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Voices of the personalities and people of the Granite State.
For nearly five years, Christina Holbrook worked on her novel, All the Flowers of the Mountain, set in a small town in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. In 2022, she was diagnosed with a brain tumor at a time when she had just acquired an agent and was about to seek a publisher.
Nearly two decades ago, former Gov. Craig Benson welcomed members of the Free State Project into his office and urged them to use New Hampshire as their home base in their quest to influence a small state’s political system and reframe government to their goals.
One of my favorite means of movement is swimming, I muse joyfully on the simplicity of a bathing suit, goggles and, my favorite part: no mirrors.
Then, last week, I received a call from my college friend Jim Van Yperen. Jim and I played college football together and we had talked about getting together to fly fish.
On average, one person dies every year in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. That’s one death too many for those who conduct rescue missions in New Hampshire.
The day Roe v. Wade was overturned, I held it together until my daughter asked, “Will it always be like this?”
Every once in a while there is a summer so lovely it should be framed, bronzed, paused for eternity. And, dear Joyful Musers, my summer of 2022, so far, is just that.
On a day in May, I arrive at Fiddleheads Café in Hancock, New Hampshire, to meet with naturalist Sy Montgomery and talk about her book, The Hawk’s Way: Encounters with Fierce Beauty.
Laurie Ortolano, a resident of Nashua, is now an expert on state law RSA-91A.