A Historic Visit
Not long ago I described in this column my trips to the 1964-65 World’s Fair as a young boy with my grandmother. My grandparents lived in Forest Hills, Queens, NY, and it was a quick…
Caption Contest Photo #561
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Caption Contest
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Syria’s Migrant Wave Challenges Europe,
by John J. Metzler Weirs Times Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS – The scenes of Syrians fleeing their homeland and pouring on to the roads and rail links of Greece and the Balkans create an almost…
Ivory Tower Of Babel
by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer It took them more than a week to recognize they had become laughingstocks, but University of Tennessee president Joe DiPietro finally ordered the Knoxville campus to remove a…
Drink Up!
Did you hear about “The Bartender’s Black Book” here in New Hampshire? I didn’t think so. It is quite a scandalous affair that some have tried to sweep under the cashier station. It seems the…
Double IPA – White Birch Brewing
As we slip back toward fall, beer imbibers start to change their choices in brews to purchase or order at restaurants and taverns. When temps start to drift to cooler zones, we think like the…
On the Appalachian Trail with Carey
On March 18th, Carey Kish left the summit of Springer Mountain in Georgia and started hiking north on the Appalachian Trail, aka the AT. His Six-Moon Journey (the name of his blog at MaineToday.com) began…
Arthur Mazmanian – Early Inspirations
Arthur Mazmanian If you are fortunate enough to have found you life’s work, your bliss, the reason you are here on this great planet, you will understand my interest in the late artist, Arthur Mazmanian.…
Caption Contest Photo #559
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Amplified Amber – Great Rhythm Brewing Company
New Hampshire is enjoying a booming business: craft brewing of fine beers around the entire state. As mentioned before in this column, NH leads the country in beer sales. That’s quite an accomplishment for a…
Apples Matter
The pumpkin is kicking the apple to the curb and I, for one, am not happy about it. I never really used to care, but I never really took notice until this year. Has it…
Ora Henniker Brewing Company
One can only appreciate true craft-brewed beer when it is something special and the consumer is wowed by it, bringing their focused attention to the partaking of an awesome moment in time. These times can…
Caption Contest Photo #558
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Words To Live By
This time of year is always exciting for people like me. No, it’s not just 6’2″ bald men approaching sixty (thought some of them might be excited) who love this time of year, but others…