ADVENTURING: Welton Falls Trail
Becca and I have many old guide books and maps and sometimes for fun we use them to go adventuring. My first guide, a 1976 gold hardcover centennial edition of the AMC White Mountain Guide,…
Recycled Perspective
Those offering their op-ed perspectives should occasionally review what they’ve written to see how well it comports with reality. While basking in the glow of a weekend trifecta – gridiron wins by my nephew’s prep…
What Happens Next?
Just when we were ready for the new season, someone has to come along and pull the rug out from under our feet. It has been a long summer preparing and now that the early…
Squirrels & Birds & Bears!
Where Were They & Why They’re Coming Back by Dan Seufert Weirs Times Correspondent If you’ve noticed a change in the mix of backyard animals this year, you’re not alone. There are far fewer squirrels.…
Cannon Mountain Hike
Charlie put the bike rack on the back of the car and we loaded up our bicycles and drove to the Old Man viewing parking lot just south of the Cannon Mountain Tramway. The lot…
This Week In Education
Education is a frequent topic in this space because it is so colossally important to America’s future and has been so catastrophically mismanaged for so long. In “Quality Counts 2019,” the annual ranking of state…
UN General Assembly Confronts Global Crisis Overload
UNITED NATIONS- Presidents, Prime Ministers, and Potentates are assembling in New York for the 74th General Assembly. During this annual rite of Autumn, delegations from the UN’s 193 member states shall debate, discuss and hopefully…
A Home Improvement Column?
If you have gotten over the fact that the Weirs Times looks a little different this week, you might have also noticed that it is also the start of our Annual Fall Home Improvement Section.…
Carrigain Notch & Mount Carrigain
The mountaintops were hiding behind the clouds as I drove down Crawford Notch. I turned up Sawyer River Road and drove up the gravel road that is now narrow in a few places due to…
Helpful Books
As we get older, focusing more on keeping ourselves healthy is important. It isn’t always easy to do as there are so many unhealthy opportunities that surround us every day and most of them smell…
Losing Our Religion
Last month in these pages (“Nobody Can Disappoint Like Family,” August 1st) I lamented Governor Sununu’s acquiescence to one of liberalism’s newest tenets. With his signature on SB263, “gender identity,” is now a legally protected…
Great Hill Fire Tower
Great Hill certainly lives up to its name. The panorama vista from the Great Hill Fire Tower is one of the finest. The Sandwich Range winds around Great Hill, from Sandwich Mountain all the way…
September 1, 1939
At the risk of outing myself as a philistine, I must admit that I’m not a fan of poetry. After the forced march through haiku in middle school and learning the naughty delights of dirty…
Journey’s End: Vermont’s Long Trail
Liz and I are finally End to Enders. We finished the Long Trail last Wednesday, all 272 miles. We began section hiking the Long Trail a year ago last June. We hiked 20 days total;…
From Good Wood To Goodwill
There is something refreshing about seeing familiar sights with new eyes. That was my sense while hiking to the summits of North and Middle Tripyramids last weekend. My hiking group consisted of two old guys…