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<![CDATA[Brattleboro Reformer: Columnists]]> en News 15 <![CDATA[Nerve damage]]> <![CDATA[Some birds do hibernate]]> <![CDATA[Pruning]]> <![CDATA[Taxing situation]]> <![CDATA[Update on Brattleboro’s wood chip CHP plant]]> <![CDATA[The professor]]> By BOB ENGEL <![CDATA[Joy in darkness]]> <![CDATA[Welcome, darkness]]> <![CDATA[What happens to birds in winter?]]> <![CDATA[Unsung perennials]]> <![CDATA[Putting a price on health]]> <![CDATA[Drying clothes with less energy]]> By ALEX WILSON <![CDATA[Glittering, romantic winter]]> Monday, October 2 Winter. Think it, and if you're the romantic type, the world turns bright with snow that sparkles -- just as the snow in a Grandma Moses painting sparkles. It actually glitters, from glitter. You know, those decorative silvery flakes they sell in crafts stores.]]> By MARTHA NELSON <![CDATA[Blame it on the rain (and snow, cold and heat)]]> Monday, October 2 CORNISH FLAT, N.H. — Being a gardener can be a humbling experience. As the name of my Web site, www.gardening-guy.com, says, I fancy myself a gardening guy. Some years I struggle not to think of myself the czar of zucchinis or the King Tut of tomatoes. Not this year.]]> Henry Homeyer