Farragut House

Posted on 2 October, 2006 by Janice Brown
Farragut Hotel, Portsmouth NH

Farragut Hotel, Portsmouth NH. Blog: Cow Hampshire

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Poem: The Star-Splitter by Robert Frost

Posted on 1 October, 2006 by Janice Brown

You know Orion always comes up sideways.
Throwing a leg up over our fence of mountains,

And rising on his hands, he looks in on me
Busy outdoors by lantern-light with something


I should have done by daylight, and indeed,
After the ground is frozen, I should have done
Before it froze, and a gust flings a handful
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Manchester New Hampshire Actor: Thomas Edward Bourassa, aka Christopher Stone (1940-1995)

Posted on 27 September, 2006 by Janice Brown

Christopher Stone was an actor for 35 years and his roles included television series and movies.

Some of his later appearances included The Howling (1981) and Cujo (1983) with his wife Dee Wallace Stone.  She was probably best known for her role as Elliot’s divorced mother in the Steven Spielberg film, “E.T.”

He was born, Thomas Edward Bourassa on October 5, 1940 in Manchester New Hampshire, and died at the age of 55, on October 20, 1995 at his Los Angeles California home, of a heart attack.  In  1980 he married actress Deanna Bowers [stage name Dee Wallace] and they had one child, Gabrielle. Continue reading →

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Manchester New Hampshire’s Statue of John Stark

Posted on 25 September, 2006 by Janice Brown
Richard H. Reccia. Richard H. Recchia in his studio, Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum J0071743

Richard H. Recchia in his studio, Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum J0071743

Richard Recchia, a sculptor whose works were exhibited in more than a dozen museums around the country created the statue of John Stark, that sits in Stark Park in north Manchester, New Hampshire. That statue was installed in 1948, not far from the grave site of General John Stark.

Richard was born “Ricardo” in Quincy, Massachusetts but grew up and attended school in Boston, studying three years at the Boston Museum School of Art, and also in Europe.  He was assistant to sculptor Bela L. Pratt for 9 years.  He won more than a dozen medals and other honors at expositions and competitions in the United States and in Italy.

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New Hampshire Glossary: Salt Marsh

Posted on 23 September, 2006 by Janice Brown
Men in a salt marsh. The American sportsman by Elisha Jarrett Lewis, published 1885 by J. B. Lippincott & co. in Philadelphia.

Men in a salt marsh. The American sportsman by Elisha Jarrett Lewis, published 1885 by J. B. Lippincott & co. in Philadelphia.


A salt marsh is a coastal wetland rich in marine life, that is covered (at least once a month) by the rising tide. They are sometimes called tidal marshes, because they occur in the zone between low and high tides. Salt marsh plants cannot grow where waves are strong. They also occur in areas called estuaries, where freshwater from the land mixes with sea water. Salt marsh plants have unusual colors in shades of gray, brown, and green. The salt marsh is home to plants and small animals important to the ecosystem, and therefore to us. Continue reading →

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