Bad Teeth
I needed a new dentist and made an appointment for a cleaning with a new one. It’s daunting enough when the hygienist sits you in the...
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Jan 13, 20213 min read
Voices of Truth: Nancy West, Bill Ketter
There is no doubt I am a fan of journalists. To go through these last four years witnessing their denigration and defamation brings me to...
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Dec 7, 20203 min read
Stories from the Rolodex
Don Davis died. Why is his death meaningful? You might have heard of him if you read one of his NY Times bestselling books. You most...
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Nov 3, 20207 min read
Veterans: Father, Brother, Friend
Veterans Day is November 11, when we commemorate all American veterans living and those who have passed. This essay will commemorate my...
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Oct 15, 20204 min read
No Name No More
What do Leonard Nimoy, David Hasselhoff, Dinah Shore, Colonel Sanders, and Queen (think Freddie Mercury) have in common? They have all...
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Sep 11, 20203 min read
My Name is Glory
In the summer of 2010, I started seeing flags everywhere. It was like when you buy a new car and then start seeing the same vehicle on...
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Aug 10, 20203 min read
SILENT VOICES: Denise Robert, John Milne
The following essay appeared in the Union Leader on Sunday, August 9, 2020. Voices. Silent voices. When someone dies, the one thing you...
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Jul 14, 20205 min read
Who will we be to each other?
When I was ten years old, I sent my only love letter to John Wayne. I watched his films in our small Ohio town’s movie theatre, where he...
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May 26, 20205 min read
MAMMOTH ROAD: The Road to Kill all Roads, Part 2
PELHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE: Incorporated 1746 “Bienvenue – Welcome to New Hampshire. Live Free or Die,” greets you at New Hampshire’s portion...
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Apr 26, 20204 min read
MAMMOTH ROAD: The Road to Kill All Roads -Part 1
For a long time, I thought about Mammoth Road and wondered how it got the name. Was it named after the extinct woolly mammoth or...
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Apr 17, 20206 min read
Trails End and Texas Oil Fields
“The coolest part was I saw a lot of bears in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia while on the Appalachian Trail. I was going through...
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Mar 26, 20205 min read
HARRISON FLODIN: Trail Angels on the Appalachian Trail - Part 2
“I got Lyme disease, bit by a tick while I was in Pennsylvania heading south and got flu-like symptoms. My knees and my back were sore...
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Mar 11, 20206 min read
Hiking the Appalachian Trail - Part 1
The Appalachian Trail (AT) has the distinction of being the longest hiking-only footpath in the entire world. At 2,200 miles, the AT runs...
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Feb 20, 20207 min read
Betty Dunn: Saving Searles Chapel & School
Have you ever been inside the Searles School & Chapel on the east side of Windham? Just after Delahunty Garden Center on Range Road, sits...
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Jan 20, 20206 min read
BRENDA BEHLING: From Ashes to Beauty
My husband and I would drive through town, pass the MVC Eye Care, and the Enterprise Bank, and watch the progress of that stretch of road...
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Jan 7, 20202 min read
The Meaning of Spirit
I want to talk about the meaning of spirit. What is spirit to you? When I posed the question of what is New Hampshire spirit to the...
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Jan 2, 20204 min read
Living on a State Highway
Living on a State Highway By Beverly Stoddart Back in 1987, when we bought our house in New Hampshire, we accepted the fact that it was...
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Nov 28, 20193 min read
My Wanderings
By Beverly Stoddart John Nemerowski, a friend and co-worker that I knew from my days at work for the Boston Herald, gave me some of the...
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Nov 28, 20193 min read
A Field of Our Own
Have you ever wanted just to take a walk in a beautiful field and woods that has a brook running through the property and get away from...
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