Category Archives: Travel

New Hampshire: Leaf Peeping Through Time

Posted on 2 October, 2013 by Janice Brown

AUTUMN (1831). — The later weeks in autumn possess a pensive interest from the change of the forest foliage–The fresh, beautiful green, that girded the mountain, and waved over the vales like the graceful folds of a mantle, is now … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire’s Aviation Museum: A Bridge Between Past and Present

Posted on 20 September, 2013 by Janice Brown

A building seemingly tucked away at the edge of the Manchester-Boston Airport runway holds many keys to New Hampshire’s aviation past, and I suspect also has great significance for its future.  I had the wonderful opportunity to tour there today, … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire’s 250 Year Old Towns

Posted on 30 June, 2013 by Janice Brown

Happy Sestercentennial, Semiquincentennial, or Quarter-millennial to you!  In 1763 thirteen towns in New Hampshire were considered official by proclamation of then Provincial Governor Benning Wentworth.  In that year New Hampshire was a rough and dangerous place to live. Within a decade … Continue reading →

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Isles of Shoals Landmark: Miss Underhill’s Chair

Posted on 5 June, 2011 by Janice Brown

“There are some dreary little islands lying off the harbor of Portsmouth, N.H. about eight miles from the mainland,” or … Continue reading →

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A New Hampshirite’s Irish Surprise

Posted on 15 March, 2011 by Janice Brown

The Irish people walk among you. They carry leprechauns in their pockets. A few of them remember wee bits of the ancient language. Sadly some descendants today are not aware of their Celtic ancestry… Continue reading →

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