I Know You!
After nearly thirty-four years of living in New Hampshire, I sometimes forget that I’m not originally from here, but as the summer season rolls around it all comes back to me. As some of you…
Bradford Bog
The rain let up, the sun came out and finally it felt like spring. We decided it would be nice to get out and go for a walk. I had just learned about the Bradford…
2019 Boating & Recreation Guide On Newsstands Now!
A welcome sign of the changing season and the end of a long and cold winter, the Boating & Recreation Guide is now available throughout the distribution area of the Weirs Times newspaper. Pickup a…
Illegitimate Candidate
Last week a delusional woman (layman’s observation, not professional diagnosis) ranted to Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden at an event in Nashua. Uncle Gaffe responded, and somewhere in Russia, Vladimir Putin smiled. British historian Arnold…
Between Winter & Summer – Mount Jefferson in May
Hiking in the White Mountains in the spring can be tricky if not just plain horrible. The snowmelt coupled with the falling rain makes fording brooks and rivers difficult if not impossible. Where the snow…
Education Trifecta
Every day I receive emails about education issues from a variety of sources. But it’s not everyday that I receive links to three articles that spark the outrage and amazement I felt last Monday. It…
Wright Museum In Wolfeboro Opens For Twenty-Fifth Season
The Wright Museum of World War II in Wolfeboro is celebrating its 25th Anniversary this season. Recognized by Yankee Magazine as “an under the radar gem”, it is definitely one of the most exceptional museums…
Spring Skiing!!
I am often asked how many days a year I ski. I joke, “I ski anytime I get the chance, I don’t count.” I have had good skiing adventures this Spring. Pats Peak stopped running…
Infestation Of The Socialist Bug In NH
Back in April of 1906 a Berlin, New Hampshire woman, Alice Frost Lord, wrote a letter to the editor of the Laconia Democrat newspaper in which she objected to the “lamentable ignorance or willful meanness…
Retirement Plan
As I get a little older the thought of retirement often invades my daily thinking. I’d imagine that I wouldn’t be really “retiring” as the word is often interpreted. I’d still be doing what I’m…
Meredith’s Liz Euiler To Compete At 2019 Pan American Games
Liz Euiler was around 12 when she borrowed a neighbor’s boat to try rowing for the first time. Taking to it right away, she could never have imagined where this endeavor would take her. With…
Three Cheers for Stigma and Shame
Started my life in an old, cold, rundown tenement slum My father left, he never even married Mom I shared the guilt my mama knew So afraid that others knew I had no name I…
Easter In New Hampshire And Our Spiritual Heritage
It comes every year on its assigned date, that date being the first Sunday after the first full moon after or on the 21st day of March. It is the Christian holy day called Easter,…
Venezuela’s Humanitarian Hell
UNITED NATIONS – Faced with an entrenched dictatorship, challenged by a deepening political crisis, and undermined by an escalating humanitarian catastrophe, Venezuela is careening towards the edge of the cliff. The once-prosperous Latin American country…
Signs Of Something
It has been a long time coming but I think…I think…spring has finally arrived. Some folks see spring as a time of renewal, some see it as the boring time in between winter and summer.…