Not a fun thing, but it’s a proven life-saver If you knew of a cancer-screening test that, for most patients, is fairly painless, low-risk and highly effective, would you take it? How about if you were told that the same test requires consuming about a gallon of liquid, proximity to a bathroom as your bowels empty out and having someone…
Pure evil — that’s what they call the acts of Sheila LaBarre. And, indeed, what went on at LaBarre’s farm in Epping a few years back — a brutal murder of two men and possibly more — can surely be called nothing else. Certainly the story and subsequent trial and conviction of LaBarre caused a sensation. But “Wicked Intentions: The…
Enjoy a relaxed meal where the past lives on at classic New Hampshire inns. Sometimes our sprawling cities and citified towns seem like just another byway through modern America. But look closer. Across the state, historic properties on roads less traveled offer an escape to a hidden New Hampshire. There you can find a host of fine dining experiences that…
I love to watch people win awards — particularly when the people are slender, attractive human beings dressed like alien royalty hugging one another on the way to the dais to receive a pound of fake gold. Don’t ask me why but I can watch it all night, and during the season of the Golden Globes and the Oscars, I…
All the aroma and flavors of home baked bread need not be a chore. Consider this easy recipe for soft breadsticks. Bread is the only food eaten by people of every race, culture and religion. Americans consume almost 60 pounds of bread a year per person and the number is still rising (no pun intended). Many artisan breads today don’t…
Need a good reason to spot the newt? This month’s lucky (and fearless) newt spotter will receive a nifty Snow Sleeve snow removal device from Hunter IdeaNet of Epping (http://hunterideanet.com). The Hunter Snow Sleeve can be used by one person or two and removes all kinds of snow from powdery to heavy and wet. Extension straps help keep the snow…
If winter has you climbing the walls, try this …It really is true. “If you can walk, you can snowshoe,” says Jackson’s Lorraine Tilney, a volunteer snowshoe tour leader at the pristine Jackson Ski Touring Foundation.First-timers might find snowshoes a tad awkward during those fledgling steps, but the learning curve is quick and rewards are great. Snowshoeing is easy and…
Thirty years ago Celeste Longacre was trying to figure out what her life work was to be. One day the thought came to her that perhaps her first name was no accident, that she was fated to deal in celestial matters. “I never looked back,” Celeste says. Today the Alstead resident is an astrologer who is well-regarded enough to be…
A guide to retail therapy from Main Street storefronts to backroad boutiques.So What’s NewMake a Date AblazeWhy not go on a date and undress together? Ablaze, apparel for men and women, 115 Water St., is the hot new place for the hip couple to shop. Affordable, higher-end designer threads in classy cosmopolitan-themed boutique. 115 Water St., Exeter(603) 778-1975Selfish AbandonmentPlunge into…
Tiny beads become bejeweled berries with sparkling tendrils in the hands of an artist. *** The path to beading was serpentine for Beader Gillian Smith of Andover. She was born and raised in England and traveled the world with her husband, who was in the British military. With a professional background in fashion design, she explored clothing design, stitchery embellishment…
