Jen Rose Smith
@jenrosesmith.bsky.social
Travel writer, editor, and all-around enthusiast in Vermont's Green Mountains. Words for WSJ, Afar, WaPo, Nat Geo, etc. www.jenrosesmith.com / jenniferrosesmith @ gmail
Love a sharp elbowed little kicker
September 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Love a sharp elbowed little kicker
This follower ratio 👀
June 3, 2025 at 1:56 AM
This follower ratio 👀
Trying to share Apple TV logins and getting hit with this 😭
May 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Trying to share Apple TV logins and getting hit with this 😭
Vermont Alberta
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"plz adopt me"
🤝
"plz adopt me"
May 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Vermont Alberta
🤝
"plz adopt me"
🤝
"plz adopt me"
My love language, îles flottantes
May 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My love language, îles flottantes
The world demands UNESCO intangible heritage status for Québécois swearing
May 6, 2025 at 4:40 AM
The world demands UNESCO intangible heritage status for Québécois swearing
I recently came across this gem of a blurb from said travel publisher, which gave me a solid five minutes of "is it AI or did they just fire too many editors?" and it turns out there is no earthly way to tell the difference
April 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I recently came across this gem of a blurb from said travel publisher, which gave me a solid five minutes of "is it AI or did they just fire too many editors?" and it turns out there is no earthly way to tell the difference
Making maple syrup always strikes me as something closer to poetry than to agriculture
March 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Making maple syrup always strikes me as something closer to poetry than to agriculture
You know it's nearly spring in Vermont when you gaze across the frozen expanse of Lake Champlain to see two shirtless, shorts-wearing guys just ... out for a walk on the ice
March 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
You know it's nearly spring in Vermont when you gaze across the frozen expanse of Lake Champlain to see two shirtless, shorts-wearing guys just ... out for a walk on the ice
First episode of the new "Esti d'Franglais" podcast dropped (the only truly bilingual podcast I've ever heard?!)
Highly recommended for anyone who speaks French & English and wants to better understand Quebec's (totally fascinating!) language and culture ⚜️
open.spotify.com/show/4yCIIvr...
Highly recommended for anyone who speaks French & English and wants to better understand Quebec's (totally fascinating!) language and culture ⚜️
open.spotify.com/show/4yCIIvr...
March 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
First episode of the new "Esti d'Franglais" podcast dropped (the only truly bilingual podcast I've ever heard?!)
Highly recommended for anyone who speaks French & English and wants to better understand Quebec's (totally fascinating!) language and culture ⚜️
open.spotify.com/show/4yCIIvr...
Highly recommended for anyone who speaks French & English and wants to better understand Quebec's (totally fascinating!) language and culture ⚜️
open.spotify.com/show/4yCIIvr...
Just one more Vermont protest post? Because this person sending JD off at the airport pretty much sums it up. We save our love for our neighbors up north.
March 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Just one more Vermont protest post? Because this person sending JD off at the airport pretty much sums it up. We save our love for our neighbors up north.
Walking into a small-town Vermont hardware store on a Sunday afternoon, to find an old-time music session out back by the shovels and pitchforks, just has me like 💗
March 3, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Walking into a small-town Vermont hardware store on a Sunday afternoon, to find an old-time music session out back by the shovels and pitchforks, just has me like 💗
When your ski resort is cooperatively owned there's no need to mince words
March 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
When your ski resort is cooperatively owned there's no need to mince words
Along with overnight snowfall totals and trail conditions, Sugarbush snow reporter and UVM grad Lucy Welch posted this message of resistance, solidarity, and hope to the resort's website this morning. It was quickly taken down, but still got sent to everyone who gets Sugarbush daily reports 💗
March 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Along with overnight snowfall totals and trail conditions, Sugarbush snow reporter and UVM grad Lucy Welch posted this message of resistance, solidarity, and hope to the resort's website this morning. It was quickly taken down, but still got sent to everyone who gets Sugarbush daily reports 💗
Currently r/Vermont is 100% dedicated to ruining JD Vance's Sugarbush ski weekend and it's honestly nice to see a little unity around here
March 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Currently r/Vermont is 100% dedicated to ruining JD Vance's Sugarbush ski weekend and it's honestly nice to see a little unity around here
"Start digging, or just stay put until spring?" increasingly seems like a reasonable question to ask
February 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"Start digging, or just stay put until spring?" increasingly seems like a reasonable question to ask
Good luck to all you Gatineau Loppet racers out there skate-skiing 50 km in a blizzard!!! Wild conditions ❄️❄️❄️
February 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Good luck to all you Gatineau Loppet racers out there skate-skiing 50 km in a blizzard!!! Wild conditions ❄️❄️❄️
Today I'm messaging all my loved ones with the urgent news that if you make a giant party batch of whiskey sours and freeze the leftovers you get on-demand whiskey slushees
February 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Today I'm messaging all my loved ones with the urgent news that if you make a giant party batch of whiskey sours and freeze the leftovers you get on-demand whiskey slushees
Now this is how you write a cookbook index (from the 1903 White House Cookbook)
February 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Now this is how you write a cookbook index (from the 1903 White House Cookbook)
If you see something (loons trapped in ice) do something (pile them into a cozy canoe and slide them to safety)
February 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
If you see something (loons trapped in ice) do something (pile them into a cozy canoe and slide them to safety)
Improvisational ice rescue: it's not just for humans
February 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Improvisational ice rescue: it's not just for humans
But none shall defeat the GOAT (self rescue with corpse of snowshoe hare)
February 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
But none shall defeat the GOAT (self rescue with corpse of snowshoe hare)
New entry in my favorite news genre (improv ice rescue) just dropped
February 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
New entry in my favorite news genre (improv ice rescue) just dropped
Yes — and I actually assume the timing was an oversight? However, the two stories do make an interesting coda to this genuinely absurd self-promoting opinion piece from a few weeks ago.
January 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Yes — and I actually assume the timing was an oversight? However, the two stories do make an interesting coda to this genuinely absurd self-promoting opinion piece from a few weeks ago.