Tag: New Hampshire
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Driving north on Rt. 16, I can still be surprised by the appearance of the White Mountains from a few hilltops between Wakefield and Ossipee. For a moment, today, I was even treated to Mt. Chocorua and Mt. Washington as the dominant figures in a stunning pattern of silhouettes that…
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My last post was of snow and now August is almost over? Yikes! After commuting thousands of miles between DC and New Hampshire since my father’s passing, I’ve spent the summer in New Hampshire. The marathon driving sessions wear on me, so I’ve been avoiding them. The driving was because…
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Photograph of snow-covered trees with the moon behind them in Center Conway, NH, on the evening of January 6, 2023.
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My brother took the above photo on his trip to New Hampshire last month. It’s the old barn at the house we grew up in, viewed from a dirt road. Below is a picture he took of that house. It was badly in need of paint nine years ago, when…
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It feels strange to be back home in DC after nine months away in rural New Hampshire. And I’m driving back up next week for my father’s memorial service—driving because flying sounds like a terrible option these days. My father was able to live at home for most of these…
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In-home and residential care options for octogenarians have become extremely limited in these trying times, so I’ve been spending the last quarter of 2021 at my parents’ in the White Mountains. This will continue into 2022. I miss DC, but it’s not like I can take advantage of the city’s…
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Photograph: Saco River in Conway, NH, just upstream from the covered bridges on afternoon of December 25, 2019.
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Photograph: Mt. Washington from Intervale, NH, on January 31, 2020.
