Local voices chime in on a variety of topics.
Think about it. In colonial days, grown men – accompanied by equally grown horses – would stroll out onto the frozen surface of lakes and ponds and commence to carve up the very surface that kept them out of water that was the same approximate temperature as liquid nitrogen.
Many pigs, like Willow, are surrendered because their owners believed their new piglet would be as easy to care for as a dog, only to be overwhelmed as the animal grew larger and engaged in natural behaviors such as rooting in the ground with their snouts.
Depending upon whose statistics you believe, there are as many as 300 or as few as 100 cases of spontaneous human combustion on record. As for me, unless you count an inflamed appendix or the time I ordered the ”911 Pasta from Hell” at Shorty’s, I have only had one small brush with spontaneous human combustion.
I am not one to editorialize. But today I will make an exception because I can’t stand silently by while the state’s newspaper of record tries to jump off the Donald Trump bandwagon as it careens toward the February 9 New Hampshire Primary.
Yes, we in Manchester have been blessed over the years with a high-class class of visitor, but let the record show that George Washington never slept here. Booker T. Washington? Yes. George Washington? No.
The story of the Christmas manger I loved so much I had to have, and how happy I am that it belongs to someone else, now.
Watching that movie makes me a little nostalgic for all the other reckless and certifiably dangerous toys of my youth. These days everything is so safe, so sanitized. My flammable Christmas morning nightgowns are just a misty memory.
Edmond Burke once wrote, “Those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it.” Donald Trump is building his entire candidacy for President on fear, a complete lack of historical knowledge, and a failure to understand the basics of our Constitution.
Go-to pet-friendly gift guide for everyone on your list, whether they have two legs or four.
Knowing their big guns had been rendered useless, Walter Welch led his four-man detail below deck where they were able to grab four Browning automatic rifles. They hefted boxes of ammo, bolted topside and started firing at the bombers overhead. The memory made Walter shake his head. ”Firing at a bomber with a BAR,” he said softly before looking away.
You can say chicken soup is the universal remedy for the winter sniffles. But for centuries, the cagey Quebecois have had their own populist remedy for the common cold, and not suprisingly, that remedy found its culinary zenith right here in Manchester.
When John was 17 he was in juvenile detention due to an assault he made on his sister’s boyfriend. John was in the bathroom taking a shower. A friend snatched John’s towel off the rack while the water was running and ran off down the hall with it. John jumped out of the shower and ran after him to get the towel back. As he says, they were just kids goofing off, and he got his towel back. Later he was arrested for indecent exposure and taken to jail.
Feasting around harvest time is also something humans have been doing forever, contrary to popular lore. Giving thanks for sustenance was not a ritual invented 400 years ago by a boatload of Puritan refugees fleeing unrest in their home country, seeking safe harbor and a new beginning on Wampanoag shores.
Everyone loves a parade, and this year will be epic. But who can forget Manchester’s storied parade past, including Jumbo the Elephant’s contribution to Elm Street, or Tippecanoe and Tyler Too?
After John’s parole was denied, I encouraged him to put effort into creating art that he could sell in order to pay off his restitution, which he had managed to pay down from $,5000 to about $1,500 in the 25 years he has been incarcerated. I have paid to have six of his pieces properly mounted, matted and framed, including this one called “Evil Ways.”
If you haven’t heard about the Adopt-a-Turkey Project, it works like this. You go online, read all about the turkeys rescued from factory farms, choose your favorite, and then donate $30 to help all the farm animals.
We need to take seriously the public health aspect of opiate addiction and overdose. Instead of focusing on filling more jail cells, we should commit to making more health resources available to those who need them. At the end of the day, drug addiction is solely a medical issue. I have been proud to work with my legislative colleagues here in New Hampshire to tackle these issues in a rational, compassionate way, and urge our representatives in Congress to do the same.
“My child came home with another student’s notebook. When I asked my child about who it belonged too, they said it belonged to a friend in their class. I noticed inside the notebook that there were suggestive pictures in the book. On another page there was a note that said “please stop hurting me.” I am so worried about this child and I don’t know what to do!”
John, a prisoner in California, is a prolific writer, sending me 20 letters in 2012, 38 in 2013, 58 in 2014 and over 40 already in 2015. Letters are often delayed in being delivered so it is not uncommon to hear from him for several weeks that he has received no mail from me even though I write fairly regularly. Even the slightest break in my letter-writing would bring an apologetic letter saying he hoped he had not offended me in any way.
If First Amendment rights to freedom of speech exist within the public school setting, is it logical to believe that public school employees lose their rights to free speech outside of their employment? I am concerned that a reporter and two school board members are so unacquainted with the rights of free speech.