War mostly takes away, but you’ve got to give it credit for its contributions as well. Among the many inventions now taken for granted but created in times of battle, you can list Spam, duck tape, the Hummer and parades. Now, many looking at that short list and forced to choose would put the infinitely useful duck tape (or duct…
Where getting smashed while driving is not only legal, it’s mandatory.Harking back to the roots of the season of harvest, September is the big month for fairs in New Hampshire.While the ancients would sometimes perform ritual sacrifices of livestock in gratitude for the fertility of the land, our agricultural traditions have a more modern approach: Let’s sacrifice old beat-up cars…
Featured Shop – StoLat OrganicsMost people drink green tea for the internal benefits it provides. Amy Gendreau uses green tea for the benefits it provides externally. She is the genius behind the Bergamot Green Tea face and body bar, one of the many products in her StoLat Organics line of skin care and body products found in specialty shops and…
Planning for the future is the first step to preventing elder abuse.You can’t delve far into the topic of elder law without hearing some awful stories. They range from the well-known driveway-paving scam – where an older homeowner pays $3,000 up front to a “contractor” who never returns – to physical abuse of elders by their so-called caregivers, often family…
Forever younger?Most people of a certain age would never actually want to be “young” again with all the angst and discontent that youth entails. But just about all of them wish they were “younger.” Guess what. That’s a wish that can come true.”Boomers have changed everything all along, haven’t they?” asks Sara E. Rix, the director of economic studies at…
Sometimes the key to great design isn’t found in bright color. At this year’s York Show House, muted tones of gray and beige took center stage.Even expansive summer houses, it seems, deserve a conservative touch in times of fiscal frugality. At the Twin Cottage show house in York, Maine, 18 designers from Maine and New Hampshire were asked to rework…
In our state built on granite, rocks have an attraction and a message that transcend time and place. “In New Hampshire we have a very deep connection to stone,” says Hancock historian Howard Mansfield. “From our love of the Old Man of the Mountain and the desire to rebuild him to the naming of rocks like Elephant Rock and Monkey…
The first line of defense in the battle for your good health is often not your doctor.Trying to get a routine appointment with your primary care physician? Dollars to doughnuts, you won’t be donning a johnny any time soon. A national shortage of primary care doctors has, in many instances, led to frustrating lead times for some patient visits. But…
Dimensions of the past take a new form.If art is in the details, David Lamb’s work is truly a very high art. His creations combine the skills of a master furniture maker with the craftsmanship of a wood carver, tempered by the insights of a true artist. His work is more than the culmination of 35 years experience, it is…
