Cannon & Loon – Family Mountaintop Fun
Katie and Scott, my husband Charlie’s sister and her husband, are from Wisconsin and they came to visit us and they wanted to see our White Mountains. We couldn’t have been happier to show them…
Nobody Can Disappoint Like Family
Some version of “Nobody can disappoint like family” has probably been around for as long as humans have been forming families. It’s human nature to be disappointed when those closest to us don’t live up…
My Other Job
My job always get a little harder in the summertime. I am not talking about being the editor of this paper, but my “other” job. Being the self-anointed voice of the Flatlander here in Central…
Mount Pemigewasset and Clark’s Trading Post
We sure had a full day of summer fun last Sunday. Bria and I met at the north end of the Flume parking lot at 9 am. Since we had two cars we decided to…
Man On The Moon: Looking Back At One Of America’s Greatest Achievements
As a boy of 13 in the summer of 1969 I was mesmerized, as was the rest of the world, when American men walked on the moon in a quest which carried a risk of…
Other News
I had a lot of fun putting together this edition’s front page story about the Apollo 11 Moon Mission that happened 50 years ago this week. It certainly wasn’t difficult. I had so many newspapers…
Moon Landing Remembered— Failure Was Not an Option
Bondville, VT – For those of us of a certain age, we vividly remember where we were on July 20, 1969 the date of America’s successful Lunar landing. On a cool July southern Vermont evening…
Liberals Could Learn From Wolfgang Busch
Comedian and actor Arte Johnson recently passed away at the ripe old age of 90. He outlived his age. If you’ve lived more life than you have left to live, you’ll likely remember Johnson for…
Mount Washington Golf & The Cog Railway
The Mount Washington Course at the Omni Mount Washington Resort in Bretton Woods hosted the New Hampshire Golf Associations Women’s Team Championship last week. The second annual championship was a two day, 36-hole best ball…
Keeping The Legend Of Becky’s Garden Alive
Among the 253 islands that inhabit Lake Winnipesaukee, the smallest, at only about ten feet wide, may be the most interesting. Becky’s Garden is situated at the north end of Lake Winnipesaukee, south of Center…
An Innocent Millionaire
In his 1985 novel An Innocent Millionaire, Hungarian-born author Stephen Vizinczey tells the tale of a young innocent – in the worldly sense – whose misadventures on life’s quest are both humorous and heartbreaking. I…
Back On Vermont’s Long Trail
A year ago Liz and I started up the Appalachian Trail in North Adams, Massachusetts to reach the Vermont state line and the beginning of the 272-mile Long Trail. By late October we made it…
Celebrate Xenophobia!
Diversity be damned. It’s time to celebrate xenophobia. It’s time to reject the “other” and accept that which is plainly evident: Not all cultures are equal. Not all principles of human organization should be given…
Meredith Hiking Trails –
The threat of rain didn’t dampen our desire to go hiking. Bria and I decided to go to the nearby Hamlin Park in Meredith. I had located a guide and map that was put together…
Fish In Barrel
At the risk of being called for unsportsmanlike conduct, I’m going to shoot fish in barrel. We’re wrapping up commencement season at colleges across the land, which means that the usual craziness-on-campus stories are augmented…