A couple of weeks back I provided some creative ways to help you pass the time at home as you await the outcome of the mess we are in.Looking for ways to amuse myself as…
We were doing our duty, staying at home, only going out for essential items and keeping informed by scaring ourselves silly watching the cable news 24/7 to keep abreast of what was going on around…
PHOTO: Loppers? Check! Electric chainsaw? Check! Charlie has started work pruning high bush blueberry bushes. Many of us have more time to do the things we have been putting of for sometime. Pruning the bushes…
PHOTO: Weirs Times contributor Joyce Endee wears one of her handmade fabric masks. By Joyce EndeeContributing Writer The Center for Disease Control says that fabric masks are a crisis response option for hospitals when other…
When Pirates of the Caribbean first came out, I remember everyone trying to put on their best imitation of pirate verbiage. “Avast! Raise the anchor and set the course for buried treasure.” It was a…
What would happen if an alien force invaded the world? This was the hypothesis of many sci-fi films over the years in which warring countries and governments would somehow, suddenly, and urgently join together to…
Spring is in the air and it couldn’t have come at a better time with global anxiety sky high and most of us living in relative isolation. The other day, while on a video conference…
“Weird” is a good word to describe this winter. It felt more like spurts of winter, interjected with periods of spring, but rarely felt like full-on winter. The ice conditions on Lake Winnipesaukee were equally…
Many of the men and women whom New Hampshire citizens take pride in as notable native sons and daughters of the State left the State after finishing whatever schooling they had received and lived and…
NEW YORK—It’s almost become a sad cliche to say that America is shutting down over the Coronavirus pandemic. Uncertainty and fear stalk the land but the enemy remains invisible. The growing global effects of COVID-19…
Coronavirus may have robbed us of our schools, normal work routine, hand sanitizer and toilet paper, but it hasn’t taken away our enjoyment of the outdoors yet. Hopefully it won’t even as scientists and officials…
They’ve Always Been There For Us - Now We Need To Be There For Them By Brendan SmithWeirs Times Editor Since the Covid-19 outbreak around the world, life has changed in a way no one…
There are nothing quite like options and choices to make our lives complete. When you consider going out to dinner, you try to decide what you’re taste considerations might be. And when you shop for…
It is at time of uncertainty for sure. But it is also a time for creativity. As many of us find ourselves staying at home for at least a couple of weeks, it can be…
Water is a vital part of bird habitat. This is true for backyard bird habitats as well. I will admit, however, that I sometimes get lackadaisical about keeping my birdbath filled with fresh water. My…