Brattleboro Country Club

The Uphill Path of Wayne Stiles

Walkers gasping for breath as they trudge up the eleventh hole of the Brattleboro Country Club may find it apt… Read more »

His Name Was McNamara, the Leader of the Band

Tom Bedell

Golf is in a recumbent state here in Vermont, before the full hibernation begins in what is likely weeks rather… Read more »

Living with Hope, in a World Old or New

Tom Bedell

(First published September 14, 2001, in the Brattleboro Reformer) Until Tuesday, I was still dreaming about Ireland. I had just… Read more »

Driving Toward 100 at the Brattleboro Country Club

Tom Bedell

History does not record when the first oath flew or who uttered it after a wayward shot at the Brattleboro… Read more »

What Golf Ball Through Yonder Window Breaks?

Tom Bedell

I belong to a Shakespeare group. Not a troupe, a group, which meets now and again to read through the… Read more »

Birdies and Brews Part 3: Vermont

Tom Bedell

Okay, but where in Vermont? No, all of Vermont. The latest Brewers Association stats put Vermont at the head of the list–the state with the most breweries per capita–and all of them are craft breweries.

Vermont is not a huge state–slightly more than 600,000 souls call it home, and there are more senators in the U.S. Congress than the lone congressman. A head to foot (or vice versa) traversal is doable in about two and a half hours, and one is never too far away from the next good beer or golf course.