I have noticed that the opinion pros at the Valley News are skeptical about the branding “journey” that has — presto, chango — given us Dartmouth...
Spring is served in the Upper Valley. You know the menu: an appetizer of fleeting sunshine, followed by angry clouds, a north wind and a demitasse...
Somewhere along the line insurance became a laughing matter. At least that’s true for the major companies that spend something like $5 trillion...
The robins are back, mask mandates are gone and COVID-19 has been dialed back to COVID-18, or maybe something much lower.Forgive me if I’m not...
I’ve been trying to remember Ukraine, the way I saw it when I knew so little about it. It was a mystery to me when we arrived in 2009, only a...
You might have heard that a Massachusetts woman recently made the online world giggle when her major prize on the Price is Right game show hit too...
The Winter Olympics were already on my mind, but all I wanted to think about last weekend was Tom Brady. I thought that maybe he’d step away from...
Happy New Year! One of my traditions is to start the year by dusting off the old crystal ball and predicting — with uncanny accuracy — the news of...
It’s that “most wonderful time of the year” when I am again confronted by the fact that I am not a wonderful Christmas shopper.Although I grew up...
Who turned out the light? I’m sure you’ve noticed, as have I, that yet another time change has robbed us of the vigor of the late afternoon sun...
Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and so is Leftovers Week, which is a little like Shark Week on TV. We transform into nature’s perfect...
In case you haven’t been paying attention to happenings in the quaint Route 12A shopping district, the news has caught up to the rumor mills: The...