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Keeping Christmas all year long – the miracle of intention

“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” – Jane Goodall Can thinking of others improve your health? What is the power of collective thought? How does prayer act like a mirror? We are in the midst of the Twelve Days of ...

An unlikely combination: The art and science of Robert Frost

“Study the science of art. Study the art of science. Develop your senses – especially learn to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else.” – Leonardo da Vinci Though it is not always apparent how art and science inform each other, it is dramatically apparent if you look ...

Santa always comes through

And finally it’s Christmas. A time for remembrance of happy Christmas past; for enjoying happy Christmas present; for anticipation of happy Christmas future. Many years ago, Francis Church of the New York Sun wrote a famous editorial in reply to a letter from an 8-year-old girl, Virginia ...

The ‘joy’ of cooking

I reek of garlic and red wine, with beef after-tones. When I walk through the kitchen, Rilian’s nose goes straight up in the air, and he inhales deeply, with sincere appreciation. When I went upstairs to give Bill a chance to watch the Patriots game alone (it’s a gift I give my spouse ...

All I want for Christmas is …

Although I am well beyond my years of writing letters to that jolly big guy from the North Pole and I’m at that age where I am fortunate enough to no longer be in need of material things, while sipping my morning coffee, I pondered what I might say to the man from up north were I to pen a ...

Why is education reform in this country stuck in a rut?

Winter is coming and anyone who has been in New Hampshire for any length of time has probably helped someone retrieve their errant car from a snowbank. When in that predicament, some are expert drivers and accelerate just right to get the car moving; others; however, put their foot on the ...