Health care is a science and an art. It’s a practice steeped in tradition on a swiftly changing landscape. As the practice of medicine has grown more complex, people increasingly look to physicians to provide a sense of trust and clarity. Each year, New Hampshire Magazine surveys the state’s physicians asking them, if they or a family member were sick,…
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Fitting Piece Thank you so much for the puzzle . It was a wonderful surprise and I will be sharing it with the “puzzle ladies.” We’ll have a great time working it together. There was so much more I wanted to write about our building, Marion Philips Apartments, which I consider a community. I am the vice president of the…
Is the Internet — where it’s so easy to Google information — turning public libraries into dinosaurs? Conventional wisdom says “Yes.” State Librarian Michael York says “Nonsense.” He points to the fact that there is a library in every community in New Hampshire — “234 communities and 234 libraries, more libraries than McDonald’s and Dunkin’ Donuts.” And, he says, a…
My urban friends may never have to face this horror. It’s not that squirrels don’t take up residence in the city, but they tend to avoid the interiors of fifth floor walk-ups, preferring the safety and sumptuous litter of parks, avenue trash cans and fast-food dumpsters. Here in the New Hampshire hills, however, there is no demilitarized zone for critters,…
I frequently remind my mother that the boat I take into the afterlife will be filled with her pot roast. Like the ancient Egyptians, I’ll also take my favorite servants and pottery. But I’m not going anywhere without that tantalizing taste of beef thoroughly drenched in onion and wine gravy. My mother knows about her dish’s popularity. When I was…
“The Fine Print,” or How We Compiled a List Like This Nobody likes to tell you how much money they make. Neighbors drop hints to neighbors — the new in-ground pool, the cherry red BMW — but that actual paycheck is a deep secret. Let them guess what the IRS takes April 15. This is not a list of up-to-the-minute…
No two opals are ever alike. Pick one up and you are mesmerized by the patterns and dance of light coming from within. This “play of color” is the result of water trapped in silica cells, created a million years ago in places such as Australia, Mexico, Nevada and Idaho. The largest percentage of precious opals are mined from deep…
What’s the most romantic place in New Hampshire? Here in the official month of love (though I wonder what, besides Valentine’s Day, is so romantic about February) it seems like a good question to ponder. The editors of USA Today had this question in mind just as this issue was going to press and were asking around for picks from…
The N.H. Republican Party doesn’t get it. Colossal electoral failure might suggest it is time for a little soul searching … a serving of a humble pie wouldn’t be bad, either. Ah well, wishful thinking. Just in case you missed a particularly illustrative news story during the flurry of activity between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, let me rewind the tape….
