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Big thanks to Ukelele Clare for a fun, informative and laughter-filled workshop for beginning ukulele!  Missed the HOWL workshop but want to get on the uke train?  Check out Clare’s website: https://www.ukuleleclare.com/.  Thanks Clare for this sweet HOWL fundraising event & on-ramp to the uke world.

Ukelele Clare–teacher, shenanigans instigator, and merriment-maker–is coming to HOWL!  Saturday, February 22, 10:00-11:30.   Learn the basics of playing the ukulele in this light-hearted beginner’s workshop. You don’t need to know anything about music to learn how to strum, make chords and sing a song. All you need is a sense of adventure and a songContinue reading “Ukelele Workshop with Clare Innes! Saturday, February 22”

Camping:  Fall Foliage Fun / Retreat Destination – We are now on Hipcamp!  It’s easy to book a campsite – try it out!  Or email howlvt@gmail.com or call 802-434-3953 to arrange your visit. October 20, Sunday, 12:00 – 1:30 PM Kombucha Workshop at HOWL Why pay $4 a pint for kombucha? Learn how to do it yourself!  (ClickContinue reading “Fall and Summer Events, 2019”

  Ordinarily, April at HOWL conjures images of dreary skies, bare fields, and road ruts and wash-outs that have even veteran mud-season drivers dreaming of the day they’ll live on a paved road.  Not so this April, when the legendary Alix Dobkin entertained a sell-out crowd in HOWL’s community room.  April at HOWL?  Now I’llContinue reading “Alix Dobkin plays to a packed house”

A spring snow storm followed by bright sunshine made for a lovely weekend of outdoor delights (and a ton of shoveling) up on the hill here at HOWL.  All over Huntington, sugarhouses hosted visitors for Huntington’s Open Sugarhouse Weekend events.  Stop in at Beaudry’s store to pick up a pint of syrup if you didn’tContinue reading “Spring Snow”

  Ah, March: We can finally look at the wood pile and say, yeah, we’ll make it through.  Skiing requires fewer layers and is accompanied by new bird songs.  As the days get longer, cozying up under a quilt is the perfect complement to skating, skiing, snowshoeing, and generally glorying in the beauty of theContinue reading “Winter medley”

Ha!  Well, the HOWL Birthday party on Saturday, January 12 featuring Alison Bechdel, Holly Rae Taylor & Friends in a live HOWL-style program based loosely on Desert Island Discs was so much fun, I neglected to take a single photo.  Perhaps you, dear reader, have a photo to post?  My highlight?  Everyone breaking into song withContinue reading “Too much fun to take pictures”

We strummed, we bowed, we chorded and dobro-ed.  Musicians Rebeccca Padula, Clare Innes, and Anya Schwartz offered instruction on about a dozen different instruments, and we all took a turn at trying something new at Saturday’s Musical Instruments Petting Zoo.  We were having too much fun to take pictures during the event, but at least we caught ClareContinue reading “Musical Instruments Petting Zoo”

HOWL  is beautiful in every season!  We’ll keep posting monthly meanders on our events page, so come on up the hill and join neighbors for a snowy walk in the woods & fields at HOWL. Meet outside the HOWL house (895 Salvas Road) for a 1:00 (prompt!) departure. Meander along hilly (but not steep) trails.Continue reading “Midday, Midweek Meander Dec. 12, 1:00”

The photo might be fuzzy, but the laughter, singing, and company was lovely.  Thanks to all who filled HOWL with song this weekend!