Thursday, May 8
DUMMERSTON - Just imagine for a minute that you wake up one morning to learn that someone has stolen the arm off of the Statue of Liberty. And with it, her torch. No more will she "lift my lamp beside the golden door." Instead, her great lamp is already shredded; it's on a slow boat to China as we speak.
Wednesday, May 7
GUILFORD
There are very few things in the world of mortals closer to human perfection than the composition and performance of a string quartet.
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Wednesday, May 7
I'm back from sunny Arizona, and yes, you can thank me as it would seem that I brought some of the sunny weather back with me.
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Tuesday, May 6
It was quite a spectacle. Rev. Jeremiah Wright comes out of retirement to perform a spectrum of parodies and stereotypes guaranteed to make a lot of people angry and to hurt one high-profile parishioner.
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Tuesday, May 6
In honor of Mother's Day, I have polled people who were asked to answer this question: "What did your mother, grandmother, stepmother used to say?
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Monday, May 5
As we came down the homestretch of the legislative session last week, several significant pieces of legislation still needed to be finalized -- the "Big Bill" or budget, the Transportation budget, the Capital Bill and the Corrections Bill to name a few.
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Saturday, May 3
CORNISH FLAT, N.H.
Every now and then I read a book that simply and elegantly explains something basic, something we should all know but might not focus on.
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Monday, April 28
When Vermont Yankee was licensed in 1972, the state of Vermont and its citizens were promised that when the site closed, it would be decommissioned and returned to its previous greenfield status.
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Saturday, April 26
As a political independent, I am in a unique position to sift through the politics of Montpelier and make my own decisions.
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Saturday, April 26
Here in the village of Bellows Falls the issue of subsidized housing is at the forefront this week with two meetings being held with the Rockingham Community Land Trust.
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Winter. Think it, and if you're the romantic type, the world turns bright with snow that sparkles -- just as the snow in a Grandma Moses painting sparkles. It actually glitters, from glitter. You know, those decorative silvery flakes they sell in crafts stores.
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CORNISH FLAT, N.H. — Being a gardener can be a humbling experience. As the name of my Web site, www.gardening-guy.com, says, I fancy myself a gardening guy. Some years I struggle not to think of myself the czar of zucchinis or the King Tut of tomatoes. Not this year.
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