I am Vermont Strong redux

So, even though my fourteen year-old car is beginning to show signs of rust and the people who replaced the windshield five years ago did such a lousy job of sealing it that the seal comes loose (as it is again) and has caused rust, I still am proud to replace my front license plate with 'I am Vermont Strong.' We can use these plates for the next two years (now that the legislature changed the law to permit us). I see more and more of them as I drive around Vermont, which still has tons and tons (literally) of river silt and debris from Irene eight months ago.

And, oh, how I hope I can stay in Vermont, my adopted home. It all is so uncertain. For as long as I live here, though, I will try to be Vermont strong.