Untitled from Clare Byrne on Vimeo.

Tropical Storm Irene came through Vermont this past week. We were lucky, on high enough ground -midway up - so that the swelling waters pouring down from the peaks to the valleys rushed by us, onto lower levels, during the day-long storm. At the height of the storm the brook was unrecognizable, a foreign entity - surreally high, capuccino-colored and froth-peaked.