When I was a reporter, I was taught to check out the bulletin board on Main Street whenever I visited a new town. I still do it, bulletin boards reveal the soul of a town, especially a small one. In Vermont, the geography there has created many small towns, each with their own distinctive culture, the towns are too small for the corporate box stories, so small business can still survive. This bulletin board, in the middle of Saxtons River, Vt., tells me the story of the town.

A lost dog,  a swing band, a county fair, used book sale, hay, seeds, a chorus. Small towns are all about community, people need community, so much of the country lives in places that are too big for it. In  Saxton River, I can see what is lost, what is there. I am learning to photograph thrift shop volunteers and small town bulletin boards.