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Voices of the personalities and people of the Granite State.
LANCASTER – The motorized version of the ice capades was held over the weekend as almost 200 racers from New England and Canada brought vintage snowmobiles to race at the Lancaster Grand Prix.
THE GAY AGENDA: A big step in growing up and entering the magical world of adulthood is the point in one’s life where the realization hits that it’s time to move out of Mom and Dad’s house.
JOYFUL MUSINGS: When I skied last weekend at Gunstock, I deliberately left all distracting screens at home. It was glorious and free.
George Orwell’s “1984,” which many of us read in high school, made the list of Amazon bestsellers in January, hitting number one. Orwell, as you may recall, told of Big Brother, doublethink, unpersons and Victory Coffee.
VIEW FROM ABOVE THE NOTCHES: On this day, I heard people complaining about being ambushed by the Trump agenda. “Poor babies,” I thought. Where have they been?
MONICA READS: The author has spent an amazing amount of time researching Mileva Einstein and her three children from her love affair and subsequent marriage to Albert Einstein.
NOT FOR NOTHING NH: This is when the rubber band comes close to snapping as I stand chilled and dripping wet on the bath mat yelling like I’m pleading for help from the bottom of a well …
‘The Gay Agenda’: When people come out as LGBTQ, often times they are met with well-meaning warnings of ridicule. For me, when I came out to my parents I was almost immediately told that I would be loved no matter what by my family, but not to expect the same from strangers.
I’ve had the joy of earning a few bucks from doing things I love – writing, speaking Spanish, reading great literature, travelling, working with children and young adults.