by Sarah Pearson | Dec 18, 2021 | In Print, Life & Leisure
Behind the Smile: The Story of Annalee Thorndike is the first-ever illustrated biography of the legendary doll maker. Her story is a tale of self-sufficiency, live-free-or-die resiliency, and a life-long passion to create. Her dolls would define her life, and many say...
by Sarah Pearson | Dec 17, 2021 | In Print, Life & Leisure
‘Chasing Eden: A Book of Seekers’ Seekers are all around us. They are seeking God, seeking freedom, seeking peace. “Chasing Eden: A Book of Seekers” (Bauhan Publishing) by Howard Mansfield is about this pursuit, about Americans seeking their Promised Land, their...
by Sarah Pearson | Dec 16, 2021 | In Print, Life & Leisure
As the executive director of Five Rivers Conservation Trust, the Concord area’s nonprofit land trust, Liz Short knows the importance of conserving wild places, open spaces and working lands in local communities. So we asked Liz to tell us some of her favorite outdoor...
by Around Concord | Oct 12, 2021 | In Print, Life & Leisure
The best sorts of books are the ones that leave you feeling a bit breathless as you turn the last page. The ones you stay up with past bedtime, not quite ready to turn off the light yet. The ones you can’t wait to figure out the ending to but also don’t want to...
by Jonathan Van Fleet And Geoff Forester | Oct 12, 2021 | Life & Leisure, Uncategorized
Inside Ron Wirth’s barn, nestled between the old tools, knick knacks and hundreds of transistor radios, sits an old love. “I cared for it like my first baby. It was my first baby,” Wirth said. “I cared for it. I washed it and polished it every week.” The chrome on the...
by Sadie Raymond | Jun 29, 2021 | Arts, In Print, Life & Leisure
The morning of July 4, 2018 began like any other in Sadie Raymond’s household. What Sadie and her family didn’t know, however, was that by the end of the day the course of all of their lives, especially that of their teenage son, Corbin would change...