by David Brooks | Photos by Simply Mella Photography | Sep 28, 2018 | Life & Leisure
Parting with your cell phone isn’t always easy, even when you have paid money to do it. “Every single group, we run into people who are like, ‘I don’t know if I can put my phone away for two hours. I don’t know if I can do it,’” says Jake King, founder of Thrive...
by Laura Pope | Apr 23, 2018 | Life & Leisure, Today
It’s a well-known adage that to juggle the myriad demands of running a thriving organization requires wearing many hats. In the case of Miriam Carter, the new executive director—since January—of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, this idiom is both figurative and...
by Laura Pope | Apr 23, 2018 | Life & Leisure, Today
BY LAURA POPEImagine a hand-wrought John James Audubon illustration of a colorful bird in nature composed with the sensibility of artist Edward Gorey. The image that most likely comes to mind is of a realistic yet distorted, somewhat allegorical polychrome...
by Ernesto Burden | Apr 16, 2018 | Home & Garden, Life & Leisure, Today
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...
by Kevin Boyarsky | Sep 13, 2016 | In Print, Life & Leisure
brbrbrbrbrbrThebrCatbrbrA cat waits by my door. brA visitor from the past, brEscaped from the mixing pot brOf watercolor memories. brHe silently sits by the dish brWhere pieces of my Mother’s garden brCome to rest. brbrHe stares unblinking, brSeeing me as a child,...
by Ryan Frisch | Dec 7, 2015 | Life & Leisure
Escapebrfrom the cold this winter to these popular destinations with all-inclusivebrresorts—accommodations, meals, drinks, and entertainment included in one price.brbrbrbrDominicanbrRepublic – Popular for its affordability. Beautiful beaches andbrgreat...