Humor

Aren’t New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine pretty much the same?” asks the person not from around here. I elevate one eyebrow: “No.”

Thanksgiving. A time of bounty. If you’re lucky. For frugal yankees (is there any other kind?), it’s a conundrum. So much food, piled high, no way to eat it all at one sitting. Yet we try. Somebody peeled those onions…

Each fall, Muster Field Farm Museum in North Sutton celebrates Harvest Day with music, crafts, produce, soup and so forth. If you haven’t visited Muster Field Farm, you oughta.  A little history: Matthew Harvey settled on the farm in 1772,…

When asked what crop the soil of New Hampshire is most suited for, the astute Yankee replies:“Rocks.” It’s rocks that rise in the garden each spring. You can hoe ’em out and toss ’em to the side, but next spring…

Granite Staters have a gritty brand of optimism—if that's what you want to call it.

Yup. We got a badge for that.

Sticklers tend to say it how it is, for better — or oftentimes — for worse...

Growing up, the annual mayfly hatch meant a great day of fishing...

The art of the New Hampshire town meeting.

The beginnings of a family tradition.