Jean StimmellIt’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…4 min read·Apr 9, 2024----
Jean StimmellA 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…3 min read·Mar 4, 2024----
Jean StimmellAre 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…3 min read·Feb 20, 2024----
Jean StimmellLiving 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…3 min read·Feb 2, 2024----
Jean StimmellEnchantmentWhen 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…4 min read·Jan 17, 2024----
Jean StimmellGuns: 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…3 min read·Jan 3, 2024----
Jean StimmellWaking 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…3 min read·Dec 28, 2023----
Jean StimmellWho 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…3 min read·Dec 7, 2023----
Jean StimmellRestoring 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…3 min read·Nov 30, 2023----
Jean StimmellAre Stones and Stories Alive?I was a hardscape stonemason for twenty years, building walkways, terraces, and dry-laid stonewalls. My favorite task was building…3 min read·Nov 21, 2023----