The peril of a state government that’s too accommodating. Last year Manchester State Representative Barbara Shaw took a constituent call. What happened next is a classic New Hampshire tale of how the state makes law. The caller erected a partial privacy fence at his camp near Newfound Lake in Bristol. As construction began he notified the town. The town’s fire…
History and hospitality are gracious companions. Wealthy business owners just before the turn of the previous century found the North Country in New Hampshire to be a perfect spot for building their summer retreats. One beautiful example in North Conway is the Stonehurst Manor, now open to the public as an inn with breakfast and dinner service. Tucked up high,…
My wife is a beautiful, virtuous woman who has many talents. Horticulture is not one of them. Houseplants in her care have a survival rate equivalent to ebola victims. But she’s had one plant, a Christmas cactus, that has stuck around for decades. Its survival technique is simple. Other plants grow pale and limp when mistreated but when this cactus…
