade
• ibuprofen
•
acetaminophen
•
children’s acetaminophen
If
you would like to help in other ways, such as being a distribution or
collection point, please e-mail cavendishconnects@gmail.com or call
802-226-7807. See the Dish for tips on flu prevention. Learn more at http://cavendish-connects.squarespace.com/blog/2018/1/10/got-flu-cavendish-care-packages
Solzhenitsyn’s 100th Birthday Year: Activities are underway on the
collaborative exhibit at the Vermont Historical Society’s Museum in May. It’s
been interesting reading the archives to help with the exhibit. While the
state’s proclamation honoring Solzhenitsyn was read out on January 3, we are
working on a date for a more formal dedication later in the legislative
session.
Museum: It took the dedication of Bob Naess to dig and sand a
path into the Museum, but it’s important to do a “winter check” on the
building. We’re happy to report that it is wintering over quite well.
Archeology: Volunteers continue to work
throughout the winter months with South Champlain Historical Ecology Project. We're cleaning, identifying and cataloguing all that was found during the summer dig.
We’re turning up a lot of Native American pottery, which has very interesting
designs. Pictures of the Cavendish Town Elementary School’s 6th
grade (class of 2017) are on display as part of the SCHEP exhibit. Volunteers of
all ages can help make important discoveries.
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN FEBRUARY
One Day in the Life of Ivan
Denisovach: Book Discussion & Movie: As part of the year-long celebration of
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s 100th birthday, on Feb. 13 (Tuesday) at noon there
will be a book discussion and showing of the movie “One Day in the Life of Ivan
Denisovich” at the Fletcher Library in Ludlow. In the madness of World War II, a dutiful Russian soldier is wrongfully
convicted of treason and sentenced to ten years in a Siberian labor camp. So
begins this masterpiece of modern Russian fiction, a harrowing account of a man
who has conceded to all things evil with dignity and strength."
Barnes and Noble
Solzhenitsyn’s only
publication in Russia before his exile, “One Day in the Life” alerted the world
to the existence of the “gulags.” Winner of the Nobel Prize in literature,
Solzhenitsyn was exiled from Russia in 1974 and lived 18 of his 20 years in
exile in Cavendish, VT where he wrote “The Red Wheel.”
Margo Caulfield, Director of
the Cavendish Historical Society and author of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: The
Writer Who Changed History will be leading the discussion.
The Library is located at 88
Main St., Ludlow VT. Those attending are asked to please use the rear entrance
of the library, which is adjacent to the parking area. FMI: 228-8921
Annual Report: The CHS
Annual Report is being prepared and will be in the Winter Newsletter. An annual
meeting is being planned for March.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
If you can help with any of the following, please
contact CHS margocaulfield@icloud.com; 802-226-7807 or PO
Box 472, Cavendish, VT 05142
• CHS is looking for new board members as well as
volunteers who can help with various activities.
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