Essays

The Universal Language of Music & Dance

New Hampshire’s diverse musical landscape, from the classical strains of the New Hampshire Music Festival to the lively tunes of the White Mountain Boogie & Blues Festival, demonstrates how music transcends cultural boundaries. The state’s commitment to musical diversity is…

Live Free: Chicken Farmer, We Love You (Still)

What is the value of a single word? As a writer, I have suffered while editors eliminated phrases, sentences, even entire pages. So the deletion of a mere, likely superfluous, word is acceptable, even welcome. Yet, in other circumstances, the…