Letters From God – 8/11/22
Dear God: We Seem To Have Replaced Your Morals With Our Own. Are You Alright With This?
Month: August 2022
A Day In The Life Of A Kayak Fishing Guide
PHOTO: Most clients have no idea what went on behind the scenes of their own trip. People often ask me, “What’s it like to get paid to fish all the time?” I used to I…
The First New Hampshire Calvary Veteran Association To Hold 150th Anniversary
PHOTO: Early postcard showing the Regimental Buildings at the Weirs with the First NH Cavalry Building in the foreground. The First NH Cavalry Veteran Association will be holding their 150th Anniversary in the upcoming week.…
Rural Free Delivery – Mail To The Country Homes
PHOTO: A 1905 mail vehicle. The first mailing address that I remember knowing about, assigned to the place where I lived, had no street number, no street mentioned, and a town listed on it that…
Old School Chicken Salad
It was hot. Too hot to cook. I had visions of chicken salad for dinner. Nothing fancy, some pulled chicken, mayo, a few spices, maybe some celery. Tossed all together and paired with some lettuce…
The Scarlet Tanager
This has been the first spring/summer since I can remember in which I have not seen a scarlet tanager. I was hot on the trail of a few in the spring, but I never did…
More Of Summer Days Of Old
Summertime in New Hampshire for a young boy in the 1940’s and 1950’s was not always fun. We had our pandemic then, though I don’t remember it being called such. It was polio, and I…
Celebrating The Mount’s 150th Anniversary
At The Lake Winnipesaukee Museum
The Lake Winnipesaukee Museum is now welcoming visitors to this season’s recently opened special exhibition focusing on the 150th anniversary of the Mount Washington.
Memories Of Our Trips To The Weirs
& Cavalry Building In The 1930s
PHOTO: Rosalie Lombard, fourth from left in second row, along with family and friends on the steps of the Cavalry Building in the Weirs in 1948. Rosalie, who now lives in Florida, has visited the…
Waukewan Highlands Community Park -Town of Meredith
PHOTO: Hart’s Pond is in the center of the Waukewan Highlands Community Park and the Pond was once the public water supply serving Meredith Village. The Town of Meredith has owned this parcel of land…