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Voices of the personalities and people of the Granite State.
In a candid and soul searching conversation, this Podcast brings us a rare look at the “ground-level” experience of scientists who chose to take a risk that they could help bring about a better future for their son and the sons and daughters of all of us.
Chatting at an open house in honor of Holderness Fire Chief Eleanor Mardin’s retirement on Dec. 15 is Linda Levy, Mardin’s wife, Mardin and Carl C. Lehner, a member of the Holderness Planning Board
The best gift for everyone in the world this year would be the end of the pandemic and a return to something resembling normalcy. But when 5.4 million people have lost their lives — 800,000 in the United States — the world will not return to normal.
Neither of us have fished that area much so we decided to do a little “Blue Lining.” Blue lining is the fine art of using a physical map and following the blue lines, which indicate rivers, in order to find fishing spots.
So…how can we make Christmas work? We think we have it figured out, thanks to two new developments that may just lead all of us toward the end of the COVID tunnel in the months ahead.
Anger and hostility have overtaken respect and civil decorum. So-called “Free Staters” are here explicitly to create a libertarian paradise that worships the individual and seeks to eliminate government.
Something similar happened with Bob Dole, who died recently after a long and respected career.
As Joni Mitchell sings, “You don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone,” and she might as well be singing about the state’s energy efficiency program.
Gifts for others is paramount this time of year, but as I reflect upon the past twelve months, I think of those moments where I filled my own tank with gas thereupon making it far easier to be just a little kinder, a little more patient, a little bit of a better me.