InDepthNH.org (https://indepthnh.org/series/nh-secrets/)
It’s our favorite Radical Centrist Wayne King’s latest venture featuring his special blend of social commentary, political prodding and questioning that only a self-described recovering politician can bring to public discourse in today’s world. Wayne is an important part of the InDepthNH.org team through his column The View From Rattlesnake Ridge in Rumney and will be playing a larger role as we expand our State House coverage by contributing NH Secrets, Legend and Lore, which also features the Reggae/Jazz music of songwriter/producer/
Several years of research by author Kim Varney Chandler went into the process of developing this extraordinary compendium of the Covered Bridges of New Hampshire, on top of the thousands of hours devoted to these bridges by the many communities, builders and individuals.
If you are a student or a parent or even just the friend of a young talented rising star in the arts community you have just endured four years of the social equivalent of a pandemic-driven psycho-social mashup.
When Charlie Walbridge is characterized as a pioneer in the field of wild water paddling and boating safety he reacts with characteristic modesty. Telling you the names of other greats of the era and their accomplishment rather than crowing about his own.
This podcast is important not only because it stresses the power we have when we join together to make our voices heard, but because it offers some real and pragmatic ideas for what we can do right now as citizens of New Hampshire and the planet to foster change and sustainability.
If you saw a photograph of Dick Backus and you thought – “I think I know him!” it may be because you are of a certain age when you watched daytime soaps like Ryan’s Hope or went to see Eugene O’Neill’s “Ah Wilderness” at the Ogunquit Playhouse, or you even went to see “Butterflies are Free” on Broadway.
David Scanlan, New Hampshire’s new Secretary of State, seeks to balance the interests of the broadest cross section of voters at the same time that he continues to move the state forward in terms of providing access to the sacred right to vote.
What most people are unaware of is that Wah Pah Nah Yah loved New Hampshire and especially the White Mountains.
This story and episode strikes very close to home for me. My grandfather’s parents were Native American: His mother Abenaki and his father Iroquois.
When Bob Dunfey first planned a trip to Ukraine to visit his son Rob he had no way of knowing that Russia would attack the peaceful country that had become the adopted home of his son.