When you think about Easter, you can’t help but think of “Peeps.”
New Englanders buy enough of these marshmallow chicks to rank as one of the top three Peep-eating markets in the United States. Nationwide an estimated 700 million are sold each spring. Continue reading
Bernice Gertrude Blake was born in Manchester, New Hampshire
Bernice Blake Perry, aviator,
photographer and philanthropist;
Photograph courtesy of, and used with
permission of, the NH Charitable Foundation.
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on 2 March 1905, one of four children born to Edward C. & Gertrude (Hurd) Blake. Her father was an English-Canadian immigrant who had founded Blake’s Creamery, originally as a milk delivery business. By the time Bernice was born, her father was well on his way to becoming successful.
Throughout her life, Bernice explored her interests and pushed the envelope of experiences beyond the normal for women of her time.
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“Clowning around, acting up, horsing around, showing off, showboating” — all of these are terms that probably bring energetic pranks to mind. While researching the “Squog” section of
Illustration by M.T. Ross as found in “Mother Earth’s Children: The Frolic of the Fruits and Vegetables,” by Elizabeth Gordon.
Manchester, New Hampshire, I came across a sad newspaper notice about one George Lambert, age 17, who drowned while swimming with friends. The description of his behavior just prior to his death
was that of “skylarking.”
I grew up in a New Hampshire household where St. Patrick’s Day
Engraving of an stereotypical Irishman from “Irish Wonders,” by D.R. McAnally Jr., originally published prior to 1909
and my Irish heritage was held in high esteem. God forbid that I
should not wear green on March 17th. And it was entirely a ‘mortal sin’ if I wore anything close to a crimson or orange shade.
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A native of North Conway, and coming from a family well-known there, Gordon A. Clapp has acted in television, theatre and movies.
Gordon Clapp as Robert Frost performing in This Verse Business. Photo by Meghan Moore, located at The New England Theatre Geek Blog at http://www.netheatregeek.com/2011/10/30/this-verse-business-the-road-less-traveled-of-frosts-poetry/
He has also executive produced and starred in three short films. He has gleaned both American awards [Emmy award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series NYPD Blue, and a Tony-nomination] and Canadian awards [Dora Moore Award nomination for Best Actor, and a Gemini Award].
