New Hampshire Magazine - March 2010

Bright Idea?

Nothing says “Peace on Earth” like a giant flashing electronic sign from Target that says “Peace on Earth.” Or an inflatable Santa in a popcorn popper. Or the ghostly illuminated outlines of caribou grazing on your dead lawn. Such is…

Merry Christmas, Lothar

Both of my parents were psychologists. This sounds like something you might say while standing anonymously before a 12-step gathering, but I’m actually proud of the fact. It infused my growing up with experiences that I appreciate, and probably a…

Time Warps?

We have been hearing for years, nay decades, that one of the most distinctive features of our time is its rapid pace of life. Events, it seems, move at warp speed in our time, compared to the slower, more leisurely…

Skiing Without the Fear Factor

As we leaf through the latest issue, we learn where we can throw ourselves off headwalls, defy mogul fields that more closely resemble detonated mine fields and hurdle down inclines that are 10 degrees short of perpendicular. What about skiing…

Learning New Tricks

Regular exercise … check. Five to nine servings of fruit and vegetables a day … check. Blood pressure 120 over 80 … check. Strong personal relationships … check. Learned something new this week … hmm? Lifelong learning has been added…

There’s the Rub

You know, Hippocrates was a massage therapist,” says the woman who, moments before, had been gently rubbing my toes. “Sure,” I think. “And he also believed that all illness resulted from an imbalance of blood, black bile, yellow bile and…