Timely Writer: We All Scream!
read more…: Timely Writer: We All Scream!All ice cream is not equal. Several people have told me recently that New Hampshire was No. 1 in the country in per capita consumption of ice cream.
Byline: John Angelo
Posts by John Angelo
TV or not TV, that is the [Jeopardy!] question
read more…: TV or not TV, that is the [Jeopardy!] questionLorrie and I have been without a television going on 15 years. Aside from events such as the aforementioned annual religious event of American football, there is precious little that we are tempted to watch in real time.
Allies important to transgender people
read more…: Allies important to transgender peopleWhen it comes to transgender people, one gender identity, gender expression, gender-binary definition or sexual orientation doesn’t begin to describe the 1.4 million Americans who identify themselves as transgender.
Homes and Other Black Holes
read more…: Homes and Other Black HolesPulitzer Prize-winning humorist Dave Barry penned a book in the 1980s titled Homes and Other Black Holes: The Happy Homeowner’s Guide to Ritual Closing Ceremonies, Newton’s First Law of Furniture Buying, the Lethal Chemicals Man, and Other Perils of the American Dream. The cover depicts a homeowner dumping a wheelbarrow full of money into a demolished foundation. That about covers it.
Q&A with Margo Burns, Salem Witch Hunt expert
read more…: Q&A with Margo Burns, Salem Witch Hunt expertMust be, has to be, the Season of the Witch. Manchester’s Margo Burns is a historian, researcher, writer, teacher, linguist, presenter, both in-person and on television, and an expert in the 1692 and 1693 witch hunt and trials around Salem Village, Massachusetts. Oh, she’s also the 10th generation great-granddaughter of Rebecca Nurse, who was hanged as a witch at the age of 71 in Salem despite being a fully-covenanted member of the church.
Q&A with Mike Skinner, advocate for survivors of childhood abuse
read more…: Q&A with Mike Skinner, advocate for survivors of childhood abuseGoffstown’s Mike Skinner is a survivor of childhood sex trafficking at the hands of his parents. Two of his siblings took their own lives. He feels that trauma, particularly childhood trauma, lies beneath and is a definitive factor of what is termed “mental illness.” If you get run over by a Mack truck there will be tire tracks.
September is centennial of the birth of New Hampshire author Grace Metalious
read more…: September is centennial of the birth of New Hampshire author Grace MetaliousIndian summer is like a woman. Ripe, highly passionate, but fickle, she comes and goes as she pleases…” Such is the opening line of Peyton Place, the controversial novel published in 1956 that eventually sold 20 million copies, was turned into a sanitized 1957 major movie that garnered nine Academy Award nominations, and became a prime-time soap opera that ran for 524 episodes and debuted both Mia Farrow and Ryan O’Neal.
Games are central to Boards & Brews, but at the heart of it all is community
read more…: Games are central to Boards & Brews, but at the heart of it all is community“The first two years are key to any new business,” said Liz Scott, bar manager of central downtown Manchester’s Boards & Brews. “It’s kind of a miracle that we survived after opening in 2018.”
Darkness Visible
read more…: Darkness VisibleI’m 71 years young but got a PTSD diagnosis only a decade ago after a month of troubling dreams and awake auras. I’m here to tell you that repressed memories are a real thing. My seminal events of abuse occurred when I was 6 years old. I was diagnosed with OCD/depression when I was 19, a typical age for the onset of mental illness. I learned only recently that about two-thirds of people who have PTSD also have some level of OCD.
Corey’s Closet to host special 1980s prom May 11
read more…: Corey’s Closet to host special 1980s prom May 11Big hair and leg warmers. Hooksett thrift store Corey’s Closet is hosting a 1980s prom for special needs teens and adults on Saturday May 11 at Manchester’s Puritan Event Center from 5:30 to 10:30. Tickets are available at the 1329 Hooksett Road store. The prom tickets are $50 and include a buffet. The event benefits Camp Fatima, a Gilmanton Iron Works summer camp that hosts a pair of two-week sessions for people of varying abilities, Corey among them.