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Voices of the personalities and people of the Granite State.
SNOWVILLE – If you are thinking you need a bit of White Mountain warmth, a morning walk, or snowshoe through the woods with a view of the Northern Presidentials, if you enjoy reading a book fireside with a snifter of brandy while a sweet cat naps at your feet following a delicious dinner, well, this just might be the place.
My dad used to read me a poem before bed every night. He had so many of them memorized and my favorites were The Sugar-Plum Tree by Eugene Field and The Tyger by William Blake.
Ever since Thomas Jefferson cobbled this group together from the needs of the farmers, the wants of workers, and the glue of golden oratory, the Democratic party has acted like an amoeba, stretching and oozing and generally repelling every observer who couldn’t see it from the inside.
One of the five Executive Councilors, Janet Stevens, voted on September 15, 2021, with the three Republican men to strip funding from Planned Parenthood and other organizations that count on this money to offer gender-based cancer screenings, testing for sexually transmitted diseases and other routine health care services. Planned Parenthood provides these services during 14,000 visits per year to NH citizens.
Two political action committees (PACs) Make Liberty Win and Americans for Prosperity —together dumped $1.4 million into legislative races in New Hampshire in 2020 alone.
Gifts are meant to be shared; I muse joyfully you’ll share yours today – whether it’s a laugh, a memory, a story, a well made cup of tea.
It should be noted, the report’s author is Jason Sorens, of the Center for Ethics in Society at Saint Anselm College, and a founder of the Free State Project.
I went away for a little while, and I have not yet completely returned. It was nowhere fun. I was sick and being sick is like traveling.
Free Joseph is a singer, songwriter, producer and musician with a history in New Hampshire. In the 1990’s Free lived with his partner Wini Dean who was a well-known figure in the Capital city as the owner of “Isis” a women’s boutique on Main Street in Concord. His first CD, “He is Here” was produced in New London, NH by Cedarhouse Sound and Mastering during the period in which Free was a New Hampshire resident.