Rage in the Hills

Rage in the Hills is a book of short stories about the tension between flatlanders and Vermont natives written by Daniel Neary Jr.  I just bought it on Amazon.  Hopefully it’ll give me some insight into how other older Vermonters look at outsiders and how they have seen Vermont change over their lifetime.  If [...]

Symbols of Vermont

Animal: Morgan Horse Bird: Hermit Thrush Tree: Sugar Maple Butterfly: Monarch Flower: Red Clover Insect: Honey Bee Song: These Green Mountains Mineral: Talc Stone (1 of 3): Marble Stone: Granite Stone: Slate

Every state has a state bird, song, flag, tree, motto, flower, etc.  We learn these important facts in elementary school.  Memories [...]

just for fun

Several years ago my father started a tradition of hiking Mt. Washington on his birthday, May 10th. Conditions have varied wildly from tank top weather to full blown winter. This year we sported hats and mittens but the scenery was beautiful and hike a success. This video is a simple collage of our photographs [...]

Chilling, Killing

This a little video I made for The Venkman’s Chilling, Killing, a wonderful song produced by my good friend Joe Duquette.

Chilling, Killing from Laura McLam on Vimeo.

Tuesday Night Pictures

I’ve always been someone who enjoys variety and likes to have multiple things in motion simultaneously.  So along with my Setting Out Productions pursuits I’ve also been working with a couple other media makers to form Tuesday Night Pictures. Our collaborative produces a range of media from informational pieces for organizations to special event [...]