Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 120-year-old Rumsey Hall School existed humbly as a premiere junior boarding and day school tucked away in the Shepaug Valley of Washington—some knew of it, some didn’t. 

When a covert agent surfaces in an exotic location in spy movies, trouble isn’t far behind. So when Loch Johnson, a leading expert on U.S. intelligence organizations, moved from his longtime home in Athens, Ga., to Salisbury last June, it meant something.

Now, as a Political Science and English double major, I feel like I need to find a way to explain this bubble we have had to slowly construct around ourselves. I write my way through these enclosures because it’s a quaint little form of escapism. At the same time, I wanted to do it through structure: through T.S. Eliot’s “The Hollow Men.”

Nicole Tongue has spent the last 30 years working in the worlds of ballet, opera, and theater as a performer, choreographer, and director but has recently switched gears into rock and roll as producer of The Heroin Diaries.

“We fell in love with the area,” recalls Harley. “But since we had just bought an apartment in New York we had no intention of taking on another project.” But they did. After looking at a handful of properties, Hartley settled on a cottage on Lake Waramaug.

“It’s just like a snow day,” I say to the bank teller.  Except that it's not snowing, and the driving conditions are fine. Ah to be muffled in white—we may as well have been— the streets and storefronts were that quiet. Everything blanketed in stillness.

“TeleHealth allows Greenwoods to continue to offer mental health counseling, assessment, and referral services at a time when people need it the most,” John Simoncelli, LCSW continues. “But, many don’t know that TeleHealth is even an option.

The recipient of a $100,000 grant from the Connecticut Department of Economic Community Development, the Gunn Historical Museum has put together Washington, Connecticut—An American Story, an award-winning multimedia exhibit that traces the history of the town back thousands of years through to the present day. 

I’m social distancing like a modern Victorian heroine: Edith Wharton’s Lily Bart in The House of Mirth meets Henry James’ Daisy Miller (except with a happier ending—I’m no fragile flower).

While many athletes dream of going to the Olympics, few ever reach that goal. Suzanne Paxton is one who did. She was 15 when she took up fencing and. eventually. went on to represent the United States at the 1996 Olympic games. In 2006 she founded Point Studio, Inc., a video, television, and live event production company.

As we enter the second month of this unprecedented lockdown, we are having to accept a new way of living that is taking place almost exclusively in our homes. Interior Designer and Lifestylist Joshua Smith shares some ways to lean into the new normal.

Wanessa Anderson, owner of W. Rhythm and Fitness Studio in Kent, hasn’t suffered the panic that most business owners have experienced during the shutdown. Instead the crisis has served as her springboard. Anderson is offering a FREE week of trial classes as an incentive to add movement to our daily routines and to help battle the isolation blues.