Country singer Nicole Knox Murphy playing out again
After 10 weeks of playing weekly sets from her home in Candia for Facebook fans, on May 29 Nicole Murphy was elated to finally be back at Auburn Pitts Bar & Grill, the place where she returned to being a country singer Continue reading “Back on stage”
Competitors and their families hoping to reach the Scripps National Spelling Bee discuss competitive spelling and why Indian-American kids have had such success in the Bee in recent years in the Netflix documentary Spelling the Dream.
In the first minute or so of this upbeat, inspirational movie about kids and Continue reading “Spelling the Dream (TV-G)”
Breath, The New Science of a Lost Art, by James Nestor (Riverhead, 304 pages)
The pandemic has forced publishers to delay the release of dozens of books that didn’t seem appropriate to bring to market as a potentially deadly respiratory disease was spreading.
No such problem for Breath, Continue reading “Book Review 6/11/2020”
Bird Friend, I Am the Hand (self-produced)
Desolate but hopeful hipster-chill direct from Manchester, New Hampshire, here, mainly an unplugged-guitar solo project for chef-cook-bottle-washer Geoff Himsel with some help from his girlfriend, Carson Kennedy. The entry point here would be Sufjan Stevens, but it’s of course more raw and quirky Continue reading “Album Reviews 6/11/2020”
Try this at home
The weather finally is turning to the warmth of summer. Although we, as New Hampshirites, are excited for the increased temperature, we also will be complaining about how hot and humid it is in the very near future. With that in mind, I have created a Continue reading “Tropical Fruit Stack”
• Taste of New Hampshire goes virtual: Join the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central New Hampshire for the annual Taste of New Hampshire, which, for the first time in its 15-year history, will be going virtual. Normally a one-night event held in the fall at the Grappone Conference Continue reading “Weekly Dish 20/6/11”
Carmel Shea of Londonderry is the owner of O’Shea’s Caife & Tae (44 Nashua Road, Londonderry, 540-2971, osheasnh.com), a health-focused eatery and coffee shop that opened in 2018. O’Shea’s offers fair trade coffees, teas and espresso drinks, pastries and breakfast sandwiches, and bagels with homemade butters and whipped cream cheeses. Continue reading “In the Kitchen with Carmel Shea”
New food truck debuts in Loudon
A new food truck rolled into Loudon last week, and as its name and the whisks on its logo suggest, the Whisked Away Cafe wants to “whisk” you away to a different part of the world — or to Grandma’s house — each week Continue reading “Whisked away”
Dear Donna,
Can you possibly tell me what this is and what it was for? It is solid wood and 3.5 inches. I recently found this in a barn and thought it was interesting.
Ellen
Dear Ellen,
What you found is called a bung. I have seen many in the Continue reading “Treasure Hunt 6/11/2020”
Animal adventure
Sneak in a little learning during your walks through nature. The New Hampshire Fish and Game department have Wildlife of New Hampshire cards available on their website at wildlife.state.nh.us/nongame/cards.html. The two-page color pdfs are on subjects such as “Wildlife of Young Forests,” “Backyard Wildlife of New Hampshire” and Continue reading “Kiddie Pool 6/11/2020”
