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He has been around too long to not know that without these sales most conflicts and wars could not have been pursued in the first place, nor sustained for very long. — Ron Podlaski Plainfield 2ND AMENDMENT NOT ABOUT HUNTING I must object to the photos and overall tone of the article, "Farewell to Arms?" [7/22/98]. The photos for the story of a man holding an "AK" style rifle while standing in a playground are obviously meant to portray firearms as something evil and frightful. The black bar over the eyes of the man only furthers accentuates that negative image. The article used the standard anti-firearms rhetoric technique of placing the blame for crime upon the tool, and not the user. As such, it was another step towards what the lawyer for Century Arms correctly termed as the "effort to reduce private firearms ownership in the U.S." President Clinton's quote that "You don't need an Uzi to hunt deer" was highlighted. That may be true, but so what? The 2nd Amendment isn't about hunting, or recreation or collecting. The entire Bill of Rights was established to emphasize (not create) those rights which free citizens (not governments) naturally enjoy. The 2nd Amendment is about government entrusting its citizens with the power to defend themselves from others and the state. Every genocide in the 20th century has been preceded by a civilian disarmament, often done in a gradual manner. Sportsmen receive the benefit of 2nd Amendment protection, but the "sporting purposes" test mentioned in the article was only established in 1968 during the gun-control hysteria after the RFK and MLK assassinations. It is weak law, and is ripe to be rescinded. The 2nd Amendment protects ownership of the arms which Century legally distributes, though the author of the article apparently wishes it were not so. — Gary Douglas S. Burlington CONSUMERS NOT VICTIMS Peter Kurth flippantly shrugs off his dissenters ["Poofter Politics," July 22] with "the future of publishing lies squarely in cyberspace." He seems to believe this transition is inevitable — "the fault of market capitalism." In reality, it lies squarely on his shoulders — and all of our shoulders. I choose to support locally owned bookstores, not the Internet's version of Borders and Barnes & Noble, let alone the real thing. So instead of kicking and screaming that everybody else is doing it, and glumly joining the pack, as Mr. Kurth does, I choose instead to continue buying books as I always have. Unlike the scenario he argues, in my view the consumer still has a role other than as victim.

an arms industry lobbyist for Century International? Perhaps Senator Leahy and his anti-landmine friends should follow the words of Bishop Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, ^-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize: "Arms can never be treated like ordinary commercial goods. "No economic interest can justify their production or sale." People all over the world have suffered terribly — Chris Middings from the effects of armaments manufactured in Burlington America. The American leader of the anti-landmine MASKED MAN MARVELOUS campaign must use his senior positon in the House of To your movie reviewer: Relax. The Mask ofZorro Representatives and the anti-landmine campaigns was a fine romp and fully deserved the spontaneous platform to appeal to the United States Government, burst of applause it received at the end. whose factories produce the world's largest and most — Elizabeth Sage Blue sophisticated variety of weapons to consider the Orange dreadful consequences of their so-called "defense industry." He must call on America to restrict even further the Letters conditions tradeyour is permitted. Policy:under SEVENwhich DAYS wants rantsandraves,in 250 words or less. Letters are only accepted that respond to content in Seven Days. Include your full name and a daytime phone number and send to: SEVEN DAYS, P.O. Box 1164, Burlington, VT 05402-1164. fax: 865-1015 e-mail: s e v e n d a y @ t o g e t h e r . n e t Photographers, want to show off your stuff? Contribute a portfolio shot to "Exposure."

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John wake of the new departmental I Murphy of Ludlow when he » policy on the use of police ® showed up at the Democratic M^k I cruisers on extra-duty job sites. 1 love-fest wearing his "Candon We're talking about the cops you | for Congress" sticker. Said one I M I see at road construction sites. | Democratic insider, "It's amazing Sometimes you'll catch 'em p to see just how how big of a turd plopped inside the air-condi„ Tom's turned into over the tioned patrol car, drinking coffee • years." and reading the newspaper, and 1 And most Vermont you say to yourself, "What the | Democrats love their Bernie. Just hell are we paying this guy for?" j look at Phil Hoff. At Monday's campaign kick"It's a huge public relations problem," says I off, Prince Philip touted Ol' Bernardo as "one O'Neill. The commission reviewed the policy ® of the most effective representatives in on second jobs earlier this year. The city charges 1 Washington today." 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oward Norman wrote The Bird Artist with a picture in mind. A real painting, linked to the murder of a lighthouse keeper in Newfoundland, hatched the idea for his bestselling book. But it was a larger collection of art, with much darker origins, that inspired his brilliant new novel, The Museum Guard. Norman was staying at the Lord Nelson Hotel in Halifax, Nova Scotia, when he made an acquaintance that would haunt him for years. The former curator told Norman of an unsolicited shipment of paintings by Jewish artists that had been smuggled out of Europe on the eve of World War II. The works arrived with no explanation at his small museum in Canada, like bundled babies handed off a train. A number of North American museums received anonymous tableaux before the Holocaust — sent on to safer settings by anxious artists whose futures were uncertain at best. But the tragedy of the gesture was not fully understood at that moment in history, before Canada and the United States were drawn into the war. "Once I knew about the phenomenon, I couldn't get it out of my head," Norman says. "What that must have been like — to have a foreshadowing without the context." That "infinite passion of expectation," as the author puts it, drives the action in The Museum Guard— about a pair of museum guards, the young woman they both love, and a painting that changes all of their lives forever. Against a backdrop of global history, the book weighs in heavier, and more melancholy, than The Bird Artist. Though full of comparably quirky characters and boreal landscapes, it leads Norman, and his fans, into new territory.

o one is guarding the framed catfish suspended over our table at the River Run Restaurant in Plainfield, but Norman still admires the Mark Catesby print he donated to the local eatery. The 49-year-old writer introduces the waitress, the cook, passersby — and asks after their mothers, children and motorboats with genuine interest. He is a regular, and

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S new novel, The Museum Guard, watches over a litscape of love, art and the Holocaust by Paula Routly conversation — its author is heading to the Hood Museum at Dartmouth College the next morning to interview the head of security for The Washington Post. His line of questioning will start with something like, "What is the closest you ever came to wrestling someone to the ground?" "If they say 'never,'" Norman says soberly, "that is interesting, too. It is more about the mental life." Sounding more apologetic than egotistic, he also mentions a very scholarly article in the current issue of Gentleman's Quarterly, which he mistakenly identifies to his friends as "P.Q." Not only did the critic thoroughly analyze his literary oeuvre, but he raved about it, comparing the books to "pieces of folk art whose simplicity postpones a sly impact." Norman is particularly pleased with the piece because the writer never called him for an interview. The implication, after three acclaimed novels and numerous books for children, is that his work speaks for itself.

Not only does The Museum Guard represent his first exploration of real history, it is the first work in which Norman, who is Jewish, deals with the Holocaust. cherished, customer at every reputable dining establishment within five miles of Peck Hill Road in East Calais, where he summers with his wife, poet Jane Shore, and their 10-yearold daughter Emma. It's a late lunch for Norman. Even between novels, he is up and writing in his cabin by 5 a.m. Afternoons, he makes his "rounds," visiting friends like New Yorker cartoonist Ed Koren, memoirist Joyce Johnson and Rick Levy, a prisoners' rights activist who doubles as the town dog catcher. Levy's new truck justifies our

next stop. "There it is," Norman exclaims as we pull off the Goddard road into the driveway behind a big red four-byfour — a carbon copy of its predecessor, which is parked nearby. Offering "congratulations," Norman circles the rig, makes a little car talk and settles in for a two-hour visit that covers everything from endangered amphibians in the Amazon to Act 60. Norman, who dreads book tours, is less eager to talk about his own work. Only once does The Museum Guard come up in

"You can never really see what your books are about, I'm convinced of that," says Norman, who grew up in western Michigan in a house without literature. "And I'm convinced that authors who can summarize their work are either not writing at the top of their capacity, or there is fundamentally some formula involved. We live in a culture where the TV Guide description is — "Are you cold?" Do you want my jacket?" he says, changing the subject to remove his green windbreaker. In typical fashion, Norman lets a gesture of generosity deflect attention from himself. "No, take it, really, I'm fine. I don't get cold too easily."

chill Canadian wind blows through all of Norman's fiction — a result of his prolonged exposure to arctic culture as a folklorist, translator and screenwriter. His first novel, The Northern Lights, con-

cerns a young boy in rural Manitoba whose only connection to the outside world is a short-wave radio. In The Bird Artist, set in windswept Witless Bay, Fabian Vas attempts a correspondence course in a setting with monthly mailboat service. The physical isolation cultivates a certain eccentricity in his characters, conveyed convincingly by the young male narrator who relates the events of the book. Like his protagonist predecessors, The Museum Guard's Defoe Russett is a young man whose world is limited by geography — in this case the four buildings in which he works, lives, eats and lies in bed next to his girlfiend. "I had not even philosophically ever thought of it as a life, only days lined up behind and in front of me," Russett explains. The narrow alley of cold, of being born and raised in Halifax, a place I could never, not for the life of me, figure out how to leave." That is about as eloquent as Russett gets — a small-town museum guard whose only other job experience was loading baggage at the train station. His first-person account is told with the matter-of-fact restraint expected from a "passive hero," as Norman describes him. Layering in reminiscences with narrative offered from other characters, he relates how his parents died in a zeppelin accident, how his philandering uncle raised him at the Lord Nelson Hotel, and how he was driven to steal a painting for his girlfriend from the museum he was hired to guard. T h e confession comes in the first sentence of the book. Like Fabian Vas, who admits to a murder in the first paragraph of The Bird Artist, Russett has already announced his crime before the reader learns he is a fastidious, law-abiding young man whose main diversion is ironing. His uncle, "living tenfold" what his nephew could, does most of the sinning in this book. Russett is constantly covering for his last remaining relative, who is also his only colleague — both men work as guards in the same museum. Knowing right up front that Russett is a criminal does not compromise his credibility. Instead, it heightens suspense. Continued

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AARON FLINN (pop-rock), Breakwater Cafe, 4:30 p.m. NC. DOC HOPPER, NO KNIFE, GARRISON, K.S. SMASH (pop-punk/indie), 242 Main, 6 p.m. $5. JULIET MCVICKER, WENDY COPP & CHUCK ELLER (folk/jazz), Leunig's, 8:30 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE (acoustic), Dubie's Cafe, 8 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, 135 Pearl, 9 p.m. N C . THE VIBROKINGS W/CHRISTY BLUE (rock), Nectar's, 9:30 p.m. NC. CHRIS DUARTE (guitarist), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. $5. THE VORCZA ORGAN TRIO (members of viperHouse), Red Square, 9 p.m. NC. DEAD HIPPY, SQUAGMYRE, SENSIBLE SHOES (rock), Club Toast, 9:30p.m. NC/$5. OPEN MIKE W/PICKLES, Manhattan Pizza, 10 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE W/DAVE NERBAK, Vermont Pub &: Brewery, 10 p.m. NC. FLAN (groove rock), Higher Ground, Winooski, 9 p.m. $3. MARK BRISSON & FRIENDS (acoustic), Cheers, 9 p.m. NC. GUY COLASACCO (acoustic guitar), Jake's, 6 p.m. NC. MARY FLOWER (slide blues), Good Times Cafe, Hinesburg, 7:30 p.m. Donations. VIDA, WOMENSING (women's a cappeUd), Vergennes Opera House, 7 p.m. $5/4.

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PARROT-HEAD PARTY, Breakwater Cafe, 4:30 p.m. NC. BL00Z0T0MY, SENSIBLE SHOES (jump blues, funk-rock), Battery Park, 7 p.m. NC. ELLEN POWELL DUO & LITTLE JOYCE (r&b) Leunig's, 8:30 p.m. N C . KARA KESSELRING & SCOTT ANDERSON (acoustic), Sweetwaters, 8:30 p.m. NC. MANGO JAM (cajun, zydeco), Red Square, 9 p.m. NC. THE X-RAYS (rock7r&b), Nectar's, 9:30 p.m. NC. LIFE (underground DJ Justin B), 135 Pearl, 10 p.m. $3. BAG OF PANTIES, KEYSTONEJOSHE HENRY (alt-rock), Club Toast, 9:30 p.m. $6. ROBERT BRADLEY'S BLACKWATER SURPRISE (rock), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. $5. OPEN MIKE W/D. DAVIS, Cactus

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(jazz), Vermont Pub & Brewery, 10 p.m. NC. DR. JAZZ & THE DIXIE HOT SHOTS (Dixieland jazz), Henry's Pub, Holiday Inn, 7 p.m. N C . BEAT DOWN W/SOUl PROPRIETORS (funk hip-hop), Higher Ground, Winooski, 9:30 p.m. $3/5. DAVE ABAIR TRIO (rock), Trackside Tavern, Winooski, 9 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Edgewater Pub, Colchester, 9 p.m. NC. MICHAEL P & GUESTS (acoustic), BU's Emporium, Colchester, 6 p.m. N C . MARK BRISSON & FRIENDS (acoustic), Cheers, 9 p.m. NC. GUY COLASACCO (singer-songwriter), Jake's, 6:30 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE, Swany's, Vergennes, 9 p.m. NC. TNT (DJ &C karaoke), Thirsty Turtle, Waterbury, 9 p.m. NC. CONSTRUCTION JOE, AARON FLINN'S SALAD DAYS (alt-country, poprock), Rusty Nail, Stowe, 9 p.m. $4. MARKLEGRAND (Americana), Thrush Tavern, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE, Gallagher's, Waitsfield, 8:30 p.m. NC. SMOKIN'GRASS (jamgrass), Mad Mountain Tavern, Waitsfield, 9 p.m. $4. TOM VITZHUM (classical guitar), Giorgio's Cafe, Tucker Hill Lodge, Waitsfield, 7 p.m. $7.50. 0

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MANGO JAM (cajun-zydeco), Breakwater Cafe, 4 p.m. NC. CLYDE STATS (jazz), Windjammer, 5 p.m. NC. JOECAPPS QUARTET (jazz), Sai-Gon Cafe, 7 p.m. NC. BOOTLESS & UNHORSED (Irish), Last Chance Saloon, 7:30 p.m. N C . MARK LEGRAND & SARAH MUNRO (folk), Borders, 8 p.m. NC. MOTEL BROWN (rock-reggae), Halvorson's, 10 p.m. $5. PERRY NUNN (acoustic),

Ruben James, 5 p.m. NC, followed by DJ NIGHT, 9 p.m. NC. BL00Z0T0MY (jump blues), Red Square, 9:30 p.m. NC. AEKtUS (DJ Craig Mitchell), 135 Pearl, 9 p.m. $5. MADBALL, BLOOD FOR BLOOD, DROWNING-

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advice MAN (power rock, hardcore), Club Toast, 9:30 p.m. $8. KNIGHT FEVER (disco), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. $5. THE X-RAYS (rock/r&b), Nectar's, 9:30 p.m. NC. GRIM TRADITION (rock), Manhattan Pizza, 10 p.m. NC. MANGO JAM (cajun, zydeco), Vermont Pub & Brewery, 9 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE (acoustic), Chickenbone Cafe, 9 p.m. NC. COMEDY ZONE (stand-up), Radisson Hotel, 8 & 10 p.m. $7. THE MATCH (rock), Franny O's, 9:30 p.m. NC. GUY COLASACCO (acoustic guitar), Jake's, 6 p.m. NC. WHITE LIES (rock), Henry's Pub, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. NC. HIGHLAND WEAVERS (Irish), Tuckaway's, Sheraton Hotel, 9 p.m. NC. RAYVASSO (acoustic), Ground Round, 8 p.m. NC. QUADRA (rock), Trackside Tavern, Winooski, 9 p.m. $3. BUCK & THE BLACKCATS, CHROME COWBOYS (rockabilly, vintage country), Higher Ground, Winooski, 9 p.m. $5. DJ NIGHT (Dr. E), Clover House Pub, Colchester, 9 p.m. NC. FULL CIRCLE (rock), Edgewater Pub, Colchester, 9 p.m. NC. ALEX SMITH (folk guitar), The Tavern, Inn at Essex, 8 p.m. NC. DANCIN' DEAN (country dance & instruction), Cobbweb, Milton, 7:30 p.m. $5. LIVE JAZZ, Diamond Jim's Grille, St. Albans, 7:30 p.m. NC. JIMMY T & THE COBRAS (rock), Thirsty Turtle, Waterbury, 9 p.m. $3/5. MALE REVUE, Gallagher's, Waitsfield, 7:30 p.m. $5. SETH YACOVONE (blues), Mad Mountain Tavern, Waitsfield, 9 p.m. $4. LYNN ANDERSON, JOHN LINCOLN & JIM HOGUE (Porter, Gershwin, etc.), Villa Tragara, Waterbury Center, 6 & 8:30 p.m. $7.50. JUSAGROOVE (disco), Rusty Nail, Stowe, 8:30 p.m. $5. SHANE & CHARLOTTE BRODIE (folk), Three Mountain Lodge, Jeffersonville, 6 p.m. NC. DAVE KELLER BLUES BAND, Charlie O's, Montpelier, 10 p.m. $2. PAUL BOFIA, ANDY HARRIS & FRIENDS (wild love songs), Cafe Ole, North Common Chelsea, 8 p.m. NC. HARD LUCK (rock), Rude Dog Tavern, Vergennes, 9 p.m. NC. SATURDAY JOHN LACKARD BLUES BAND, Breakwater Cafe, 4:30 p.m. NC. GORDON STONE BAND (jazz-bluegrass), Borders, 8 p.m. NC. LIVE MUSIC (rock), Nectar's, 9:30 p.m. NC. LITTLE MARTIN (DJ), 135 Pearl, 9 p.m. $4/5. DJ NIGHT, Ruben James, 9 p.m. NC. JAMES HARVEY (jazz), Red Square, 9 p.m. NC. JIMMY MCGRIFF (Hammon B3 pioneer), Club Toast, 9:30 p.m. $12. RETRONOME (DJ), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, J.P.'s Pub, 9 p.m. NC. RACHEL BISSEX & FRIENDS (contemporary folk), Vermont Pub & Brewery, 10 p.m. NC. COMEDY ZONE (stand-up), Radisson Hotel, 8 & 10 p.m. $7. KARAOKE, Franny O's, 9:30 p.m. NC. WHITE LIES (rock), Henry's Pub, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. NC. BOBGESSER (jazz guitar), Tuckaway's, Sheraton Hotel, 9 p.m. NC. RICH THOMAS (acoustic), Ground Round, 8 p.m. NC. QUADRA (rock), Trackside Tavern, Winooski, 9 p.m. All clubs in Burlington

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I (ARM, FUN BOX, MR. WARD (pop/punk), 242 Main, 6 p.m. $5. LIVE MUSIC (rock), Nectar's, 9:30 p.m. NC. METRO LOUNGE (DJ), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. NC. TECHNO NIGHT (DJs), 135 Pearl, 10 p.m. $4. COSMIC LOUNGE (house, breakbeat DJs), Higher Ground, Winooski, 10 p.m. NC/$2. OPEN MIKE, Rude Dog Tavern, Vergennes, 9 p.m. NC. Q

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The conflict focuses more attention on the impending display of emotion — although even at their most operatic, these tales never turn up the volume too loud. An avid fan of Japanese writers like Akutagawa, Tanizaki and Kawabata, Norman likes to quote the proverb: "To taste the ocean all you need is one gulp." Sustained by a sense of impending drama, one reads on, in anticipation of what could possibly force Russett out of his daily routine and into the Citadel Prison, which seems a more likely address for his uncle. The catalyst turns out to be "A Jewess on the Street in Amsterdam," a painting in a traveling exhibit of Dutch landscapes that comes to obsess, and eventually destroy, his girlfriend, Imogen Linny. Linny, who works as a caretaker in the Jewish Cemetery, is moody to begin with. But she becomes increasingly unbalanced as she fixates on the haunting image of a young Dutch woman clutching a loaf of bread in Anne Frank's Amsterdam neighborhood. Although she uses Russett to get nocturnal access to the picture, Linny gradually loses all interest in her former boyfriend. His uncle steps in with a key to the museum, and Linny shifts her nighttime attentions to him. Russett is devastated by the betrayal. Meanwhile, Linny's obsession escalates into a willed transformation. Announcing

seemingly bucolic market scene which camouflages a knifewielding gnome. Miss Delbo puts it more academically, on one of her museum tours. But the metaphor is unmistakeable: "Notice the complacency in 'Sunday Flower Market,'" Miss Delbo said. "Yet harrowing violence threatens. It lurks just beneath the flower stall, a kind of violation of pastoralism. What else do we see? A child's innocence, surely. What's more, the parents are simply passing the time of day, imbued with a sense of well-being. A sense that everything is right with the world.. .Look at the dwarf's knife poised to strike. It is striking. So we viewers are privileged — privy to the immediate future, are we not?...And in that sense we are tensed for an experience we shall never have. Time is stopped." Norman develops landscape like he does characters. Relying on mood rather than heavyhanded description, he offers a sketch vivid enough to invite you to imagine the details yourself. The craggy coast of Newfoundland makes an unforgettable appearance in The Bird Artist. But in The Museum Guard, most of the spaces are interior — Norman says he hopes one could sketch the layout of the museum after reading the book. The landscapes here are less about literal surroundings than windows on the world, framed representations of an outside reality. When Russett describes the view of the harbor, it is through the museum window. His perspective from jail is sim-

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the model is "living a true life and I am not," she convinces herself she is the woman in the picture, who is in fact the deceased wife of the Dutch painter Joop Heijman. Russett, encouraged by the museum tour guide, Miss Delbo, steals the painting for Linny in a desperate act of love, in hopes that proximity to the painting will keep her from taking the next step — aboard an ocean liner bound for pre-war Amsterdam. But her trans-Atlantic voyage is as inevitable as the news arriving from Europe — rumors of unspeakable horrors. Everything seems to foreshadow Hitlers wrath, from the weekly radio broadcasts of commentator Ovid Lamartine to the other paintings in the exhibit. Russett has a particular aversion to "Sunday Flower Market," a

ilarly contained: "From my small window I have a view of Halifax Harbor and can see the topmost masts of the historical schooners. Hour after hour, that is my framed view." The relationship of character to landscape plays out differently in The Museum Guard, where the paintings also represent the possibility of escape. Imogen Linny steps inside a painting and takes on a new identity. But when Russett tells his uncle, "There's only one, maybe two, landscapes I would not like to see in person," his uncle advises, "Don't get too personally involved with the paintings. Don't get all lost and daydreamy, stay alert, eh?" With Linny, anyway, both men fail in their most basic museum guard duty: keeping people from getting too close to the art. a u g u s t

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or a writer, Norman thinks a lot like a painter. "I think my first role model was Edward Lear," he says of the English landscape painter and travel writer who inspired him to imagine a career in nature reportage. Growing up, Norman made frequent forays into remote areas of Canada, which eventually became paying gigs. He spent two summers fighting fires with Cree and Ojibwa people in Ontario and Manitoba. The early exposure to Indian culture was indelible, says Norman, who still speaks two indigenous languages.

His exploits in English were no less challenging in a house without books, and not much of a father. When 24-year-old Norman brought home his first published book, a collection of translations, his father responded by handing him an application

tionship between background painter Isaac Sprague and his foreground foreman John James Audubon. "Like in a painting, the background and foreground are interacting, history and Europe are interacting with what is right in front of you every day. That creates a nice dynamic for a fiction writer — at least it does for me.

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for a post office job. In a Boston Globe article, Norman once revealed he thought his father "had other lives," including other children. In a more recent interview he explains, "Privately — I never said it out loud — I voiced the harshest indictment: You don't read. You never taught me to love books." Norman was nearly 40 when he attempted his first work of fiction. Prior to that he made a living as a screenwriter and translator for wildlife films. His combined interest in zoology, folklore and writing brought him to some very out-of-the-way places, including Greenland. And he did respond to his experiences with stories and illustrations. Some of the articles got published, but "no one ever mentioned the art work," Norman says with a laugh. "I have notebooks full of birds that don't exist on the earth." The experience gave him a keen understanding of the relationship between visual art and writing — the picture versus the thousand words. "I think a lot of people walk about with paintings in their head," Norman suggests. "My own daughter will sometimes look at someone on the street and say, 'Oh, she looks like a Modigliani.' She is not aware of art imitating life.. .They are clarifying each other. I think a lot about that." His next novel, which will be written in thirdperson narrative, revolves around a photograph. In The Museum Guard\ Norman says, "I wanted to make the background come alive as much as the foreground," using as contrast the competitive rela-

explains. "It was in this book, but I don't know if it will continue to be." Still, he was not prepared for his reaction to the recent visit of his German publisher — a fiftysomething woman who fought for the publishing rights to The Museum Guard in Europe. "The first thing she said was, 'You know, we burned most of the Jewish writers.' She wanted to voice her rage, but she didn't have the vocabulary to express it," Norman says. "I was absolutely flabbergasted. She said, 'My uncles were both Nazis, but my father'...like she wanted me to know she was a good person." Her protests are vaguely reminiscent of those expressed by Defoe Russett, who, from the confines of his prison cell, remembers a painting of the museum that hung in the lobby. Running the landscape through his mind, he notes the erroneous absence of seagulls from the scene he knows so well. Then he corrects himself with another overheard lesson from Miss Delbo. "It is simpleminded arrogance to think, I wish she or he would have — You have only what is right in front of you to judge. Every brushstroke is the artists opinion about existence." ® Howard Norman will read from The Museum Guard on Thursday, August 13, at 5:30 p. m. at The Flying Pig Bookstore in Charlotte. He's also the featured reader at Bear Pond Books in Montpelier on Friday, August 21, at 7 p. m.

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• Just 150 big brown Bats, which are also found in Vermont, can eat enough cucumber beetles each summer to protect farmers from millions of the beetles' larvae — pests that cost farmers nationally close to a billion dollars each year. • Bats make up almost one quarter of the mammal population on the planet; of the more. j than 4000 types of mammals, approximately 1000 are species of bats. Genzlinger carries printed material about bats in his car and his briefcase. The focal point of his office is a resource center on bats. The yards in his homes in South Burlington and Goshen, New Hampshire, are

"The time to worry is when you don't see bats/' - Barry Genzlinger filled with bats. The only place in our food and environment. you won't find bats is in his belBut expand the bat population fry. And that's because he's built and voilcLl— a healthier food bat houses that are far more chain, a marketing plus for appealing to the little flying tourism and, for Genzlinger mammals. and his family, anyway, pure "In 1988 we constructed entertainment. some bat houses on the With reams of information grounds of our New Hampin his head, Genzlinger reels off shire home to get rid of bugs," statistics: explains Genzlinger. "We start• One little brown bat, which ed tracking the number of bats we have in the Northeast, can . in the houses, and our whole catch up to 1200 mosquitosized bugs in one hour — often family got more and more interested." two in a single second. He concedes that friends • A bat colony in Texas with a who would arrive for weekend population of 20 million eats visits at first declined to sit out250,000 pounds of insects in a side at night so close to the single night. (That's the weight bats. "Then they'd hear our equivalent of 25 elephants.) whoops of delight as the first • There are nine species of bats bats emerged from each bat in Vermont, 40 in the United house," he says. "They'd see States.

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how we count bais by throwing year. Instead of sending her studifferent color poker chips, rep- dents home with a live bunny resenting each bat house, into or gerbil, as she had in past barrels, and our friends would years, she asked every student venture out." The friends are to bring home a furry bat pupfinally sold on bats, Genzlinger pet, keep a journal to describe notes, when they find themthe bat's eating and sleeping selves "on a porch in the middle habits, and read Stella Luna, a of the woods, deep in conversacharming children's book about tion, without mosquitoes or a baby bat raised by a bird. black flies to bother us." Her husband, naturally, The bat species look as came in to give a bat talk. You much alike as Chihuahuas can almost hear him saying, in resemble St. Bernards, the patient style of Mr. Rogers, Genzlinger will tell you. The "Can you say Chiroptera?" smallest kind weighs little more before explaining that bats are than a paper clip; the largest the only mammals that really has a six-foot wing span. Their fly, and that Chiroptera means sounds are also distinctive. On hand-wing. Mo says that the a bat soundtrack he plays, one term Myotis lucifugus — the scispecies sounds like birds chirpentific name for this areas little ing; another like percussion for brown bat — rolled off the tap dancer Savion Glover. tongues of her entire class by With so many bats in the year's end. world, Genzlinger is continually Most of us, says Genzlinger, amazed that most people know have learned about bats from so little about them — and that our parents, or from books or no one seems to be able to movies filled with legends, fears teach about them. So, gradualand superstitions. He wants to ly, he amassed a resource library set the story straight: First of and turned into the teacher he all, bats are not blind; all bats had sought. can see. Not all bats echolocate (using sensors that send sound His wife Mo, in fact, to judge distance). Macrochidescribes him as a "tried-androptera, or fruit-eating bats, true teacher. Once he learns don't need this mechanism, about something, he wants simply because fruit doesn't everyone to know about it." move. Those bats that eat fastGenzlinger was a high moving bugs, fish or frogs — school mathematics teacher, Microchiroptera — do echoloand then ran an alternative cate. Bats absolutely do not school in New Hampshire durattack humans in the United ing the 1970s and early 1980s, States, Genzlinger assures. They before moving to Vermont and avoid humans just as most wild founding his custom-designed mammals do. And bats don't database company, Straight have rabies any more than other Forward Software. mammals; indeed, they have it Now dozens of videos, less than raccoons. When bats tapes, books, interactive bat do get rabies, they hang upside games, sample bat houses, and innumerable posters, charts and down in their caves or on trees information sheets sit surround- and then fall down and die. ed by the computer systems, Therefore, Genzlinger modems and data files of his warns, if you find a bat on the home business. ground, do not pick it up. All Mo, a kindergarten teacher cases of humans contracting at South Burlington's Orchard rabies from a bat are from peoElementary School, chose a bat ple picking up bats from the as mascot in her class this past ground.

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If a bat flies into your house, open your windows to let it out, he says. It will seek a way out. If it doesn't exit through the window, Genzlinger advises getting a towel and gently scooping the bat up in it and taking it outside, where it will fly away. And finally, Genzlinger says, dispelling the biggest myth of all, there are no vampire bats anywhere in the U.S. or Canada — only in Latin America. "The time to worry," he says, "is when you don't see bats." His daughter Timna, 24, elaborates with the example of Madagascar, a country where fruit-bearing trees had once been a mainstay of the economy. She described how this little island in the Indian Ocean had a large number of fruit trees that required bats to pollinate them. The island's inhabitants, unfortunately, liked to eat bat wings, and ground bat parts to use as aphrodisiacs. By the 1980s their demand had killed off most of the bat population. Without the bats to pollinate, the trees stopped bearing fruit, tourism dropped, and the island's economy plummeted dramatically. Many bat species are highly sociable and live in colonies, says Genzlinger. In some species, bats will take turns "batsitting" so that their pups are never unattended, or females who lose their pups help other mothers nurse their young. Among the little brown bat colonies, the nursing mothers chase non-nursing bats from their roosts until the pups are old enough to fly, about three weeks. Vermont's bats hibernate in the winter or migrate to warmer climes in central or southern United States. Our primary species — the little and Continued

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Continued from page 17 big brown bats — are colonizers, and return each year to the same summer home. Their summer "camp" could be your attic. But according to Genzlinger, if you build them their own outdoor bat house, they will come. He recommends putting up a bat house on a pole or on the side of your home or garage. Then wait a few weeks. If the bats remain in your attic, he instructs, "During the day, hang a light net in front of the crevice where they enter. Drape the net in front so the bats can crawl out, but can't push up to re-enter. They'll have already seen the bat house, and will start roosting there. Then completely seal the opening in your house." Genzlinger constructs bat houses for his family and sells them at the Wild Bird Center in South Burlington. Before he started building them, not surprisingly, he researched the best kind of house to make, and has made adjustments over the years as he's studied the bat colonies in his own backyard.

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You can almost hear him saying, in the patient style of Mr. Rogers, "Can you say Chiroptera?" before explaining that bats are the only mammals that really fly. can easily climb and roost at different heights. The houses should be set 20-25 feet from the nearest trees. Ideally, they're placed near water, and where they can receive eight to 10 hours of sunlight each day.

A recent Sunday New York Times carried a story about 1 Austin, Texas, the country's self-proclaimed "Bat Capital." Genzlinger was already familiar with the story: Merlin Tuttle, a biologist who founded the nonprofit Bat Conservation International, had been asked to find a way to rid Austin of its growing bat population some 18 years ago. Large numbers of Mexican free-tailed bats had begun setting up summer homes in the crevices of the Congress Avenue Bridge during reconstruction work. Tuttle helped residents see the benefits of bats, and the Bridge became a major tourist attraction. Now, thousands of visitors wait at outdoor cafes for 1.5 million bats to swoop out of their colony each night at dusk. Tuttle subsequently moved BCI to Austin. For his part, Genzlinger is happy making presentations at summer library programs and in classrooms, building bat houses, and counting the growing colonies in his yard. The future for Vermont's own Batman? "My dream," he says, "is to have the bridge over Quechee Gorge home to one million bats. That would be cool." ®

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old Vallee churns out at least a mile at the Y, or in the open waters of Lake Champlain, every day.. Wind, waves and navigational concerns make swimming the lake a completely different animal than covering an equivalent distance in the lap pool, Vallee notes. While the water's generally clean — even preferable to chlorinated pool water — the lake is deep, dark and large. Lake depths hit 106 feet near Willsboro Point, 338 off Juniper Island, and the only nearby solid is the transom of a support boat that stays maddenly out of reach, like a carrot before a mule. "In a pool you're constantly touching something and pushing off," Vallee says of the relative ease of lap swimming. "And, of course, you don't have monsters." Confronting lake monsters, and even knowing where to go without the black lines leading the way, is part of the draw of the shore-toshore swim, say those new to the event. To ease the transition, Li Ling Young and a handful of other first-timers have abandoned the confines of the pool for twice-weekly training swims from North Beach to Leddy Park.

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"When we moved to Vermont in 1975,1 used to joke with the kids that I was going to swim across the lake," Vallee recalls with a touch of irony. N o w a wellestablished denizen of the lake, he's also a veteran of a dozen shore-to-shore swims. A devoted swimmer since an automobile accident blew out a knee in 1967, the 53-year-

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California. "I expect to learn a lot about myself on the swim," says the 29-year-old construction worker and parttime swim instructor. "I don't want to have to learn anything about the water." T h o u g h currently a comfortable 72 degrees, that body of water remains an unpredictable factor, cautions Vallee. Last year, for instance, a steady south wind whipped up swells large enough to cause former Y lifeguard Joe Curley to get seasick en route. He eventually recovered enough to join Burlington's Brian Rudnick as the fastest swimmers across — in four hours and 20 minutes. Although some members of the YMCA's swim team have turned the lake crossing into an intramural competition, says Orr, most of them have personal goals, including raising funds for the Y's adaptive swim and scholarship programs. "I like the noncompetitive aspect of it," agrees Young, noting that the intense physical challenge of a shore-to-shore swim is analogous to the challenges the disabled face every day. O f course, nearly a million people of all sorts choose to cruise leisurely across the lake in ferries each year. But, like running a marathon, swimmers agree there's something special — beyond looking good in a Speedo — about being able to traverse a body of water under your own power. "Its really intriguing to think of swimming as transportation," muses Young before heading out on a training swim from N o r t h Beach. Continued on page 30

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$ 'WILD HORSES. . . ' An elderly pensioner resorts to bank robbery in this Latino version of Thelma and Louise. See 'to do' list, this issue.Room 301, Williams Hall, UVM, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 660-2600. 'LACANDONA': This documentary uncovers the oil and timber interests at the root of the Zapatista uprising. Room 301, Williams Hall, UVM, Burlington, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0123. 'THE PLAYER': Filmmaker Robert Altman sheds light on Hollywood with

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DAN KILEY: The world-renowned landscape architect and Charlotte resident offers an illustrated lecture on the "nature" of his work. Shelburne Farms, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 985-8686. ART LECTURE: The co-curator of "Transformation of Text: Visual Arts and the Written Word" gives a slidelecture on modernism as it relates to the exhibit. Helen Day Arts Center, Stowe, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 253-8358.

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kids PARENTS ANONYMOUS: See August 5. Chittenden County Food Shelf, Burlington. 'NEW TITLES' STORY TIME: Celebrate the cinematic success of the new Disney movie Mulan with games and activities at Barnes & Noble Bookstore, S. Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001. FROG SLIDE SHOW: Kids seven and up concerned with the environment learn how to help their frog friends. Ilsley Library, Middlebury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-5221. STORY HOUR: Kids learn from lighthearted literature in a country setting. Flying Pig Children's Books, Ferry Rd., Charlotte, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 425-2600.

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273-3676. OPEN OBSERVATORY: Get a good look at the summer sky with members of the Vermont Astronomical Society. Hinesburg, 9:30 p.m. - midnight. Free. Info and directions, 985-3269. GLBTQ SUPPORT GROUP: Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and questioning youth make new friends and get support. Outright Vermont, Burlington, 6:30-9 p.m. Free. Info,

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•O AMOR NATURAL': This Brazilian documentary focuses on desire, memory and age through older people who share stories of their own flings and passions. Loew Auditorium, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 & 9:15 p.m. $6. Info, 603-646-2422.

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ROYAL LIPIZZAN STALLIONS: See August 6, 2:30 p.m. DOWSING CONVENTION: See August 6. A D D I S O N C O U N T Y FIELD DAYS: See August 5. HISTORIC RUTLAND TOUR: See August 6. ANTIQUE & CLASSIC CAR MEET: See August 7, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Costumed car owners compete in fashion judging at 10:30 a.m. ^ L A T I N O BLOCK PARTY: Get a taste of Latino culture from music, crafts and cooking demonstrations by Vermont chefs from Guatemala, Puerto Rico and Equador. Church Street Marketplace, noon - 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0123. SUMMER SKYWATCH: Get a closer look at globular clusters and planetary nebulae with assistance from a grad student in astronomy Shattuck Observatory, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8:30-10:30 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-1760. ASTRONAUT TALK: Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Williams talks about his experiences training for space travel and flight. Christian Science Church, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $5. Info,

J O H N ENGELS: The fisherman poet reads from his works in honor of a lake-inspired art show at Doll Anstadt Gallery, 91 College St., Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-3661.

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'MCCABE A N D MRS. MILLER': Warren Beatty and Julie Christie team up as a gambler and a madam, both struggling to survive in a Northwestern mining town. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 6:45 & 9:15 p.m. $6. Info, 603-646-2422.

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LINCOLN STORIES: Abraham Lincoln was a master of the political parable. Gary Moore tells some of the stories he loved, and relates them to three tales about the president himself. Leicester Meeting House, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 247-3786. 'NATURE WALKS IN VERMONT': Impromptu explorations are the idea behind this "walking companion" by Elizabeth Bassett. She signs copies at Barnes & Noble Bookstore, S. Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001.

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DOG RIVER WALK- A family foray

along not-so-troubled waters turns up fish, frogs, salamanders and insects. Northfield Falls, 1:30-3 p.m. $4. Info, 229-6206.

sport VERMONT EXPOS: See August 5. The Lowell Spinners are up today. 'BUILD A SHELTER': See August 8. MINI TRIATHALON: Test your running, biking and swimming skills in a scaled-down triathlon for average athletes. Leaving from Twin Oaks Fitness Center, 95 Kennedy Dr., S. Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 658-0002. RATTLESNAKE CLIFFS HIKE: The Breadloaf section of the Green Mountain Club leads a three-mile hike to a scenic outlook in Branbury State Park. Silver Lake Trail head, Salisbury, call for time. Free. Info, 247-0152.

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ROYAL LIPIZZAN STALLIONS: See August 6, 2:30 p.m. WATER CHESTNUT ERADICATION: See August 7. DOWSING CONVENTION: See August 6. ANTIQUE & CLASSIC CAR MEET: See August 7, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. FULL MOON RITUAL: Bring food and a cushion to this pagan potluck celebration of the full moon. Call for location, 6 p.m. Donations. Info, 658-9689. COUNTRY GARDEN TOUR: Gardeners on Lewis Creek Road in Hinesburg share their green spaces to raise money for local conservation efforts. Lewis Creek Road, Hinesburg, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. $15. Info, 482-2405. BLUEBERRIES, ANYONE? They don't call it Blueberry Hill for nothing. Feast on pie and other berry-filled pastry after a day of prime picking. Blueberry Hill Inn, Goshen, 10 a.m. -

3 p.m. Free. Info, 247-6735. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL WRITE-IN: Save a life for the price of a stamp. Use pen power against human rights abuses at the Unitarian Church, Burlington, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-4838.

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'BIG NIGHT, LITTLE MURDER': You get mystery with your meal at a dinner theater production hosted by Ye Olde England Inne, Stowe, 6 p.m. $38. Info, 253-7558. 'MURDER AL DENTE': Death is a Cabaret mixes murder and mostaccioli at Villa Tragara, Waterbury Center, 6:15 p.m. $38. Info, 244-5288.

film 'WHAT IS ENLIGHTENMENT?' The teachings of Andrew Smith, author of Enlightenment is a Secret and Freedom Has No History, are covered in this video. Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 7:45-8:45 p.m. Free. Info, 800-376-3210.

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LATIN AMERICAN ART TALK: In a slide show that speaks to the exhumations of mass graves, an Argentine artist offers a presentation entitled, "Poetry of Darkness: Art and Resistance in Latin America." Alumni Hall, Vermont College, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 828-8509.

LINCOLN STORIES: See August 9, St. Albans Historical Museum, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 527-7933. RHOMBUS POETRY SERIES: Poets featured in the August issue of Out in the Mountains make live appearances in "Out of the Closet, Into the Art Gallery." Rhombus Gallery, 186 College St., Burlington, 8 p.m. $3-6. Info, 865-3144.

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VERMONT EXPOS: See August 5. The Lowell Spinners are up today. OPEN FENCING: Amateur fencers make their point for fitness. Bridge School, Middlebury, 7:30-9 p.m. $3. Info, 878-2902. MOUNTAIN BIKE RACING: Competitive cyclists wend their ways along maple trails in weekly races throughout the summer. Palmers Sugarhouse, Shelburne, 5 p.m. Info, 985-5054.

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BATTERED WOMEN'S SUPPORT GROUPS: Women Helping Battered Women facilitates a group in Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 658-1996. Also, the Shelter Committee facilitates a meeting in Montpelier, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-0855. TEEN HEALTH CLINIC: Teens get information, supplies, screening and treatment for sexually related problems. Planned Parenthood, Burlington, 3:30-6 p.m. Pregnancy testing is free.

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Workshops Narrative vs. Documentary Filmmaking [production intensive] (Nora Jacobson) Topics in Documentary Film (Susan Henry) • The Films of Joel and Ethan Coen (Carolyn Russell) • Trends in Television Advertising...Buy Here Now (4 ndrea Grayso n) 95 North Avenue Burlington VT 05401 www.burlcol.edu (800) 862-9616

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the Hop, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., noon. Info, 603-646-2422.

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WRITERS WORKSHOP: Wannabe writers read from recent assignments, including a travel writing sample and a description of a "most despicable character." Barnes & Noble Bookstore, S. Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001. WRITERS' GROUP: Writers work with words at Dubie's Cafe, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-9257.

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'MUSIC WITH ROBERT RESNIK': Kids sing songs with the musical host ofVPR's "All the Traditions." Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Register, 865-7216. STORY TIME: Kids under three listen in at the S. Burlington Library, 10 a.m. Free. I n f o , 2 - 7 0 8 0 . ^ STORY HOUR': Kids between three and five engage in artful educational activities. Milton Public Library, 10:30 a.m. & 1 p.m. Free. Info, 893-4644.

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OLD NORTH END FARMERS MARKET: Shop for local organic produce and fresh baked goods on the triangle in front of the H.O. Wheeler School, Burlington, 3:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-6248. WOMEN'S RUGBY MEETING: The female faction of the Burlington Rugby Club is seeking players for the fall season. Hey, it beats mud wrestling. See 'to do' list, this issue. Catch the info meeting at 59 Mansfield Ave., Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 660-9829. PARENTING GROUP: Moms and dads compare notes on "parenting the preschooler." Bring your lunch to Family Connection Center, 23 George St., Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 859-0934. FREE LEGAL CLINIC: Attorney Sandy Baird offers free legal advice to women with questions about family law, housing difficulties and welfare problems. Room 14, Burlington City Hall, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7200. BATTERED WOMEN'S SUPPORT GROUP: Meet in Barre, 10:30 a.m. noon. Free. Info, 223-0855.

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'THE FANTASTICKS': See August 5. 'LYSISTRATA': See August 11. 'BABY': See August 5. 'THE STRONGER': The dynamics of human relationships, especially in courting and marriage, are the focus of two short plays directed by filmmaker Aram Boyajian. Rhombus Gallery, 186 College St., Burlington, 8 p.m. $5-10. Info, 865-3144. 'EARNEST' LECTURE: A history prof from Brown University gives a "Wilde" lecture on "the importance of being subversive." Warner Bentley Theatre, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 4 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2422.

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DOUBLE FEATURE: The "dynamic duos" series continues with Going Places and Messidor — a tale of two female travelers who try to see how long they can survive in Europe without money. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 6:45 & 9:15 p.m. $6. Info, 603-646-2422.

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SHARON OLDS: The award-winning author of The Dead and the Living is Poet Laureate of New York. She reads from recent verse in the Victorian Art Gallery, St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291. BREADLOAF WRITERS READING: Hear readings by Breadloaf director Michael Collier, New Yorker writer Susan Orlean and South African novelist Andre Brink. Little

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CLASSICAL FOR KIDS: See August 5. PARENTS ANONYMOUS: See August 5. 'AWARDS AHOY': Celebrate a summer of adventure and great books at the "summer reading program party." Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 78:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. STORIES: Children listen, snack and make crafts at the Children's Pages, Winooski, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 655-1537.

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film's "understatement," a word you don't expect to hear in conjunction with a Civil War epic, produced and filmed on the grand scale, with Atlanta in flames, Yankees marauding through Georgia, people breaking their necks on ponies and thousands of wounded at the train depot. But my friend is right: Gone With the Wind is subtle at the core, assuming its audiences' intelligence and imagination, content to suggest as much as display, and letting the characters and their emotions drive the engine of the story. You can learn just as much about the hell of war from this film as you can from the current rage, Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg's sentimental, bloodand- body-parts extravaganza, which is not, after all, war itself. Just a picture. Would GWTWhave been improved at all if they'd actually shown Dr. Meade sawing off a soldier's leg, instead of revealing the horror in the look on Scarlett's face? (Of course you'd need a real actress for that.) Would the

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delighted the early champions of artistic photography. His silverprint J arboretum captures the character of each subject with an abundance of infinite care. Linear composition, modernist transitions of texture and value are central elements in these works, but at heart they really are portraits in a very traditional sense. To Zetterstrom, a coast oak in California has a completely different personality than a gray birch in Connecticut, and each tree speaks with a different accent. Some are solitary, some thrive in groups, some seem to embrace the ground or the sky. T h o u g h "Bristle Cone Pines, California 1992" and "Jackson Spruce, Wyoming 1992" are composi-

a hardwood in the shade of a quick-growing conifer, awareness of his work may have suffered by this proximity. Similarities in their styles — wry wit, the ability to capture exotic rhythms and decisive moments among the commonplace — are so interconnected that Brewer's unique personality has been completely overlooked until recently. T h e fact that he and Evans shared cameras, often traveled together, and swapped unsigned originals hasn't helped, either — especially since Evans mistakenly signed a few of Brewer's prints. W h e n comparing the few Walker Evans pieces to Brewer's works, subtle differences emerge. Brewer seems to keep the world at arm's length, and to clarify essentially abstract issues, while Evans became a confidant to his brick walls, rural sheds and layers of everyday life. Brewer was not a "professional" photographer; unconcerned by production, perhaps he had the luxury of lingering longer over his own Evans-style layered images. To capture "Jerez, 1930," Brewer must have cranked off dozens of shots. T h e constellation of moving pedestrians on

artistry was not their main concern. Getting clients to "watch the birdie" was not such an easy task. Saying "cheese" would have been disastrous. Six years later, the omniverous mind of Oliver Wendell Holmes also grasped that photography was an art unto itself. H e observed in The Atlantic Monthly that "the very things which an artist would leave out, or render imperfectly, the photograph takes infinite care with."

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by Lake Champlain. A juried group exhibit in mixed media to benefit the Vermont Natural Resources Council, the Lake Champlain Committee and the Lake Champlain Basin Science Center. DollAnstadt Gallery, Burlington, 864-3661. Preview reception August 6, 6-9 p.m. $10 donation. Poet John Engels reads in the gallery garden August 8, 7 p.m. F I RST F R I DAY. A free trolley takes art-viewers to six galleries in Burlington, 5-8 p.m., beginning from Firehouse Gallery, 865-7165. J A N E T F R E D E R I C K S , "Late by Myself in the Boat of Myself..." paintings; and LYNN I M P E R A T O R E , "Souvenirs of Forgotten Journeys," mixed media. Doll-Anstadt Gallery, Burlington, 8643661. Reception August 7, 6-8 p.m. D I S A S T E R P L A N N I N G , works by Selene Colburn and collaborations with other artists. Rhombus Gallery, Burlington, 865-3144. Closing reception August 7, 5:30 p.m. DOG & CAT P O R T R A I T S , acrylic on board paintings by Anne Davis. City Hall Showcases, Montpelier, 229-2766. Reception August 7, 5-7 p.m. A X E L S T 0 H L B E R G , small relief sculptures in mixed media. Phoenix Rising, Montpelier, 229-0522. Reception August 7, 5-7 p.m. V I E W S , a group show in photography and mixed media. City Center, Montpelier, 426-3600. Reception August 7, 5-7 p.m.

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demos. Alley next to Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, 865-7165. Every Saturday, noon - 4 p.m. ; DENNIS, HCCARTHY & ARMANDO- SOTO, paintings and mixed media. Daphnes Hair & Nails, Burlington, 865-4973. Through gf August 30. ^ ^

"Coast Oak 1991 (California)," by Tom Zetterstrom

As technical limitations fell away, "artists of the lens" were acknowledged simply as artists, and today those Victorian artversus-photography debates seem rather quaint. Unfortunately, the notion of taking hundredth-of-a-second exposures of "infinite care" may seem a bit quaint as well, to all but the most insightful photographer.

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a sidewalk in sunny Spain appears to have been arranged by hand on a stage set of interconnected geometric ratios. "Scarecrow, Arizona" is similarly a quiet masterpiece. T h e smiling, bonneted farm wife made of straw symbolized a vanishing way of life. But Brewer also may have been poking fun at the lionization of Western images, extreme in the 1940s. He seems to be that kind of an introverted photographer — perceptive, sly and a keen technician. It's also likely that, in accordance with the acknowledged principles of fine art* he was recalling that pioneering subjects never had a chance to smile. (7)

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SNAKE E Y E S The latest from Brian De Palma stars Nicolas Cage as an Atlantic C i t y cop with just two hours to figure out who assassinated the Secretary of Defense in the middle of a sold-out boxing match. With G a r y Sinise and J o h n Heard. H 2 O Its central character may be a guy named Michael Myers r but my guess is this latest installment in the Halloween series will prove less than shagedelic. From the writer behind those inexplicably popular Scream movies. With Jamie Lee Curtis and Adam Arkin.

ew J A C K I E BROWN**** Based on Elmore Leonard's Rum Punch, director Quentin ( P u l p Fiction) Tarantino teams Robert De Niro, Samuel L. Jackson, Pam Grier and Bridget Fonda for a hilarious game of human chess in which low-lifes plot against one another over a suitcaseful of cash.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Even though I've never been a big fan of St. Paul, I've taken one of his mantras, "I die daily," and made it my own. It helps me annihilate my ridiculous selfimportance. I use it to dismantle my hypocrisies and flush out my unexamined ignorance and kill off any budding delusions I might be suffering from. May I recommend this meditation to you? It ain't easy, Virgo, but once you get the hang of it, it's fun and liberating — especially now, during the karmic clean-up phase of your yearly cycle. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the modern world, August is the most quiescent time of the year. Everyone's on vacation. News is slow. It's too hot to move very fast. But for our ancestors, August was the most critical month of the entire calendar. The crops had to be harvested — or else. During "Wakes

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You know what a halo is, but you may not have ever heard of a mandorla, which is a full-body halo. In Buddhist and Christian art, this almond-shaped aureole of light sometimes appears around an especially saintly or godlike character. I thought I'd introduce you to the term, Sagittarius, because when I've looked at you with my psychic vision lately, you yourself seem to be sporting a rich purple mandorla. Does this have something to do with a growing determination to live up to your highest ideals? Or is that sexy glow nothing more than the extra animal magnetism you've been exuding since you decided JO re* up your impersonation of a C^.l ! 5

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Pisces (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): This week will feature brown and gray motifs, emotionally speaking. If you're under the mistaken impression that brown and gray moods are inherently blah and boring, maybe it would help to use different terms. H o w do "espresso and charcoal" sound? Or what about "mahogany and pearly silver?" The moral erf" the story: More than you could ever imagine, the precise words use in the coming days will jically determine the shape and

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DRIVERS WANTED: Leonardo's Pizza. Clean record, with car. See Dave, 83 Pearl St., Burlington.

RETAIL ASSISTANT, PARTTIME, to assist customers in flower ordering, selection and purchasing. Requires previous retail experience, knowledge of flowers and plants, outstanding communication skills and a commitment to exquisite customer service. Position requires a team player interested in assisting all aspects of shop operations and maintenance. Saturdays are a must. Vivaldi Flowers, 350 Dorset St., So. Burlington. 863-2300.

EXPERIENCED SERVERS/ HOSTESS needed. Apply in person to Lulu's/Cosmos, 1110 Shelburne Rd., So. Burlington, VT 05403. FLOWER AMBASSADOR TO deliver, full-time, our flowers and assist in the cleaning & maintenance of our shop. Excellent driving record, outstanding communication and organizational skills required. Knowledge of Chittenden County and a commitment to exquisite customer service and a team player a must. Vivaldi Flowers, 350 Dorset St., So. Burlington, VT. 863-2300. FULFILLMENT SUPERVISOR/ ACCOUNT LIAISON. Busy office needs energetic, well-organized team player for highly computerized environment and account management. Growing business in downtown Burlington with excellent potential. 862-0933. HEALTHY LIVING: Local natural food store seeks energetic self-motivated people to join our customer service team. Please apply in person to Healthy Living, 4 Market St. behind Barnes & Noble. No phone calls, please. INTERNSHIP: Seth Yacovone Blues Band seeks hard-working, outgoing, fesponsible interns. Must LOVE our music. Loyal and willing to take direction as well as be creative. Learn the music business from the inside out! Interested persons should send a letter of interest to: SYBB, P.O. Box 112, Winooski, VT 05404. PIZZA COOKS WANTED FOR college restaurant & bar. Fun environment. 1 yr. gen. cooking exp. required. Hourly rate + share of tips. Women encouraged to apply. Manhattan Pizza & Pub, 167 Main St., Burlington.

TALENTED HAIRS YLIST needed for very fast growing d o w n t o w n Burlington mens salon. Amazing income applicants please

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TELEMARKETING: Phone reps, needed for expanding call center. Competitive compensation package, many shifts available. Call TM Manager at 863-4700. T.J. WINE & SPIRITS: 2-positions: bottle sorter/stocker, 30 hrs./wk. & Counter/sales, 30 hrs./wk. T.J. Wine & Spirits, Shelburne Rd., So. Burlington. Call Tina or Jeremy, 658-9595. UNIQUE LAMP & SHADE store is looking for resourceful retail salesperson with strong people skills. We offer competitive pay & employee discounts. Come work in a hands-on, creative workshop atmosphere. Call Suzanne, 879-0092. VERMONT YOUTH ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION seeks MANAGER for 95-member orchestra, middle to high school students. Oversee rehearsals and concerts, including equipment setup. Must be available for Saturday morning rehearsals in Burlington, Sept.—May. Excellent communication skills, dependable, musical knowledge a plus. Great for individual seeking additional income. Call 802-655-0005.

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BURLINGTON: 1-bdrm. apt on So. Union St. Avail. ASAP. $495/mo., incl. heat. Call 652-0806. BURLINGTON: 3-bdrm„ Hill Garden condo. Perfect for Med/Grad students. $875/mo., refs. req. Lease Aug.-May. Call Hilda, 985-8032. HUNTINGTON: Rustic 2-bdrm. home on class 4 road. Plumbing, no power. $300/mo. 434-2764. NEW HAVEN: Country cottage, 1-bdrm., country setting, W/D, no smokers. $550/mo. + utils. Avail. 9/1. Call 877-2633.

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HOUSEMATES WANTED BURLINGTON: Upper King St. area, 2-bdrm. apt. to share w/ male or female prof. grad. Bright, hdwd. firs., parking. $300/mo. + dep. + 1/2 elec. Avail, now. 373-0178.

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1925 REGGAE, CAMPING, SKIING, LAUGHING. 5*6", 115 lbs., blonde female ISO "slightly" overweight, tall, attractive, athletic, confident, NS M, 26-33, to hang out and have fun with. Dark hair a +. 1926 I'M A BITCH, I'M A LOVER, I'M A CHILD, I'm a mother, I'm a sinner, I'm a saint...I'm attractive, petite, 38, SWF with varied interests looking for a SM friend and activity partner. Tall, dark and handsome encouraged to reply! 1928 CAN I GET YOUR ATTENTION? IN NEED of love and affection. Single lady, 30, needs your attention. Looking for same intentions. 1938 DANCE WITH ME. DWF, 50ISH, attractive, petite, NS, enjoys dining, dancing, cookouts, movies, walks. ISO caring, sincere, healthy M for friendship, possibly more. 1907 TOO MUCH FUN IS NEVER ENOUGH. Excessive in all things, but practicing moderation. Me: PSWF, 51, likes to participate, instead of observe, in all activities. ISO PSWM, NS, young 50, but energy of a 20 yr. old. Must play in overdrive. 1909 SEE AD - TOO MUCH IS NEVER ENOUGH." Substitute 30s for 50s. Energy of 20 yr. old a must. If you want to be a player—not a spectator— in life, I'm your girl! 1910 SWF, WELL-BUILT, FULLY LOADED, cruise control optional, look under the hood, classic 1977, low mileage. No lemons here. A true classic. 1914 STATUESQUE, IRREVERENT, OPTIMIST seeks witty, intelligent, warm PM, 3545. who loves life, the arts, the ocean...and doesn't mind the occasional chick flick. 1917 I'M LOOKING FOR THE SMARTEST, most fan man on earth! 1918 ARE YOU OUT THERE? Intelligent, attractive, professional D/SM, 38-55, enjoys healthy lifestyle, outdoors, theater, music, travel, along with desire for laughter/spontaneity? If so, call me...I offer what I'm looking for!! 1880

HEALTHY, HAPPY, ATTRACTIVE, intelligent, athletic DWPF, 51, loves family, friends, pets, outdoor activities, music, books, flowers, good food and laughter. Seeking compatible M, 40-60, who loves life. 1883 I'M BITS CAROLINE, GINGER, SCARLETT, Jamie, Diana, Gwen, Katherine 81 Lucy. Seeking my Richard, Fred, Rhett, Paul, Dodi, Gavin, Heathcliff & Ricky...but I'm not suffering from multiple-personality disorder! SWF, 38, ISO SWM, 33-43. 1886 MTN. BIKER BABE SEEKS CYCLING dude for fat-tire fun. Need someone who can wield a wrench when I totally pretzel my derailleur back in the boonies. No beginner geeks, please. 1889 DOES ANYONE STILL BELIEVE IN OLDfashioned trust, honesty and respect? SWF, 48, looking for someone to share all the good things life has to offer. Friendship first, possible LTR. 1890 LETS HIT THE TOWN! SWF, 25, enjoys music, dancing, going to the movies, ISO attractive, fit dance partner & friend, 23-33, that knows how to respect a woman. 1847 RECENTLY SINGLED WF, GREEN EYES, red hair, small waistline, 5*6", 109 lbs., ISO WM, 18-23, tall, exciting and sometimes likes to be in charge. 1848

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BUT CAN YOU KEEP UP? Skiing, laughing, playing. Dynamic, petite, self-sufficient PWi, 60, wonders if there are good-hearted men who appreciate wisdom, kindness & humor. As work is predominantly female, I'm seeking M friends to complement the mix. 1822 ON THE LOOKOUT. Energetic, happy SWF, 34, 5'io", enjoys movies, outdoors, working out. ISO SWM, 30-40, who shares these interests/others. 1825 DWF, 47, 5*3-, 150 LBS, SHORT BROWN HAIR, targe hazel eyes, seeks DWM, 40-50, for close friendship. Not looking for marriage or live-in, just a friendly visitor. No married men, please. No drinkers. You must smoke. Local men only. 1833 LONG, LEAN, LOVELY, LONELY LIONESS ISO literate, limber, lusty lover for lyrical liaisons in my sylvan lair. 1838 SOUGHT: OPEN-MINDED DWM, bi lingual—English/French—in Burlington area, 30S-40S, 5'6"-5'9", to bike, dine, dance, canoe, read, laugh, etc. with passionate, healthy, young-looking, petite, mid-40s F. All answered. 1793 DOWN-TO-EARTH, ATTRACTIVE, artistic DWF, 43, emotionally healthy, enjoys everyday adventures. Seek unattached M under 50 to explore bookstores, waterways, shared interests, ideas. Be kind-hearted, progressive, educated, humorous. 1794 ATTRACTIVE, SINGLE, RUSSIAN LADY, 32, 5*6", well-proportioned, ISO SWM, 30-40, to share life's pleasures. 1805 SWF, 50S, ATTRACTIVE, SLIM, BLONDE/ blue, 5'5", Plattsburgh — loves dancing, intimate times, country music, togetherness—ISO tall, slim, good-looking, honest, caring, financially secure SWM, 50-56. 1755 LIFE'S MYSTERIES. DESIRE TO EXPLORE knowing & being known, loving & being loved w/ significant other. Playful silver fox, beautiful in form/spirit, compassionate, sensitive, intelligent. Prof., international perspectives. 1767

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SEXPLORE WITH BEAUTIFUL, Ma redhead, late 30s, who's into miniskirts 8t platform shoes. Wanted: handsome, witty, literary, younger man with indie rock in his soul. 1781

ATTRACTIVE, BROWN HAIR, GREEN eyes, 40, 5*6", 105 lbs. DPF. Likes Bernie, The Nation (especially Katha Pollitt), dancing, jazz 81 classical music and more. Seeks man w/ similar interests, who is tall w/ athletic build. 1861

HOMESTEADING DWF, 42, W/ 2 TEENagers, NS, ND, tall, thin, hard-working, creative, honest, romantic, silly. ISO a best friend to build with. Into: HRM, sustainable organic farming. 1757

SPIRITUAL, RADIANT, MYSTICAL, sensual, open-hearted DWPF, phsysically fit, attractive, young 45, enjoys yoga, meditation, dancing, hiking, biking, organic gardening, music. Seeks active, spiritualty evolving partner for heartfelt connections. 1862

CHESTNUT-CROWNED HIKER, 35, W/ gentle, sweet song, creative, strong spirit, simple, spacious nest w/ no fledglings, most often found in habitat of mountains, rivers, fields, seeks fullgrown, broad-winged soul, insightful, strong gentle M for deep companionship/exploration of natural world. 1772

SAILING, SWIMMING, HIKING, HEAVY metal concerts, country-rock dancing, constitutional arguments, explosives research, make "It" legal. ISO romantic, intelligent, marriageable M. 1866

HAPPY, ATTRACTIVE SWF, 44, 5'5", fit, caring, fun-loving, flexible, open to new ideas, seeks professional M, 40s50s, NS, fit, smart, funny, who values family, romance and me. 1782

SENIORS! HEY, YOU OLD GUYS! Come on out from hiding! Will cook fresh country meal in exchange for fine restaurant dining. SWF, university-educated, musical, artistic, master gardener, filmmaker. 1867

LETS DANCE! SWF, 25, enjoys music, dancing, outdoors, ISO attractive, fit, dance partner, 23-33, that knows how to treat a lady. Must be good dancer and love children. 1724

MEDITERRANEAN WOMAN, SOULFUL, sensuous, energetic, 40s, who loves music, interested in sharing time (and dancing) with insightful, sensuous and compassionate man of a progressive bent with zest for life. 1870 I DON7 SMOKE, I SMOLDER. Smart, sexy SWPF seeks similarly incendiary S/DM, 38-50, for summer campfires. Love of water and woods desired. Music, dancing, books 81 film also light my fire. LTR maybe, but fun first. 1871 I ONLY HAVE FIVE WORDS TO SAY: "I am tired of JERKS!" SWF seeks SWM, 30s, to experience the summer nights by the lake with... 1872 WENDELL BERRY, ANNIE DILLARD, Krishnamurti, Weird Al, John Jeavons, Thich Nhat Hanh, Kent Whealy, Bobby McFerrin, Alan Savory—can you relate? Tall DWF looking for a wise and loving friend, NS/ND/NA. 1820

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DHW, WANTS TO BE WORSHIPPED, not sexually. Dinner or other fun and extravagant activity and intelligent conversation w/ a great-looking, sexy, kind and fun man. Nothing more/less. 1752

TO ALL WOMEN IN THEIR 40S: I like you, and I think I know what you like: laugh, eat, dance, talk. Will we fit? Yes, indeed. I'm pre-shrunk. 1902 I'M 5 ' u - , 28, 210 LBS. WM, GOOD shape, sober, responsible, very hard worker; love the outdoors and having fun; enjoy romantic, relaxing, serene evenings. Seeking similar companion, 25-35, race/creed unimportant. 1906 CAN YOU: FIND TIME TO GO BIKING, hiking, canoeing, golfing, skiing, camping? Do you: like music, travel, reading, being outdoors, spending time with friends and family? Are you: a slim, pretty SWPF, 25-35, wanting to meet a tall, attractive, SWPM, 35? Will you: respond to this ad today? 1912 SWM, 38, SEEKING MATURE, dominant lady to have a unique, erotic relationship with. Can travel Plattsburgh or Burlington area. 1893 IF I COULD RE-WORK THE APLHABET, I'd put 'i' next to 'u'. Tall, blue-eyed SWM, 42, seeks NS SWF to reshape the letters. Remember, fate favors the brave. 1891 TALL MaWM, LATE 40S, EDUCATED, sense of humor, seeks attractive woman, 25-45, to crew my 25 ft. sailboat on Lake Champlain' also leisurely dinners in Burlington area. Spouse approves. 1892 ATHLETE, SOLDIER, SCIENTIST, 29, 5'7", 145 lbs. I love the outdoors, Burlington nightlife and cooking/baking. Seeking someone of shorter stature, smaller waistline, and in need of devotion. 1908 I HAVE THE HEART OF DON QUIXOTE, the soul of Cyrano de Bergerac, the charm of Magnum P.I. and the physique of Michael Jordan. All I am missing is you. 1911 DWPM SEEKING PLAYMATE! I'm 40 and enjoy cycling, hiking, camping, fishing, movies, rock 81 country music and more! Looking for someone with similar interests, that's slim, 30-45, NS, honest, down-to-earth, and isn't afraid of love and affectionate! 1915

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In-line skates • bicycles 85 Main St, Burlington 658-3313 CAN YOU COME OUT AND PLAY? Tall, handsome, fit PWM, 39, ISO an attractive, fit, sensual, intelligent woman, 30-36, to savor the summer with. 1802 SOMEWHERE ISNT THERE A WOMAN who loves snowboarding and antique hunting, Splashwater Kingdom and City Ballet at SPAC, Blink 182 & Beethoven? A svelt angst intellectual athletic animal lover with a sense of humor? DWM, 40, desires to share all this & more. Social drinking mandatory. 1804 DWCPM, 44, 5'5", GOOD-LOOKING, brown hair/eyes, NS, social drinker; enjoys staying in shape, living healthy. Seeking slim F for outdoor fun, quiet weekends, sharing. 1766 LOOKING FOR MY SUGAR MAMMA. SWM, 27, 5*7", 185 lbs., brown/brown, old soul, musician, ISO SF, 21-35, who wants to be my second obsession in life. 1778 WRITER, ENJOYS THE OUTDOORS &. long walks, exp. traveller ISO a F friend who looks at life from a deep & humorous perspective, as I do. 1725 DWM, 48, TALL, FIT, PROFESSIONAL. Relatively sane. Musician. Into bicycling, sailing, hiking, skiing, motorcycling, travel. Seeking attractive companion, 30-45, to share laughter, perspicacity and spirit. 1729 OUTDOOR EXTREMIST WANTED. SWM. 26, 5'n", 190 lbs.—skiing, mtn. biking, hiking, adventure, fun-loving—ISO attractive, classy, athletic F, 21-30, to be extreme with. Humor and spontaneity a plus. 1735 SAILING ENTHUSIAST, 34, 5*9", FUNNY, good-looking, smart, fit, enjoys skiing, cycling, life, etc. ISO F, 25-33, who is intelligent, together, athletic, slender, attractive and likes to play. 1733 FUN-LOVING PERSON WANTED FOR SWM, 23, 6*5", 215 lbs., who likes music, hiking, concerts, romantic evenings. ISO SF, 18-25, with similar interests. Sense of humor a must. 1736

F/M loves outdoors; hiking, camping, climbing & more ISO great place to find best deals on gear from great makers like Lowe Alpine, MSR and Walrus, Therm-arest. Save 20-50% at all times.Very friendly, top notch service. FLU. Interested? Visit new store 191 Bank s t

I'M YOUR BUCK-A-ROO. SWM, 40s, NS, ND, handsome, fit, 5'n", 160 lbs., healthy, energetic, enjoys country, animals, auctions, fancy trucks, work and a good woman. ISO attractive, fit, healthy, smart, ambitious, slender country girl. 1750 WHAT I'VE LEARNED IN MY 39 YEARS IS that a positive attitude is half the enchilada. I'm intellectual, athletic, bald, cute 8t lots of fun. Avid student of politics and human nature. Like to golf, ski, read, cook, dance. ISO smart, attractive, people-loving woman. 1754

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SWGF, 30s, PROFESSIONAL, fun-loving, sincere, likes outdoors, ocean walks, animals, great sense of humor. Looking for SWGF, 30-40S, with similar interests to wine & dine, LTR. No games. Honesty a must. 1818 MaF, 35, PLUS SIZE AND CURIOUS, seeks F for friendship, talks, movies and some exploring. Must be honest, sincere and love to laugh. 1824 HANDSOME BUTCH WANTS TO GO OUT on a few upbeat Dutch treats. Genderbenders, tomboys and tops welcome. I live on the fringe, but not on the edge. Movies are for second dates; work on our tans first. 1771 SEXY, GOOD-LOOKING F, 27, LOOKING for a sexy, good-looking F to play, touch, explore and have fun. No relationship other than friends. 1753

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BIM SEEKS M FOR OCCASIONAL GETtogethers. You be clean & discreet. No reciprocation necessary. Lie back and enjoy. Can entertain Okemo area. 1937 TIRED OF GUYS W/ GAY PRIDE WHO ARE cowards in relationship with a real man. Cute, fit, active, 39, ISO fun-loving buddy, any race, 22-42, be healthy & discreet. 1896

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Aookinq won BiWM, 45, 5*8", 150 LBS., SEEKS other Bi/GM for friendship and fun. Must be clean and safe. Burlington area. 1921 DIFFERENT GM, 40, ISO MIDDLE-AGED, short, balding, average guy. I want to meet someone real for a change. 1879 NO ONE EVER REMEMBERS why they're in the personals! Listen for what's between us; not like I've never heard this one before. Dare ya... Panting gay. 1881 OLD SPIRIT, YOUNG AT HEART! 28, 6'4", 190 lbs., long brown hair, blue eyes, vegetarian, decaf, non-drinking pipe smoker, actor seeks masculine G/BiM, 18-30, w/ similar interests to share Mark Twain, John Irving, laughter & Karma-raderie. 1850 GWM, 26, ISO FUN 81 GOOD TIMES, possible LTR. Me: 6*4", br./br., smoker. You: just plain nice. 1851 ATTRACTIVE, ATHLETIC, FIT GUY, 44, who enjoys life. Interests are outdoors, waterskiing, sailing, hiking, biking, travel, good food & wine. ISO in-shape guy, 25-45, for friendship, adventures and possibly more. 1807

BURLINGTON & RUTLAND AREA, BIWM, 46, 5'io", 185 lbs., clean and discreet, seeks other men, 18-50, for good times at my place. No head games. 1828 GWM, 49, 6'2", 228 LBS., LOOKING for a chubby or larger NS GWM for fun, friendship and maybe LTR. Can you handle a real chubby chaser? 1831 SACRED TOUCH. GM, 38, ARTIST/ student, 185 lbs., looking for lover to explore tantric love-making in sacred fusion of body, heart & soul. Seeking NS, 25-55. HIV+ OK. 1795 GM, 38, 6\ NS, ND AND IN VERY GOOD physical shape, seeks GM, 18-38, NS, ND for fun, friendship, maybe LTR. Let's walk, talk and see where it goes. 1806 GM, 32, NEW TO THE AREA AND NEW to the scene. Smoker & occasional drinker seeking M, 25-35, for friendship, possibly more. Lefs meet. 1770 RU WARM & FUZZY? Handsome M, 23, ISO shorter, clean, conservative bottom Bi/G men, 30-40, w/ generous packages for fun & friendship. Pictures encouraged. Not into gay scene! 1783 NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH. GWM, 34, 180 lbs., enjoys working out, writing, humor, thought-provoking companionship and the wild side of life. Seeking individual thinkers and V. 20-45. 1734

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MNT. WOMAN, MULTIFARIOUS AS THE earth, free as the wind, undauntable, uninhibited, youthful, healthy, naturally attractive DWF, 49, ND, ISO kindred spirit, shared awareness. Focus: LTR w/ S/DWM, 40+, ND. Box 322 VIBRANT, WARM, ADVENTUROUS SWF, 39. The earth is a source of my spirituality 81 sustenance; happiest when outdoors, gardening, hiking, biking, kayaking, canoeing. Seeking best friend and partner, 35-45. Box 319 TIRED OF BEING ALONE? ME TOO! Attractive SWF, 49, full-figured, educated, ISO WM, 44-60, to share music, dancing, outdoors, quiet evenings, cuddling, LTR. You won't regret responding. Box 320 r r s ALL RELATIVE. Important to me: honesty, sensitivity, artistic, sense of humor, intelligence, spontaneity, Enya, pasta, daisies, friends, depth. ISO LTR wI similar NS, 40-50. 2 out of 3 ain't bad. 5'8", 137 lbs. Box 314

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BIWMACU SEEKING BIBM. We are very eager, curious, intrigued and excited about meeting you and adding a little color and excitement to our lives. 1934 WILLING TO SERVE. SWM, 40, ISO Fs, any age. Hobbies include nude housecleaning, cooking, nude lawn work, swimming, videos 81 exhibitionism. Not shy, enjoy performing & having photo taken, very keen to serve. Will try light domination, or just show it off. 1913 SOMETHING NEW. Attractive SWM seeking Ms, Fs or CUs, 18-35, for fun. We won't know if we don't try. Discretion a must. No mail, please. No strings. Just fun. 1920 SEXY, ATTRACTIVE WM, MID-30S, would tike someone to take photos of with/without clothes to help him launch a new career. Can you help? i860 LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION. FulfiH your fantasies and have some fun. Reach new levels. Adult amateur movies. Open-minded, clean, discreet. Couples, Bis, by yourself? 1813 THIS GUY NEEDS SOMETHING ON THE side, do you? Let's have a drink and see what happens. Age, race, looks unimportant...honesty is. All responses answered. Do it now! 1814

LOG CABIN LOVER. Attractive, intelligent professional seeks active, soish friend with open heart and adventurous spirit for dancing, biking, camping and hugging. Early birds and couch potatoes need not apply. Box 309 HOLE IN ONE; Attractive, fit, 4oish DWPF seeks M willing to assist novice golfer. He is over 45, younger than 63, responsible, secure, not stuck in sand traps. A love for life. Box 310 DWPF, 40, NS, VERY ATTRACTIVE, FIT, enjoys working out, outdoors, romantic evenings. Seeks handsome, fit PM, 3442, NS, for possible LTR. Photo appreciated. Box 301

I'LL SHOW YOU MINE IF YOU SHOW ME yours...photo, that is. DWM, mid-40S, tall, fit, lover of nature, travel, the arts and new experiences ISO similar F (age unimportant). Box 324 M SEEKS F, QUIET TIMES, WALK THE beach, country music?? Nada!! Walk the wild stride! Passionate, romantic, social progressive, futurist desires eco-radical, attractive F, <42. Daring conversation, deep ecology sojourns. Have cool digs. Possible LTR. I'm respectful, committed and not into games! Box 318

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COUPLE SEEKS UNIQUE FEMALE FOR long-term friendship and exploration of life's joys. 1819 SWM, 29, NIGHT OWL, 2ND & 3RDshifter, musician, many interests. Seeking fellow insomniacs to hang out and have fun. No sexual motives, just looking for friends, M or F. 1830. INTIMATE MASSAGE. Incredible massage for women any age, size, etc. Enjoy your body as never before in the hands of this skilled, mature, tall, blond M. Take it to an intensity never imagined possible. 1834 OUT-OF-STATE COUPLE, 38 & 42. HERE for summer, wishes to meet like couples to share local attractions and activities inside and out. Very fit, attractive, interesting, quality. Willing to try adventures. Burlington area. 1803

REGGAE FEST, 1998. Remembered you from the fest of '91. This year I had black hair instead of blonde. Ward, I love you. I still wear your ring. 1929 YOUNG MILITARY GUY W/ DOG TAGS, on bike, I see you on bikepath, North Beach, Perkins Pier sunsets. Like to meet. Can you stay put for 5 sees?

1894 SIMON'S DELI & BEVERAGE, 7/18. You and 2 young girls in swimsuits— Powerade or Gatorade? Me: sleeveless T-shirt and hat w/ friend. You drove a Volvo. Would love a chance to say hello again. 1898 7/11, NECTARS. YOU: TALL F, CUTE black & white jacket, dark pants; dancing with your friend in white. Me: I had white striped shirt, black pants; was too shy to say hi. Are you available? I am. Call so we can meet. 1878 7/15, I-89. ME: DRIVING BLUE NEON & checked you out a little too long. You passed me, waved. I exited 14W. I would have stopped and said hello, had we been on foot! Want to meet? 1888 CLUB TOAST, SAT. 7/11, BEUZBEHA CD release party. You: standing behind the soundboard, wearing a green Black Crowes T-shirt & Nike hat. How about we meet for drinks and get to know each other? 1882

SINGLES CRUISE: SENDING A FLARE UP for Ann—slender, tan, green eyes, mother. Me: tall, slender, shy. Introduced by Carol, but little chance to talk. I was # 86. Please respond.

SAW YOU ON THE CRUISE FRIDAY. You have gray hair & beard, tail, jacket, very handsome. 1927

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SWPM, LATE 30S, 5'11", ATHLETIC, welleducated, wide range of interests including art, literature, hiking, fishing, tennis, ISO fun, attractive, kind-hearted woman, 25-40. Friendship 1st. Box 306 WM, 40S, SEEKS CRAZY LADY WHO will join me in answering "couples" ads. Discretion, cleanliness assured. Box 312

COMMITTED TO FIND YOU. Sexy, goodlooking, healthy, committed. Enjoy workouts, running, outdoors, dining out, dancing, quiet. ISO F, 25-45, attractive, intelligent, healthy, slim. Sexy goddess wanted for a purrfect life partner. Box 303

BOHEMIAN, INDEPENDENT FORMER European, 47, SWPM (Montreal), intelligent mind, compassionate, caring, writer/educator. Someone serious to share the beauty of our world. Art and music are the things of my soul. Photo appreciated. Please write. Box 307 MOUNTAIN BIKING. TOURING, CRUISING! Have bicycles to cover it all! Let's go for a ride! Honest, caring, NS, ND, NA SWM, 34, looking for a LTR! Seeking SF, 20S-30S! Box 308 UC CHAMPLAIN MAN. Intellectual, yet handy, funny & a trifle romantic. Requires doses of conversation, repartee, & confident engagement in the vagaries of each other. Outdoorsy. ISO well-educated, rock-solid Green Mtn. woman, 45+ & slender. Box 305

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313 ISO KINDNESS, INTELLIGENCE, purpose, humor; a man who understands how integrity is better. ISO a partner in building, living, loving, being. Will answer your letter. Box 315

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CAT LOOKING FOR SEXY KITTEN TO share more than a bowl of milk with. Box 311 SWPF, ADDISON COUNTY, SEEKS normal, balanced, intelligent, educated woman who has a dependable profession. I am a working, funny, bright, attractive, articulate and creative female. Must like kids. Box 304

JOiftJch EVERYONE WELCOME. MaBiWM, 40S, discreet, clean, passionate, seeking adult fun—age, race, weight no problem. Ma & queen-size W welcome. Bi & Bi-curious M looking for safe times. Box 325 MaWM, 33, ISO EROTIC PENPAL I have an active imagination and would like to correspond with kinky-minded females. Have a fantasy to share? Try me, you'll like it! Box 323

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MIDLIFE CRISIS AT 30. NOT TERRIBLY outgoing or gorgeous, but still nice, Burlington GWM, br./bl., 5'n", professional w/ wacky hours, NS, light drinker, masculine (I think), adventurous and fun. Likes travelling, photography, art, working out (not a gym bunny) and chilling out. Sincerity, compassion a must. Not into head cases or games. Would love to find a summer soulmate, but will gladly settle for good friendships. Box 321

ATTRACTIVE, TRIM, WELL-EDUCATED M in 50s, with sense of elegance, seeking similar F to safely explore intimate pleasures with trust, sensitivity, discretion if necessary and, hopefully, friendship. Box 302

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