Last Word – Fall 2018
Autumn is one of the most beautiful words in the English language. Like an appoggiatura in music—a dissonance that resolves into a consonance— the somewhat irregular au passes into the smooth mn sound in a most wistful way. It conveys its seasonal meaning, but also...
The Dog Days of . . . Fall?
September Heat Wave Liquifies Students, Teacher Blink and summer vacation is over. The poor teachers like me who postpone work on our lesson plans and syllabi because, hey, we have the entire summer to get them done, always pay for that mistake when autumn suddenly...
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Honey, Can We Talk?
BY SHANTI DOUGLASCommunication is the foundation of any healthy relation-ship, but it’s often the hardest thing for couples to do. Busy-ness and going in multiple directions distract us, and we fear that conflict is inherent in communication. Given the importance and...
A Parent’s Final Act of Love
BY TINA ANNIS, ESQ. AND JEFFREY J. ZELLERS, ESQ.GLJane Concordian was an organized woman. She paid her bills on time. She maintained her tax records in a properly labeled file cabinet, and she balanced her checkbook every month. As Jane got older, she began to...
A Quiet Brook in Spring
BY LEAH WILLINGHAM , PHOTOS BY GEOFF FORESTER I always knew that spring had arrived when I heard the brook in our backyard roar. I was usually in the kitchen the first time I noticed it, washing dishes after dinner, or untying mud-soaked boots by the back door. I...
Around Concord Spring 2018
IN THIS ISSUE:The surreal woodblock prints of Lyell CastonguayThe sloppy bliss of mud seasonAngst and the evolving nature of adulthood
A Parent’s Final Act of Love
Jane Concordian was an organized woman. She paid her bills on time. She maintained her tax records in a properly labeled file cabinet, and she balanced her checkbook every month. As Jane got older, she began to recognize her own mortality, so she did the responsible...
To Craft with One’s Own Hands
Every strike of the hammer moves the hot metal closer to its final shape. Like words on a page, each percussion should be decisive, clear, and move the story along to a conclusion. The plot is simple: take this piece of metal and coax it into something beautiful and...
The Life Cycle of a Home
Some young homebuyers view their first house as a starter home—an inexpensive place to hold them as they grow their family and finances. Then they seek out the next house and begin a process of purchasing homes to meet their family’s growth, and eventually downsize as...
Honey, Can We Talk?
Communication is the foundation of any healthy relation-ship, but it’s often the hardest thing for couples to do. Busy-ness and going in multiple directions distract us, and we fear that conflict is inherent in communication. Given the importance and challenge of...
Community Gardens Take Root
Starting in spring, Concord’s Birch Street Community Garden hums with activity as gardeners of all ages tend more than a hundred plots of flower and vegetable gardens. It’s just more evidence that community gardening has taken root in the Capitol region. Community...
In This Issue: Winter 2016
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- Find Peace with a Digital Detox
- Abbot-Downing: Coach and Wagon Makers to the World
- O’Malley Addresses Education, Business in Concord Town Hall Meeting
- Family Summer Vacations with Little Ones
- Angus Boezeman: A Life on the River
- Tips for Planting and Maintaining Perennials in New England
- Fall 2018
- Miriam Carter: A Maker and Wearer of Hats
- League of NH Craftsmen Presents Excellence Awards at the 82nd Annual Fair Preview Party
- The Friends Program