Category Archives: Humor

New Hampshire: Twenty-Five Words for Snow

Posted on 28 February, 2011 by Janice Brown

The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree

Has given my heart… Continue reading →

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Predicting Valentine’s Day’s Soft Impeachments

Posted on 14 February, 2011 by Janice Brown

Sometimes, despite the best of efforts, our predictions end up out in the New Hampshire puckerbrush. Early in 1858 the … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire’s Billet-Doux Season

Posted on 6 February, 2011 by Janice Brown

Some claim that New Hampshirites are as emotionally frosty as their winter weather. 

Quite to the contrary our … Continue reading →

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The Sea Serpent That Invaded Portsmouth New Hampshire

Posted on 12 January, 2011 by Janice Brown

The desperation of the stranded whale,
When wedged 'twixt jagged rocks he writhes and rolls
In agony among the ebbing … Continue reading →

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If Cows Could Make New Year Resolutions. . .

Posted on 1 January, 2011 by Janice Brown

If cows could make New Year Resolutions they might want to …

1. Party more.

2. Attend rehab…. Continue reading →

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