Brooke Astor turns 105 today.



Brooke has had an exciting year.  She has lived through an "elder abuse controversy...   more »

FOR THE LADIES. To Obtain and Preserve the Perfume of Flowers.--Did it ever occur to the reader to inquire whence ...   more »

Ye insects all, that fly or creep,
  Assist my doleful ditty,
The fat of Bee defunct to weep,
  ...   more »

Pronounced "Sell-LAH" in New Hampshire, the cellar is becoming a rare find. Oh, it was different in the earliest days ...   more »

Carroll Davidson Wright, was born in Dunbarton NH, in 1840, the son of a Universalist minister.



From lowly means he ...   more »

Back in 1954 Bethlehem New Hampshire held an event called the Sunfire Festival.  Someone had the brilliant idea to invite ...   more »

New Hampshire's first state park was created in 1891. In that year the New Hampshire state legislature enacted laws appropriating ...   more »

Yes, a year has really passed since I first started blogging. I'm celebrating this event by drinking an extra glass ...   more »

Begorrah! This Saturday is St. Patrick's Day. Although New Hampshire has a varied ethnic heritage, among the prominent groups who early ...   more »

There were many patriots of the American Revolution, but few of them survive in photographs.  Private Samuel Downing is an ...   more »

parka--correctly pronounced pahk-ER, a heavy, waterproof, knee-length winter coat that includes a hood. The hood usually has a fur ...   more »

I have a whooper of a tale to tell you about a promotion to "sell New Hampshire."



It was the ...   more »

Away! away! -- our fires stream bright
 Along the frozen river,
And their arrowy sparkles of brilliant light
 On the ...   more »

Through his journal and correspondence, Tobias Lear is probably responsible for much of what we know about the personal life ...   more »

Randy over at Genea-Musings, brought Chip Rowe's site to my attention. He writes about George magazine and how they tracked down regular people who have politician's names.   more »