Keene resident Robyn Shumer’s memoir chronicles her struggle with the eating disorder that surfaced in her childhood. By the time she was 8 years old in 1982, she was terrified that the scale in her doctor’s office would show her to be over 40 pounds. The New Jersey school she attended ...

I’ve written in the past about three people who I’ve been fortunate enough to have as mentors. A fourth, Tap Tapley, doesn’t qualify, only because I didn’t spend enough time with him. But he does qualify as being a role model second to none. I was with Tap only three times. In 1971, ...

When my husband and I were dating, I decided to make him a hand-knit sweater. A friend gave me the pattern and wool. She wanted to knit a sweater for her boyfriend, but they had broken up before she started the project. She wanted a fresh start, including gifting any crafts pertaining to ...

Fact: Almost a third of car crashes involve driving after alcohol consumption. We all know that drinking alcohol has an effect on various functions of our bodies, but most of us aren’t sure what effect the amount we drink actually has. While most people don’t immediately go straight to ...

It’s spring — think Green! With amber syrup and brown mud, spring has come to our North Country. Our backyard still has more than a foot of snow, and there is still ice in the driveway where the sun doesn’t reach. But the ice has started to come off the pond. Crocuses bloom at the ...