Steam rises from an evaporator at the Branon Family Maple Orchards sugarhouse in Fairfield on Dec. 20, 2024. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger This story by Joslyn McIntyre was first published in ...
There is a German word, torschlusspanik, that translates to “gate closing panic.” It is, essentially, the frantic feeling that time has run out, the opportunity has passed, the gate is slamming shut.