New Hampshire Couple Shares Secret to Living a Job-Free Lifestyle With four children and work schedule no one should (but so many do) call their own, Jeffrey and Samantha Cleveland* decided it was time to take control of their lives back in 2005.  Decision is the first step to achieving anything.  Action is the second. In May of ...

  Winter is dying in the valley;The white dreams of Decemberare melting into gray,The ice bids farewell to the river and flows south to its last call,The magical dance of snowflakes in the air has become a tedious whispering echo of a season fading;Mittens once caked with frost are retired to the closet to sleep away summer;Poets scrape ...

       Winter in New Hampshire’s Woods Winter like a selfish child throws itself against the walls, the ancient walls of country church, and whistles through the wooden halls where humble hearts of broken souls seek to find revivement there and lay before the altar steps a world of ...

Well, it’s over.             The candidates are gone.             The press is gone.             Their signs are all trampled bits of trash in the snowy ...

 Dear Joseph, I may be the underdog in this campaign, running against two candidates with more than $200 million between them – but the real underdogs are the middle class and those without a voice in America today. They are losing ground while the CEOs of huge corporations pocket million dollar bonuses and corporate lobbyists get ...

Snow is a wonder.   Is there anything more magical than snow?  It transforms landscapes into works of art, and provides a modesty cover for the earth as she changes from her finery of Autumn into her fresh clothing of Spring.  Snow excites the imagination.  It is impossible to perceive this season of the year without the ...

           I know I’ve said this before, but I wish you could see the view out my window right now.  Winter has painted over New Hampshire’s fall canvas with a veil of white, and the town around me looks sleepy today, as if resigned to settling into its snowy ...

  Belonging.             Belonging is one of the most important human concepts.  It is so completely universal, that I won’t bore you with all the reasoning.  I’m just going to assume you already understand why it’s ...

Tuesday, July 31, 2007 Wait, they don’t call this Pleasant Street anymore, do they…            I just got back from a short drive.  I should be in bed, but I thought I’d enjoy a short jaunt, so I went.  As I left the house I was struck by how quiet it is ...

   A pleasing land of drowsy head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye, And of gay castles in the clouds that pass,   For ever flushing round the summer ...