Archives: September 2009

New Media Big Wheel

John Herman is an unlikely guru — young, chipper and curious — but he’s in demand as a spokesman for the new revolution in communications media and racking up awards along the way. He teaches media literacy at Epping High School, runs summer camps in improvisational comedy (one in Japan last year), his Web video series Odd Noggin Land has…

Sweater Weather

September days are perfect for picking apples, admiring the first fall colors and traveling historic roads.Leave I-93 in Concord via exit 16 at Rte. 132 and follow Oak Hill Road around the side of Oak Hill until it joins School Street in Loudon. Turn right into the village and cross Rte. 106 to follow Rte. 129. Stop at Meadow Ledge…

Featured Designer: Krista Larso

N.H. Designer to the Stars — Under the RadarKrista Larson is an internationally-known fashion designer who flies below the radar. Raised in Salem, N.H., Larson went to school in Rhode Island, dabbled around in New York and then gravitated back to the Granite State to set up shop. Her clothing is all made in New England, and though it is…

Mastering Furniture

Pushing classical design to the edge.Terry Moore, a native of Wales, settled in the Newport area around 1980. Without any official training, he began making fine furniture after gaining a reputation making kitchen cabinets. With several years experience, and work he was proud to show, Moore “plucked” up the courage to apply to the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen.”It was…

The Ring of Fire

Living life amidst long-ago creation.Time is a crucible. So is life. So is the fragile, shifting, cracking tectonic egg shell of our earth. And so is its molten, bubbling yolk, sometimes erupting through cracks in the shell as volcanoes, sometimes forming a bubble that pushes toward the surface but pops prematurely like vented oatmeal.Nothing here was ever cooked over-easy.Welcome to…

Preserving the Peace

Want to buy a secluded tract of forestland and ponds? Do you know where the town of Lempster is? A lot of people don’t, and that’s just fine with the townsfolk there, all 971 of them, at last count. They can enjoy the stunning beauty of the mountains and ponds that surround them in relative peace. Always, of course, there…