Gotta Love a Parade
War mostly takes away, but you’ve got to give it credit for its contributions as well. Among the many inventions now taken for granted but created in times of battle, you can list Spam, duck tape, the Hummer and parades.…
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Need a Good Reason for Spotting the Newt?This month's lucky (and fearless) newt spotter will receive a basket of N.H.-made items from White Mountain Attractions (www.visitwhitemountains.com) representing Attitash, Cannon Mountain, Clark's Trading Post, the Cog Railroad, the Conway Scenic Railroad,…
Old Man or Big Wind?
Could a tour of the state’s singularities cause some unintended consequences? As a kid growing up in the machine-polished state of Massachusetts, I considered New Hampshire something of a madman’s paradise. America’s answer to Australia — a land of assorted…
Conspiring to Inquire
The Truthers are out there ...In March 2010 people attended the annual meeting in the tiny Cheshire County town of Richmond. The town hall is idyllic: wood-paneled floors, wooden benches and a small stage. This year voters cut $63,000 from…
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…
Letters to the Editor
Need a good reason to spot the newt?This month's lucky (and fearless) newt spotter will receive a Bug Baffler shirt ($35)and pants ($25). Bug Baffler Inc. of Goffstown (www.bugbaffler.com) provides insect protective clothing for all outdoor activities. Keeps blackflies, mosquitoes…
Strategic Stops
Advice for Palin on the path to the presidencyA few months back former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin released a book that was either an attempt to run for president, an attempt to make money or both.But if she…
Letters to the Editor
Need a good reason to spot the newt?This month’s lucky (and fearless) newt spotter will receive a gift basket from A Brush With Life (www.abrushwithlife.net).An Art Nouveau wine theme adorns all eight pieces in the basket: slumped recycled wine bottle…
Inches From Doom
How I survived hip-deep sidewalk snow piles.It seems to me that, in the last couple of winters, the sidewalks in my fair city have become more difficult to traverse.Perhaps the passing of the years has something to do with it,…
An Ode to Mud
Dirt is not a glamorous substance. And when the snow melts and that dirt turns to mud, its lack of charm becomes so legendary that, here in New Hampshire, it has an entire season named after it. But like all…
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