Letters: It’s time to include people with disabilities in the conversation around housing instability solutions

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Tuesday, December 22, 2020

The number of people in this state who are working toward finding real solutions to end homeless instability and the number of grassroots organizations who have stepped-up to plug the holes that our current structural systems are unable to fill, makes me feel hopeful. However, if we are not including people with disabilities in solution-based decision making, we are losing the most important voices in this discussion and continuing to marginalize people in our community.

Marking Time: Exploring roadside markers on New Hampshire’s Seacoast

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Sunday, December 20, 2020

My husband and I are both New Hampshire natives but as we traveled throughout the state we continued to be amazed by how much we didn’t know. From the sign in Newmarket we learned that Wentworth Cheswill (1746-1817) was “among Newmarket’s best-educated and most prosperous citizens.” He is considered the first African-American citizen elected to public office in America; his grandfather was the first African-American to have owned land in New Hampshire. We discovered so many examples of New Hampshire citizens who were the first to do something; of bridges that were unique; of historic events that took place here. At the end of each day trip, we found ourselves anxious to learn more.

‘Doing good things is the answer to life:’ A heart-felt thank-you to that ’60s plow guy, aka ‘Snow Angel’

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Saturday, December 19, 2020

Whenever I know I have to do anything strenuous, I think back to eight years ago today actually, on December 19, 2012, when I was moving a dryer down to the basement, then 20 minutes later had a massive heart attack that almost killed me. Fortunately, with the prompt help of friends and doctors and nurses, I survived.

The 2020 fiction awards rigged … against me!

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Thursday, December 17, 2020

The fake news media is refusing to report that my book, “Fly Like The Seagull,” actually won both awards — and many other really huge awards that most people have never heard of because they’re only awarded to people with big brains — but all of the votes that many great people on the selection committees cast for me were tossed out or ignored.

Life in the Streets: Live-streaming has become mainstream!

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Thursday, December 17, 2020

Today I want to cover something that I have passionate about for almost six years now! One of my favorite places is my Twitch page, I recently hit the 1,000 follower mark AND received my FIRST payout on November 15. I have been averaging 16 hours a week live streaming since August 15, 2020.

Letters: Contamination from PFAS is an urgent public health emergency

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Monday, December 14, 2020

PFAS chemicals are pervasive and are found in our drinking water, food, and in our wildlife. Many of these chemicals have been put into our communities through industrial pollution and by way of firefighting foam. PFAS chemicals are also found in clothing, cosmetics, and even in food containers.

GAME ON: Cyberpunk 2077, The RPG of The Future…Literally!

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Sunday, December 13, 2020

Cyberpunk 2077 is a 2020 action role-playing game developed and published by CD Projekt.
The story takes place in 2077 at Night City, an open world set in the Cyberpunk universe

Happy Chanukah, it’s complicated

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Chanukah comes early this year — at least compared to Christmas, its unlikely twin on the winter calendar. It starts on December 10. We will light candles, we will spin tops, we will eat potato pancakes, and we will consider eating chocolate coins as well, even though most brands of Chanukah chocolate taste like wax

This delicious album ‘Downtown,’ by Will Hatch & Co., produced by the pandemic – or in spite of it

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Tuesday, December 8, 2020

For some musicians, I suppose, this dangerously long period of time off playing live due to COVID has led them down some strange avenues.

Gratitude from U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs for NH PPE effort

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Monday, December 7, 2020

I am writing to make you aware of the COVID-19 heroes in your community. For nine months now, I have had the good fortune of working with these professionals and incredibly giving people as we collaborated to secure scarce Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for VA healthcare workers and the Veterans they care for.