Name Game
Would a Granite Stater by any other name smell as sweet? If you hail from the great state of Texas you are known as a “Texan.” If you are from the upper peninsula of Michigan you are called a “Yooper.”…
Opinion & Humor
Running by the Garden
Spring is now in full bloom so I can admit it. I’m not fond of crocuses. They pop up when the ground is still frost pocked and littered with the dead brown scales of the previous year, but their blossoms…
Recalculatin’
I long for a “New Hampsha” voice to guide me — even if it’s ornery.When my brother-in-law gave me a GPS last Christmas, I received a sense of direction. With the trusty silver rectangle mounted in my car, I no…
An Icon We Can All Look Down On
Those who regularly read this magazine are probably aware we have a mascot of sorts: the red-spotted newt. And those who have read the magazine for a long time are probably saying to themselves, “Enough with the the red-spotted newt,…
Letters to the Editor
Spot the NewtNeed a good reason to spot the newt?This month’s lucky (and fearless) newt spotter will receive a Dead Sea Product Collection from Fields of Ambrosia: Bath, Body and Home (fieldsofambrosia.com). The gift basket will include a Dead Sea…
Letters to the Editor
Need a good reason to spot the newt?This month’s lucky (and fearless) newt spotter will receive $50 worth of recycled glass suncatchers from Real Green Goods, an earth-friendly department store selling green products for sustainable living, all in one location.…
Keys to Survival
The lessons of winter led to a final exam.When I returned to my native New Hampshire after seven years in Chicago, I foolishly remembered it being less snowy here than it is there. But it was only a few days…
Love It/Love It Not
Two sides of the state’s population boom.If “New Hampshire” and “Population Growth” had a Facebook relationship status it would be “It’s Complicated.” For decades New Hampshire has been one of the fastest-growing states in the country: The current population of…
Healing in Harm’s Way
Years ago we published a story about one of our nation’s founding fathers, a country doctor from New Hampshire named Josiah Bartlett. Bartlett rose from humble origins to study medicine, moved to Kingston and set up a successful practice.But when…
Signs of the Times
What can you learn about life out on the road? It’s really simple.For me, life can be as simple as a New Hampshire Sunday drive. No map, no itinerary, nobody’s business and readjusting the FM pre-sets with each passing mountain.When…
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