My Peerless Wife

 When Janet and I talk about moving overseas, which we talk about quite a bit, one of the reasons why we sometimes cite for not following through on that dream is how much we love our odd little community here in Vermont. However, we also had to be honest with ourselves and admit that, having said that, we haven't been engaged in the community as much as we should be. That may be something as simple as making an effort to shop more at the Adamant Coop as compared to Shaws's, or taking a more leading role in organizing things where we can get the community together. For example, we're both presenting as a part of Vermont Public Philosophy Week this year, and, in fact, we're arranging a doubleheader on Saturday 5 April, with me talking at 1:00 and Janet at 2:30 (obviously, more on this later). Mainly, I'm just taking advantage of Janet's popularity to get someone to come to my talk. Another example of this goal is that Janet set up a community book group to discuss Ursula K Le Guin's The Dispossessed. We held our first chat a couple of days ago, on a very frosty Sunday morning at the Maple Corners Community Center. It was a great chat, and we have two more coming up.

I snapped this picture as we were getting things set up. Janet had to pop in around 6:00 in the morning so that she could turn the head on (yes, it's Vermont). I just liked this picture, which I sent to my friend Jack with the comment, "Janet and her peers," which lead to his response, "Peerless." And hence the title of this post. She had to pay a nominal fee to rent the space, but getting the community together was, as they say, priceless.

It was an enthusiastic crowd and people made some great points, with the exception of me, naturally.