It’s our choice: Back to the future or no future at allWhat would an old Yankee think? Around Jenness Pond, it used to be an April Fool’s joke to tell folks the ice was out when it wasn’t. But…Apr 9, 2024Apr 9, 2024
A Modest Proposal to Save the WorldWith our mild weather so far this year, NH has avoided calamitous climate change. Texas hasn’t been so lucky with its still-raging…Mar 4, 2024Mar 4, 2024
Are We Humans or Machines?We fool ourselves by believing if only we had more facts and better technology, we could solve any problem, even climate change and…Feb 20, 2024Feb 20, 2024
Living in the Age or Romantasy and MAGAListening to PBS like the old fogey I am, I discovered that among the hip, a new fiction genre is sweeping the country: It’s called…Feb 2, 2024Feb 2, 2024
EnchantmentWhen I was young, I wasn’t religious. After I got back from Vietnam, God was dead. Enchantment was a foreign concept to me. A rare…Jan 17, 2024Jan 17, 2024
Guns: From an Agrarian Tool to a Clint Eastwood WesternHere’s a little-known historical fact: Northwood had turkey shoots in the hardscrabble 1950s before the flat-landers flocked here, when…Jan 3, 2024Jan 3, 2024
Waking Up in the Dark ForestHow the world changes. I have an anxiety disorder. In the psychological stone age that existed sixty years ago, I repressed that knowledge…Dec 28, 2023Dec 28, 2023
Who is Donald Trump?I valued the time I spent as a graduate student in sociology for what I learned about society. While attending, I earned money building…Dec 7, 2023Dec 7, 2023
Restoring Craftsmanship to Save the WorldI have fond memories of ‘old skinny,’ a super-flexible carving knife my father cherished that had been passed down from his father. We all…Nov 30, 2023Nov 30, 2023
Are Stones and Stories Alive?I was a hardscape stonemason for twenty years, building walkways, terraces, and dry-laid stonewalls. My favorite task was building…Nov 21, 2023Nov 21, 2023
