High-tech imaging and navigation revolutionize orthopaedic surgery.Like a pilot faced with zero visibility at 30,000 feet when clouds suddenly engulf the plane, a surgeon can’t always clearly see what’s coming next or which path might be best as he probes deep into a patient’s anatomy. But now, just as pilots can consult navigation instruments for guidance, orthopaedic surgeons can do…
For Greg Grady the beach isn’t just a place to stick an umbrella in the sand and enjoy the ocean. For him the beach is a place to create and display his – and others – fabulous sand sculptures. A masters-level professional sand sculptor, one of a handful in the world, Grady is the driving force behind the hugely successful…
The world of jazz has its share of giants, and among those still alive and kicking no one looms larger than improvisational saxaphonist and composer Sonny Rollins. He and his horn will be in New Hampshire later this month when he receives the Edward MacDowell Medal at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough. Medal day is always the second Sunday in…
An ancient tradition with modern materials. Ruth Boland loves the tradition of basketry, from the demands of the technique to the sense of control over chaos.Starting with a bundle of reeds or a pile of strips of paper, Boland begins many baskets with a “cat head” bottom, so called because when inverted the points look like cat ears. Shapes take…
Seen through a camera lens.Generations of New Englanders haven’t needed to trek to Florida to check out Cinderella’s glass slippers. Predating Disney Land by a year (1954), Glen’s Story Land still charms little princes and princesses with scenic rides in a horse-drawn pumpkin carriage.North Conway’s Bob and Ruth Morrell founded Story Land as a low-tech amusement park inviting children to…
Spicy and sweet! In a blind taste test, our staff compared three N.H.-made molasses cookies from around the state. Here’s what they thought.And the Winner Is…Black Forest Café & BakeryThese are seriously big cookies – if you order one, you might want to split it with a friend. Or not. With a nice molasses flavor and an aftertaste of spice,…
Concord may be a tiny planet, but just try to escape its gravity.A few years ago the planet most of us grew up calling Pluto got in trouble with the international scientific community. Some argued rather forcefully that Pluto, the only planet discovered by an American, simply did not meet the criteria necessary for planet status.A number of state legislatures,…
It’s hard to refuse the invitation when Nature calls the tune.On a beautiful fall day I took a walk in the Exeter woods with my 6-year-old daughter Grace and my boyfriend Tom. We walked along the trail that curved around a beaver’s pond, then up and down tree-covered drumlins, generously sprinkled with granite boulders.Grace chased Tom’s two big black dogs…
It’s been a busy decade for the New Hampshire pumpkin. First the Keene Pumpkin Festival kicked itself into high gear, turning a local harvest festival into an international event that grabbed a 2003 Guinness World Record for the most lit pumpkins in one spot (28,952!). Then in 2006 it lost that record to Boston (Boo!). But that same year it…
A classic Christmas cookie from Master Baker Steve James.Master Baker Steve James has decided to move on and we will no longer be running his “Food for Thought” column each month. We appreciate the knowledgeable insight he gave our readers over the past four years. To bid adieu we are re-printing a recipe that ran in December 2004, when he…
