Agathe von trapp autobiography of a flea
•
Throughout History
This posting marks the second anniversary of the starting of my blog, back on the 29th of October, 2009. To date, inom have received over 253,500 hits. Thanks to everyone who has peeked in here and learned something. Thanks to everyone who has commented on, asked questions about, or clarified and improved on the postings that I’ve made over the last twenty-four months. And thanks to all my regular readers for checking back every now and then to see what’s new and leaving your marks in my comments boxes (yes, there are people who will subject themselves to the masochism of reading this blog on a regular basis). Yadda, yadda, yadda. inom digress.
On this date gods year, inom wrote about how to effectively use a traditional straight-razor to get a superior (and cost-effective) shave. In the 21st century, straight-razor shaving is coming back into fashion as men become attracted to the nostalgia, the masculinity, the effectiveness, the ‘greenness’
•
Seven Days, June 19, 2024
Stutterers
BLAST FROM THE PAST PAGE 34 3 to 6 hours in VT’s birthplace THE WILD SIDE PAGE 38 Foraging for summer edibles THAT’S THE SUFFS PAGE 45 Vermonter takes two Tonys
LISTEN UP
14 VERMONT’S INDEPENDENT VOICE JUNE 19-26, 2024 VOL.29 NO.37 SEVENDAYSVT.COM The Are HILLS ALIVE
a run of concerts at Trapp Family Lodge, e Sound of Music comes home
PAGE 26
speak out in viral campaign PAGE
With
BY MARY ANN LICKTEIG,
Open 7 days a week • (802) 878-2361 187 Main Street, Colchester • www.claussens.com Greenhouse SALE! 50% OFF Annuals • Flowering Hanging Baskets Herbs & Vegetables June 19 - July 5 While supplies last! 50% OFF SHOP LOCAL 2v-Claussens061924-3.indd 1 6/14/24 8:49 AM STOCK UP FOR THE 4TH OF JULY! SMOKEHOUSE SAVINGS UP TO 25% OFF ALL THE FAVORITES RIBS • SAUSAGE • PULLED PORK • BACON • SYRUP • CABOT CHEESE Ferrisburgh 5797 US Route 7, Ferrisburgh 802-425-6712 Dorset Street 100 Dorset Street, South Burlington 802-425-6750 WHAT VERMONT TASTE
•
Hektoen International
K.N. Lai
Hong Kong, China
These items, part of the Gerald Chow Memorial Lecture delivered to the Hong Kong College of Physicians, illustrate the many connections between medicine and the humanities, as well as exemplifying how illness shapes the course of human events and how even mild congenital anomalies may have catastrophic outcomes.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), serving his third term of the presidency of the United States of America, was recorded in July 1941 to have had his systolic blood pressure fluctuate between 160 to 180 mmHg. By 1943 his health began to decline. He lost weight, his face thinned, and he had shortness of breath. At first his personal physician, Vice Admiral Ross T. McIntire, diagnosed “flu and bronchitis”; but a second consultant, Dr. Howard G. Bruenn, diagnosed hypertension, left ventricular failure, and bronchitis. He recommended digitalis, a low salt diet, and bed rest. FDR’s blood pressure rose from 168/108 mmHg in