Dan Brown’s rise as a bookish superstar is all the more astonishing when you learn that his first shot at fame came in the 1990s as a singer/songwriter. His first CD, “Dan Brown,” had hotshot Barry Fasman as a producer and featured an A-list of session men, including Madonna’s bass player and the drummer from the Doobie Brothers. These clips…
A hurricane has brewed for two years in the worldwide Anglican Church. It has exhausted its front-page news cycle in the U.S., but has been gaining speed and power overseas and threatens to make landfall with devastating impact in the coming months. The winds of change signaled by the ordination of the first openly gay Episcopal Bishop may even be…
One afternoon during my first week in New Hampshire Mahoney had called from Oklahoma and I was gazing out the back windows, describing the wilderness — the trees, the pond, the view. Suddenly I shrieked! Turkeys! Wildlife! We had actual wildlife in our back yard! A band of perhaps six wild turkeys had strolled out of the tree line, apparently…
I come from the generation that gets many of its best ideas and memories from TV. So it may not be surprising that when I think of this season, I think of John-Boy Walton and his grandpa, wearing homemade scarves to protect against the cold, venturing out into the forest to pick out and chop down the family Christmas tree….
What is an eye? A strange device, A bit of film and nerve, the first camera, A wonder steeped in mystery, Recording scenes and filing prints in cabinets of the brain. From “Windows of the Soul” by Grace Seaton Thompson Our eyes are indeed a wonder, yet often taken for granted. They shouldn’t be, for eyes are vulnerable to change….
As winter temperatures descend and winds escalate, the salad days of patio and terrace dining give way to the cozy glow of firelight and twinkling candles. It’s the time of year for intimate dinners for two in quiet surroundings, for a touch of elegance to replace the summer’s casual cookout atmosphere. New Hampshire restaurants are up to the occasion, with…
What’s for dessert this Thanksgiving? How about traditional homemade pies you can simply order and, in some cases, have delivered? While you focus on the turkey, someone else can slave over the pastry and peel all those apples. Here are a few people who make it their business to provide you with homemade pies straight from their kitchens. Allyn Way-Daly…
The magical qualities of fabric and yarns have always called to Nicole Chazaud Telaar. Previously, as a commercial textile artist, Nicole was a bit removed from the process of fabric creation. Her pattern sketches were printed or woven in mills in the South. But discovering how wool can be manipulated with hot water changed how she thought of the medium….
I woke up this morning and the newspaper was still filled with the same old stuff. Iraq was in turmoil, New Orleans was a pile of rubble and the levee around the Federal Treasury had been breached from so many directions that it will probably still be flooded with red ink even after they get my next tax payment. It…
