fall – Live Free and Draw 📖

7 July, 201410 July, 2014 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, food, NH history, SOURCE=HHS, weather

Colby 84: Offutt’s Crossroads

Colby enjoys the lovely fall weather ... for a little while.

8 September, 20138 September, 2013 Marek 1990s, food, guest artist, Keene, NH history, pumpkins

Diary of a Keene Pumpkin (GUEST POST)

Guest artist Rudy takes a whimsical pumpkin's-eye-view of the early days of the Keene Pumpkin Festival...

29 October, 20123 May, 2023 Marek 1930s, 1938 Hurricane Letter, Contoocook, Henniker, weather

Hurricane Letter from Henniker (1938) (Part 1)

A Henniker schoolteacher wrote this letter to her mother during the Hurricane of '38...

26 October, 20122 November, 2012 Marek 1700-1799, Concord, John Stark, Londonderry, Manchester, NH State House, revolutionary era, statues

Sketching statues on the State House lawn today, I found myself drawn to Major General John Stark's defiant stance beneath the falling maple leaves... As I drew, a boisterous school group passed through the plaza, and I heard a weary teacher saying, "Tommy, what did I just tell you? Don't try to be DIFFERENT, just GET … Continue reading John Stark Statue (Concord)