Surviving it in Snuggies with enough brandy to get you to boogie.If you spend a winter in New Hampshire, there are several unpleasant experiences that you simply can't avoid. You will slip on ice while carrying groceries. You will have…
The retired, the rich, students - who else could work for $100?The number one question around the state capital this month is: Who are all of these people? When the two-year legislative session kicks off this month, a little less…
Memory is funny stuff. My father, in his late 70s, wrote a book-length memoir filled with details of his life and the world he knew growing up in Cajun Louisiana during the Great Depression, in the Army in India during…
Need A Good Reason to Spot the Newt?This month's lucky (and fearless) newt spotter will receive a 10" x 10" print, framed and matted with non-glare glass, from Sunny Valley Creations of Columbia, N.H. (www.sunnyvalleycreations.com). The photo of Beaver Brook…
Need a good reason for spotting the newt?This month's lucky (and fearless) newt spotter will receive two beautiful collection sets of artist photo greeting cards from Artemis Natural Resource Designs: New Hampshire's State Symbols Collection (two cards each of the…
Our state is truly exceptional, often for going against the grain.Every election season political analysts around the country collectively search for the "Big Theme," or what the year's particular elections are all about. Once there is a general consensus everyone…
Autumn awakens the inner cinematographer in us all - so beware.Inspired by autumnal nostalgia, I made the mistake today of watching some home movies taken during my vacationing New Hampshire boyhood. For those of you too young to remember 8-mm…
From Merrimack to Chocorua, from Nashua to Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire owes much of its nomenclature to its pre-Colonial native people. But for a state so rich with Indian names and legends, official tribal status here is nil and offices for…
Need a good reason to sport the newt? This month's lucky (and fearless) newt spotter will receive a $50 gift certificate to the Seacoast Soap Company of Stratham (www.seacoastsoaps.com). This company offers "only the highest quality bath care that's inspired…
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…
