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Last week, on September 11, 2008, on a chilly New England morning we rang the bells of Stowe Village. As in many towns around the world, we stop what we're doing and become still, and some of us listen to the bells and some of us ring them. But we're still. In Stowe, our iconic Stowe Community Church, the Stowe Free Library/Helen Day Art Center and the Vermont Ski Museum join in harmony (I like that word), tolling away. We've done if for 7 years, and as we draw farther and farther away chronologically from the time of the horrific events, we may remember a bit less of what we felt on that morning, but still, we ring, and we contemplate.

Onward: In our town we're dolling up for Autumn. Little peeks of color are starting, the coaches of peepers are descending. Every day I walk to the post office in the village, and pass these visitors. It's such fun to answer their questions about where to eat lunch, where's the quilting shop, where to pick up some maple syrup. It reminds me in such a good way of how fortunate I am to live here and to be able to answer their questions. In the next few weeks our streets will get a little more bustling as we sweep into fall frenzy. Events and activities abound in the coming weeks. First up is the British Invasion and Village Block Party, referenced in my last blog. The village is dressing up for the window dressing competition, too. Our offices in the Stowe Visitor Info Center are going strawberry mad...as in Strawberry Fields, but hopefully not forever.

And why not fill up on all-things-British one day (9/19-21) and then skip a few gorgeous miles north for the Boyden Valley Winery Celebration of the Vine, September 20 & 21. The Stowe Oktoberfest is up the next weekend, and we top off leaf-season 2008 on October 10,11,& 12 with the 26th Annual Stowe Foliage Art & Craft Festival. As fall continues, the days shorten, temps drop, and our "serene season" kicks in. Until the snow flies, and considering that we're the Ski Capital of the East, that's an upcoming story!

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