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Pretty woman

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I’m not sure why I’m here because these photos have nothing to do with me, or my male gaze. They are about my wife, and reminding her that she is truly beautiful.

Happy Diwali

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Diwali is the Indian festival of lights. The holiday celebrates the triumph of good over evil and this year it is celebrated today, November 12, 2023. A major focus of Diwali is family as they gather to eat special foods and sweets, and light decorative oil lamps.

Chews Life Now! And you thought you weren’t a chemist

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September 1977, I dropped chemistry day #1 in college like a hot potato. It was too hard; I wasn’t pre-med; I didn’t care. 45 years later, I re-enrolled. I finally understood just how important understanding chemicals are to my survival. And that this body of mine is the most complex laboratory I’ll ever work in became the ultimate selling point.  

Dodging bullets and burying leads

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Yesterday, Hope for New Hampshire Recovery’s board of directors sent out a too-kind press release announcing my departure. This release was gratifying to read, of course, but made me sound much more professional and serious than I am. In the interest of setting the record straight, I’ve composed an alternate release.

Hope for NH Recovery board accepts Howard’s resignation, seeks new executive director

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In light of Keith’s resignation, we will be initiating a thorough search for a new Executive Director who can carry forward their vision and continue to lead our organization to new heights. We are committed to ensuring a seamless transition and will work closely with our dedicated team to uphold the values and mission that Keith champions.

A tale of two bus rides, two hospitals and the upside of ‘ifs’

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It’s seven a.m., November 8, 2023. Soon, I’ll board a bus to Boston to take the T and a bus to West Roxbury. There, I’ll walk into the VA hospital to be chemically knocked out. A surgical team will put an instrument down my throat. That mechanism will, I believe, snip off tiny bits of the nodule in my lung and, perhaps, a sample of nearby lymph nodes. These pieces of me—and how strange to think of a cancer as part of ME—will be sent off to mystics and sorcerers in the mountains—sorry, I mean pathologists in a lab. They’ll read my entrails and divine my future. What a funny world, huh?

Of ghosts and apple juice

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While I was having lunch with a friend today, she was, according to reports and rumors, dining with a ghost. Missy watched me slurp soup and eat a sandwich while telling me about a conversation she’d had the other night, a conversation about me.

Mosaic Art Collective exhibition ‘A Few of My Favorite Things’ celebrates small works and big hearts

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Alongside this unique exhibition, the collective is taking a heartfelt step towards supporting the community. This year, Mosaic Art Collective is launching an “Art Supply Donation Drive” for the Webster House, an organization dedicated to helping youth in New Hampshire who are temporarily unable to reside in their homes.

Radioactive gratitude

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As I write this, I am a radioactive man. Really. This morning I was warned to stay away from pregnant women and small children. Unlike most Marvel Comics heroes and many DC Comic villains, though, I don’t appear to have any superpowers. Time will tell.

Esther Lally Baroody, 90: Beloved mother, grandmother, sister – known for her wit, smile, beauty, kind heart

read more…: Esther Lally Baroody, 90: Beloved mother, grandmother, sister – known for her wit, smile, beauty, kind heart

A service will be held in her honor Thursday, November 9, 2023, at 11 a.m. at St. Elizabeth Seton Church, 190 Meetinghouse Road, in Bedford. The church doors open at 10 a.m. for those who wish to pay their respects to her family prior to the church service.

Time to Choose

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I love our city. Sure, it has problems such as addiction and homeless issues. And of course, there is the increasing housing costs, which is not just a Manchester thing, as well as issues that people have with the public schools. Should we be doing more to actually fix the issues instead of hearing elected officials or candidates for public office say that they’ll do something? Yes, we need actual solutions, not just empty promises. 

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