I’ll be brief: ‘HBTY, JRR’
read more…: I’ll be brief: ‘HBTY, JRR’I started running again recently. Trying to build up strength and stamina for the Bedford 12K in May. I’ve been
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Please help me to take back our democracy
read more…: Please help me to take back our democracyAt age 68, I was arrested this week for he first time in my life. My misdemeanor offense, and that of my more than 400 fellow arrestees, was blocking the the front of the U.S. Capitol. We did it because big money is blocking us, and all ordinary Americans, from being heard – or at least heeded – by Congress.
Reauthorizing Health Care Expansion another historic step forward for our people, businesses and economy
read more…: Reauthorizing Health Care Expansion another historic step forward for our people, businesses and economyThe New Hampshire Health Protection Program, more commonly known as Medicaid Expansion, has provided nearly 50,000 hard-working Granite Staters with the peace of mind and security that comes with quality, affordable health insurance. The people who are now covered are our friends and neighbors. They are our health care workers, restaurant employees, and construction workers, and the people who work in our schools and local grocery stores.
From my kitchen window and beyond
read more…: From my kitchen window and beyondI know what amuses me: Standing by my kitchen window (inside the house) and watching all my little friends arrive to feed off one simple little birdfeeder. Yes, I said ONE! The antics I can watch for hours just makes me smile. It’s fun watching a blue jay chasing away everyone as if he was the boss and had to have it all. Just like life, karma will always get you. I just love the picture of the blue jay sitting on my canopy rods waiting his turn as the squirrel does to him what he’s been doing to others and, hopefully, he has learned a lesson here: To be patient and let others have their turn.
Book Review: “The Maze Runner” by James Dasher
read more…: Book Review: “The Maze Runner” by James DasherThe ending will surprise you and sets up the story for the sequel. Yes, this book is the first in a trilogy.
Zoe’s story proves puppy mills still a problem
read more…: Zoe’s story proves puppy mills still a problem“Many of the dogs were housed in tiny cages covered with feces and lacking clean water and food. We also witnessed the heartbreaking consequences of this cruelty — carcasses and piles of bones strewn across the property.”
Joe Nelson, 102: A giant among men, a savior of our millyard
read more…: Joe Nelson, 102: A giant among men, a savior of our millyardSee, Joe fell in love with a pretty switchboard operator here in town – the former Ruth Ball from Lake Avenue – and when Ruth agreed to marry Joe and follow him back to New York where an engineering job awaited him, Joe vowed that, one day, he would bring her back to her home town. And again, for those of us who love the Millyard, it was serendipity.
Mayor Gatsas’s PR stunts will not solve the substance abuse crisis
read more…: Mayor Gatsas’s PR stunts will not solve the substance abuse crisisIn what the Mayor himself acknowledged was nothing more than a measure to get media attention, he is now pushing for a 21-day State of Emergency to be called to raise public awareness of this important issue. The notion that we can solve this crisis by increasing public awareness at a time when families across our city know far too well about its devastating toll is absurd. Empty rhetoric in the face of a state-wide health crisis does nothing but put more people at risk.
Next act for Club Liquid: Sink-hole or Downtown oasis?
read more…: Next act for Club Liquid: Sink-hole or Downtown oasis?This week we take a look at 23 Amherst St., the former Rex Theatre, and more recently Club Liquid bar-pit. The City of Manchester – via the affiliated Manchester Development Corporation (MDC) – has issued a Request For Proposals (RFP) to buy-develop the site. The MDC did a good thing to acquire the property and offer it for redevelopment, or else it may have deteriorated indefinitely, as it is definitely a “challenging” property. Today I offer my 2 cents.
‘The devilish hoods of racism’
read more…: ‘The devilish hoods of racism’Trump dominates the news cycle and provides plenty of fodder for editorial cartoonist Peter Noonan. Rated O for Opinionated.