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 ...

 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 ...

“An elegant sufficiency, content,  Retirement, rural quiet; friendship, books,  Ease and alternate labor; useful life,  Progressive virtue, and approving Heaven.”                 ~ James Thomson, 1748        ...

Forest JournalFor NH Sunday News August 5, 2007 When the Lightning Strikes Shimmering heat presses the landscape like a steam iron; the air is thick. An approaching cold front promises relief from days of oppressive humidity. A thunderstorm is brewing – you can almost feel it. By late-afternoon, tall thunderheads billow like ...

Sunday morning, I'm sitting quietly on the beach, reading a book, drinking coffee, and smoking a cigarette. All of a sudden this woman walks down to the beach with her 4 kids and settles down about 20 feet away from me on the beach. And then it starts. The crying, the yelling and screaming, running around kicking sand all over the place, the ...

Snowmobile views from Groton