Waiting Game
A few weeks back, I was in the waiting room at my doctor’s office. It was a busy afternoon with about nine other folks trying to pass the time waiting for their name to be…
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Snow on The Maple Tree Stout Clown Shoes beer
Although we are still in the midst of winter’s grip, we know maple syrup time is just around the corner. The time where maple sap is boiled to make that wonderful maple syrup we enjoy…
NE Pond Hockey Classic Gets Ready To Celebrate 10 Years
In February of 2010, Scott Crowder’s dream of a Pond Hockey Tournament in the Northeast came to life when the puck dropped to officially open the first New England Pond Hockey Classic (NEPHC) on Meredith…
Big Sky, Big Fun
I skied Big Sky back in the late 90s. My husband Charlie and I were out in West Yellowstone, Montana for early cross-country skiing the week after Thanksgiving. I proved I wasn’t a serious cross-country…
Stay Healthy – January is Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month
Winter is fun.Snow is meant for sliding. New Hampshire is blessed with many resorts and trails for skiing and snowboarding. And kicking and gliding, skating and Snowtubing. After all skiing is New Hampshire’s Official State…
Fergus Falls, Revisited
Kids today might not believe that once upon a time people used encyclopedias – volumes of books often a decade old – to look up information about people, places, or things.Way back in 1977 the…
The Red Cross In New Hampshire 100 Years Ago
As the year 1918 gave way to the new year of 1919, one hundred years ago, the American Red Cross was very much in the news as the organization tried to assist United States soldiers…
Another Fun Day Skiing With The Kids at Loon
The early snow has made me excited for a long and snowy winter. New Hampshire’s resorts and cross country ski centers are open and are offering the most terrain for the beginning of the New…
A Merry Christmas to All!
To all of our readers and the businesses that support us throughout the year, we wish you a very Merry Christmas! We hope that you can find time to enjoy every magical moment of the…
Hunting For Civility
You’ve reached a certain age – or at least a certain level of crankiness – when your rants start off with “I’m old enough to remember when…” I say that more often these days. It’s…
Our Christmas Wish Book!
This week we bring you our annual Shop Local Holiday Wishbook to help you with the often daunting task of Christmas shopping.Inside you will find some creative and unique gift ideas from local businesses that…
Snowvember!
New Hampshire Skiers Rejoice Snowvember, the snowiest November we’ll long remember. It is the best early skiing ever. We’ve had some earlier skiing a few times but nothing near the quality and quantity before Thanksgiving…
The Midterms: A Postmortem
America was born of revolution and hardened by a bloody civil war that moved us closer to the ideal of a more perfect union. We saved the world by defeating Imperial Japan, Nazi Germany, and…
Rambling Randolph Paths – A Taste Of Winter
The Randolph Mountain Clubs maintains trails in the White Mountain National Forest that crisscross the northern slopes of Mt. Madison, Mt. Adams and Mt. Jefferson. Additionally, on the north side of Route 2 on private…
Middlebury Gap To Appalachian Gap – Vermont’s Long Trail
by Amy PatenaudeOutdoor/Ski Writer Our Long Trail section hiking for the year ended at the top of the Appalachian Gap. Liz and I had made our last two days “just in time.” We experienced winter…