Archives: October 2010

Health & Wellness

Affairs in Order?

New Hampshire Magazine Staff,

Now’s the time to plan and organize.Some people avoid certain topics like the plague: politics, religion and the big doozy, “who gets what after I’m gone.”After all, it’s much easier to come up with a “Bucket List” of things you want to accomplish before you die than it is to come up with an “I’ve-Kicked-the-Bucket List” of things that must…
Arts & Shopping

Get Jammin’

New Hampshire Magazine Staff,

Sweet and fruity! In a blind taste test, our staff compared three N.H. gourmet blueberry jams from around the state. Here’s what they thought.Amelia Maes & Co.This month’s winner!All of the jams were delicious, but staff members were intrigued by the less sweet and slightly spicy jam from Amelia Maes & Co. With a touch of cinnamon, it’s almost like…
Arts & Shopping

Retooled

New Hampshire Magazine Staff,

Putting personality into found objects.What is a garden without garden art?Sculptor and garden designer/horticulturalist Jill Nooney is accomplished in both worlds. Her canvas is her own expansive garden called Bedrock Gardens in Lee and her medium is recycled metals, most reclaimed from a long-forgotten function in an obsolete industry. Both take re-visioning of the current state — a barren landscape…
Arts & Shopping

Between Times

New Hampshire Magazine Staff,

A whodunit set on New Hampshire’s seacoast.It might look like the Wentworth by the Sea Hotel, but the setting for this work of fiction is called the Smythe Hotel. There unwinds a tale of mystery and murder that spans two worlds — worlds that exist decades apart.In the book “Sumner Island” author Michael Cormier takes the main character — Mitch…
People

Up Coming – Justin Cronin

New Hampshire Magazine Staff,

You could call Justin Cronin’s “The Passage” a horror story about vampires. You could also call it an apocalyptic vision, a science fiction novel or even a mystery. But no matter what you call it, it’s a great read. The novel already went through a bidding war between movie studios and ended up in the hands of Fox. So why…
People

The Master Dowser

New Hampshire Magazine Staff,

The ancient practice of dowsing is alive and well in New Hampshire today. Carol Gader, of Claremont, is one of about 60 people in the state’s two chapters of the American Society of Dowsers. Gader, considered a master dowser, has been doing it for some 20 years — on both a practical and a spiritual level. She might use her…