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Linda Upham-Bornstein
Morning over Pliny Range, Lancaster
Voices of the personalities and people of the Granite State.
But the oligarchs never gave up and developed a plan to bring themselves back to power. It started with Republicans taking over state legislatures, once the hallmark of Democrats and ended with the US Supreme Court.
Presidents didn’t always build libraries after they finished their terms. When they did, the results tended to underwhelm.
I muse joyfully on their athleticism, their drive, their joy in kicking a ball around.
Unless you’re from the American South, or in the military or law enforcement, you were likely caught off-guard the first time another adult addressed you as “ma’am” or “sir,” implying you were – here it comes – OLD.
My son Reed sent me a picture of his son fishing at the Gunstock Fishing Derby in Gilford. It reminded me of the last time I fished with my dad.
The news cycle will not slow down, and it’s ironic to think of poetry when considering the presidency of Donald Trump, the least poetic president our country has ever known. But Yeats has a way of applying in these harsh modern times. “Turning and turning in the widening gyre / the falcon cannot hear the falconer.”
In this column I will be speaking not of words but of almost-words, those expressive sounds we make that are meaningful but not, for the most part, composed of phonemes and integrated into the grammar of our language
When did fly fishing get so complex? It seems like just the other day I went fly fishing with just a fly rod, a box of flies, some tippet and nippers.
And the idea of going back to Maastricht feels fun, magical. I’m beginning to plan and have invited friends and family who may join in our vow renewal. Is THAT a crazy plan? A destination VOW RENEWAL? Absolutely, yes.