Essays

Stolen Kisses By Beverly Stoddart "Longfellow Serenade. Such were the plans I'd made. For she was a lady, And I was a dreamer With...

I needed a new dentist and made an appointment for a cleaning with a new one. It’s daunting enough when the hygienist sits you in the...

There is no doubt I am a fan of journalists. To go through these last four years witnessing their denigration and defamation brings me to...

Don Davis died. Why is his death meaningful? You might have heard of him if you read one of his NY Times bestselling books. You most...

Veterans Day is November 11, when we commemorate all American veterans living and those who have passed. This essay will commemorate my...

What do Leonard Nimoy, David Hasselhoff, Dinah Shore, Colonel Sanders, and Queen (think Freddie Mercury) have in common? They have all...

In the summer of 2010, I started seeing flags everywhere. It was like when you buy a new car and then start seeing the same vehicle on...

The following essay appeared in the Union Leader on Sunday, August 9, 2020. Voices. Silent voices. When someone dies, the one thing you...

When I was ten years old, I sent my only love letter to John Wayne. I watched his films in our small Ohio town’s movie theatre, where he...

PELHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE: Incorporated 1746 “Bienvenue – Welcome to New Hampshire. Live Free or Die,” greets you at New Hampshire’s portion...

For a long time, I thought about Mammoth Road and wondered how it got the name. Was it named after the extinct woolly mammoth or...

“The coolest part was I saw a lot of bears in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia while on the Appalachian Trail. I was going through...

“I got Lyme disease, bit by a tick while I was in Pennsylvania heading south and got flu-like symptoms. My knees and my back were sore...

The Appalachian Trail (AT) has the distinction of being the longest hiking-only footpath in the entire world. At 2,200 miles, the AT runs...

Have you ever been inside the Searles School & Chapel on the east side of Windham? Just after Delahunty Garden Center on Range Road, sits...

My husband and I would drive through town, pass the MVC Eye Care, and the Enterprise Bank, and watch the progress of that stretch of road...

I want to talk about the meaning of spirit. What is spirit to you? When I posed the question of what is New Hampshire spirit to the...

Living on a State Highway By Beverly Stoddart Back in 1987, when we bought our house in New Hampshire, we accepted the fact that it was...

By Beverly Stoddart John Nemerowski, a friend and co-worker that I knew from my days at work for the Boston Herald, gave me some of the...

Have you ever wanted just to take a walk in a beautiful field and woods that has a brook running through the property and get away from...