Here In Hanover - Summer 2023

CANAAN,NH Beautiful historic Webster farm with 4 br and2.5 ba on 12.16+/- acres. Extensive built-ins throughout the home. Barn features finishedheatecl space. $899.000

LYME,NH ln the heart of the village, walking distance to school, shops, restaurants. 4 br, 2.5 ba on a .67 ac lot. A generous2496 sq ft. Great location! $725,000

THETFORD,VT Exceptional high encl home on80+/-ac of open fields and private woods. 3 br, 3.5 ba. Hardwood floors. Central a/c. High speed internet. Solar. 3 car garage. $1,345,000

HANOVER,NH Gracioushome, beautifullyrenovatedintheheart of clown-town Hanover. 4 br, 4.5 ba. Superb kitchen, 2 large living rooms. $2,500,000

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WHITERNERJCT,VT Well builthome in quiet neighborhood. Hardwood floors. 3 br, 2.5 baths. Large living spaces include living room, dining room and heated sunroom. Garage. $649,000

LEBANON,NH Lovely cape with 3 br, 2 bain convenient neighborhood setting. Open, sunny floor plan. Just 6 miles to DHMC, 3 mi to Hanover. $469,000

BARNET,VT Beautih.1lly maintained log cape has 3 hr, 3 ba, lovely up ro date kitd1cn, and spacious living area. 10 acres. Barn. Encl of road solitude. $335,000

WILDER,VT Bright and cheery one floor living with2 br,2 full baths. Lovely community close to Dartmouth. On a bus route. Swimming pool, trails. $409,000

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CONTENTS

4 0 Loch Lyme Lodge: Past, Present, Future

A continuing legacy of hospitality.

by Anne Richter Arnold

5 2

Calling All Adventurers

Your fishing experience starts with TBC Guides.

by Wren Wahrenberger

62 Grussgot from Graz

Austria’s second-largest city has a hill worth hiking.

by Lisa Ballard

70 Backyard Fun for Grownups

Reawaken your inner child. by

E. Senteio

Photograph by Lars Blackmore

by

by Dean Whitlock

by Katherine P. Cox

by Susan Nye

by Julia Neily

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103 Advertisers Index

104 Hanover Talks

A conversation with Rob McGregor, executive director, LISTEN Community Services. by Mike Morin

Photograph by Lars Blackmore.

HANOVER and neighboring communities

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Here’s to a Super Summer!

e carefree days of summer are nally here, so make the most of them while you can. Head out to your favorite swimming spot or check out one of many area trails for hiking and biking. Consider spending a few hours on the Stra ord Town Trail system, where you’ll be treated to many species of wild owers, including wild orchids, or lady’s slippers. Trail Commissioner Mike Hebb has identi ed 74 ower species, and he has dedicated years to planning and building various routes through the woods so visitors can enjoy the beauties of nature (page 36). Or is your idea of a perfect day being on the water? en try going out for an exciting trip with shing guide Mike Blatt (page 52). So much to do, so little time! ere’s plenty of fun to experience at home as well, so plan a neighborhood cookout or block party. When everyone brings a dish to share, work is minimal, but enjoyment is multiplied. Our story on page 70 outlines plenty of ideas for backyard fun and games, so invite your friends—the more, the merrier!

Have you ever been to Loch Lyme Lodge? It’s a beautiful, private spot with a fascinating history. Learn more about it in our feature beginning on page 40. Planning a European vacation this year? You may want to add Graz, Austria, to your itinerary once you read Lisa Ballard’s enchanting story about her visit there (page 62).

While you’re frolicking this season, don’t forget to keep in touch with local news and events at www.greateruppervalley.com. Enjoy!

Deborah Thompson Executive Editor dthompson@mountainviewpublishing.com

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Anne is a writer and journalist who shares her passion for wine through her blog, tasting events, and educational classes. She is also or n on her rst nove , a sy ho o a thriller set in New Hampshire. In her free time, she enjoys world travel, playing the piano, hiking, kayaking, and creating wonderful meals to pair with wine. She makes her home on the Seacoast with her husband, dogs, cats, and chickens.

A full-time freelance writer and photographer, Lisa is a graduate of Dartmouth College who resided in the Upper Valley for another 25 years. She is the author of 10 books, including Best Hikes with Dogs: New Hampshire and Vermont, Hiking the White Mountains, and Hiking the Green Mountains She covers all types of outdoor recreation, travel, and conservation topics for over 25 magazines. www.LisaBallardOutdoors.com

Originally from Denmark, Lars has worked as a photojournalist since the early 1990s, covering everything from concerts to war zones for the Associated Press, Save the Children, and others. He now lives in Norwich, Vermont, with his wife and spends time between assignments on the trails across Northern New England.

Mike

Morin, WRITER

Mike is a 50-year radio and TV personality, hosting shows in New York City, Boston, and most recently in New Hampshire. He’s a humor columnist for the Nashua Telegraph and can be heard weekends on Boston’s WBZ NewsRadio 1030, talking food with ordan h, host of Connoisseur’s Corner Look for his third book on the history of the Red Arrow Diner.

Wren Wahrenberger, WRITER

Wren lives with her family in Hanover and tea hes ourna s and t on r t n at Hanover High School. When not reading students’ a ers, she nds t e for re u ar yoga practice and hiking with her dogs, as well as keeping a small vegetable garden in the summer. Besides writing articles for Here in Hanover, ren en oys r t n t on.

Dean, a longtime resident of Thetford, Vermont, is a freelance writer, author, and fundra s n au t oneer for non ro ts. e s also an amateur birdwatcher of many years standing, thanks to his wife, his mothern a , and a he arson’s Silent Spring. ou an nd out ore a out h s nove s and short stor es at dean h t o . o .

Lars Blackmore, PHOTOGRAPHER

Lisa Ballard, WRITER AND PHOTOGRAPHER

Anne Richter Arnold, WRITER

In March, Rob McGregor began his role as executive director of LISTEN, which has been providing food, heating, and housing assistance to the Upper Valley community since 1972.

The early childhood music department offers Rhythm Kids to help youngsters build rhythmic skills through drumming, movement, song, and games.

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HELPING HANDS FOR THE COMMUNITY hore or s

Bill Fontaine, a retired Dartmouth College librarian, has been paying it forward for about 20 years as a volunteer for RSVP Chore Corps. For many years his elderly parents lived 10 hours away in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and relied on the kindness of neighbors to assist them with little jobs at their home. “Volunteering with Chore Corps is a way to pay back for the years I couldn’t always be there to help my parents,” he says. “In rural states, as we get older, our networks of assistance shrink. It can be hard to nd or a ord contractors for little things you can’t do yourself. It feels good to help other people.”

Chores he has helped people with over the years include reglazing windows, swapping out window AC units, taking something to the landll, changing smoke alarm batteries, changing light bulbs, stacking wood, and even removing a wasp nest. He also has o ered computer help when a house call is needed.

“Volunteering is a great opportunity for people who have developed a skill set from owning a home or xing things in their apartment,” Bill says. “ ere is a need for volunteers comfortable with technology too. And when you go to people to help them, it is another bit of social contact for them.”

Chore Corps is sponsored locally through the Grafton County Senior Citizens Council and operates speci cally as part of RSVP, which is an AmeriCorps Seniors project pitched to seniors 55 years and older. Programs include RSVP Bone Builders and Good Morning telephone reassurance. “We want to get the word out to more people. ese free services all rely on volunteers to deliver services,” says Teresa Volta, program director at the RSVP Volunteer Center who has been involved since 1994. “We recruit, screen, train, and schedule throughout Grafton and Sullivan Counties in New Hampshire.

We match needs based on where volunteers live and what skills they have. Volunteers are not employees so don’t do lawn mowing or shoveling on a regular basis, with the exception of food delivery.” ey also don’t do roof or so t jobs.

Chore Corps serves 51 towns. Clients interested in getting help do intakes over the phone with Teresa or her sta , helping them to be matched to volunteers who provide Chore Corps with three references and are interviewed for clearance to participate. e sta identi es the requests of clients, often brainstorming with them on how to get projects done through grants or community resources if the need is beyond the scope of Chore Corps.

Eleanor Co ey, one of the people assisted by Chore Corps, sums up the value to her: “ e Chore Corps volunteers have been a bright light in my life. eir assistance has facilitated my aging in place. I can’t commend them highly enough. A great service.”

For more information about Chore Corps or other RSVP services and how to get or give help, visit gcscc.org or call (877) 711-7787. •

Opposite top: Eleanor Coffey gives Bill and Charlie an appreciative thumbs up for getting a head start on winter. Below, from far left: Corps volunteers gather at the Home Depot for lunch and to learn about winterizing homes. Chore Corps volunteer Bill Fontaine receives the Vaughan Award from Governor Sununu and staff for service to older adults in New Hampshire. Chore Corps volunteer helps with a Granite United Way “Day of Service” project.

“In rural states, as we get older, our networks of assistance shrink. It can be hard to nd or a ord contractors for little things you can’t do yourself. It feels good to help other people.”

MAKING A HEALTHY DIFFERENCE Fermented Foods Classes

Making bread is one of life’s delights, full of simplicity and tradition. Making sourdough bread adds even more pleasure, rooted as this age-old process is in the art of fermentation. Stéphanie Durand of Hanover brings a special knowledge of fermented foods, ranging from sourdough bread to kombucha, ke r, and vegetables, to her classes at the Richard W. Black Community Center in Hanover, o ered through Hanover Parks and Recreation.

“I am super enthusiastic about sharing this information with people,” Stéphanie says. “ e right kind of microorganisms in the body makes a di erence between health and sickness. I enjoy sharing how to make good food. We have more microorganisms than we have human cells in our body. If we eat things that disrupt the microbes, we are going to disrupt our bodies.”

Stéphanie’s connection to fermentation began as a biologist working in a lab. She and her family moved to Hanover in 2010 from Canada. For about 12 years, she worked for Adimab in Centerra Parkway in Lebanon. “I studied yeast and bacteria in a lab setting,” she explains. “I know microorganisms from that angle.” She would bring fermented bread or vegetables to a potluck and people asked her how to make them. at led to her o ering classes. She also operates a home bakery, Rising Bread Flower, (tinyurl.com/risingbread ower), selling bread, cookies, crackers, and granola.

“My impetus to teach comes because people think sourdough bread is complicated to make,” Stéphanie says. “In reality, you get a starter, put it in the fridge, and feed it once a week. You don’t need special equipment. In my class, I teach people to make the bread simply. Parchment paper, a cookie sheet, and an oven are all you need.”

Clockwise from left: St phanie Durand demonstrates bread dough shaping. Materials for the class. Bread from her home bakery.

In another class, Stéphanie teaches students how to make kombucha, a fermented tea drink associated with health bene ts. She identi es its preparation as very low maintenance, noting you can go on vacation and the starter will be alive when you get back home. is summer, closer to harvest time, she will o er a class in making fermented vegetables. Once again, she emphasizes the simplicity of the process that requires salt, clean water, and a source of tannin such as a fresh oak leaf. Dilly beans are a favorite of hers, made by stu ng green beans in a jar and adding the brine, dill, and leaf.

In addition to the fermented foods classes, Stéphanie teaches people how to make soap. Since 2014, she has made more than 30 batches, beginning with a trade with a farmer for his beef suet (which she rendered for her soap) in exchange for giving him soap. “Soap is great for gifts,” she says. “I use essential oils for a really natural product.”

For more information about Stephanie’s classes, visit Hanover Parks and Recreation, hanovernh.myrec.com. •

Clockwise from right: Instructor St phanie Durand. Handmade soap. Jars of kombucha brewing.

The Stars Above Circus

The magic of the circus in America dates back more than 200 years. Josh Aviner, owner of the 21st century Stars Above with his wife Lyndsay, knows all about the twists and turns of circus history. “I’m the biggest circus nerd you’ll ever talk to,” he says with a laugh, going back in time to 1815 to 1825, before circus tents, animal menageries, and even the invention of bleachers. “ e circus in America in that time period was mainly in New England,” he says. “Ten to twenty people traveled around performing. Today we do a contemporary version of that time. We’re harking back to the time before Ringling Brothers.”

Stars Above, the outdoor touring circus, is being presented by Hanover Parks and Recreation. It will be in Hanover on

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, August 11 to 13 with shows at 4 and 7pm, bringing to town “A Day in Life on a Circus Lot” set up in the eld adjacent to the Richmond School at 63 Lyme Road. is contemporary 80-minute show reveals the show behind the show and the onstage performance orchestrated by the ringmaster and the clown. e singing ringmaster, played by Brett Alters, interacts with the clown, played by Joy Powers. She is not a scary clown but an approachable one described by one young fan as looking “like my second-grade teacher!” e crowd will be delighted by acrobatics, aerials, juggling, and much more.

e family-friendly show is designed to captivate little kids all the way up to folks in their nineties. All of the performers are trained in di erent ways. Some have about 200

Above: osh and yndsay viner, founders of Hideaway ircus and creators of tars bove.

Right: elaney ayles and illem cGowan uggle clubs with a view of ount scutney in the background.

Top left: Udae Circus performers wear jumpsuits during the "Set-Up" scene group choreography with Lindsey Culbert-Olds on aerial rope.

Bottom left: The cast of circus performers in full costumes shortly after sunset.

Top right: Joy Powers, the clown of Stars Above, on stage.

Bottom right: Acrobat Colin Andre-Heriaud balances on a stack of chairs.

e family-friendly show is designed to captivate little kids all the way up to folks in their nineties.

around & about years of circus blood from families with a history in the business. Some, like Josh, are new to the circus.

e show is comprised of American and foreign performers. For example, a duo from Ukraine does a roller-skating act. A new act features a French performer who does an acrobatic bike act. Fan favorites include the diablo Chinese yo-yo and bounce juggling on skateboards.

e couple founded a producing company, Hideaway Circus, in 2014. Stars Above was born during the pandemic when Josh and Lyndsay found their shows on O -Broadway and in Las Vegas shut down. “When the unexpected happened, we pulled together, leaning on community to make the show go on,” he says. Josh, the producer, has a long background in the circus dating from his time as a kid doing gymnastics and was inspired rst by Dralion by Cirque Du Soleil and then by Circus Smirkus. Lyndsay, the director, has a background in musical theater. “ ere is a market of people in New England who love circuses,” he says. “Our mission is to bring back this timeless form for them. With the work we’re doing, the pendulum is swinging back to the rejuvenation of the circus.”

e Stars Above audiences range in size from about 250 to 600 people. ere will be lights, sound, and folding chairs. People can also bring their own chairs. e o stage scene will look like the 1950s with concessions of cotton candy, popcorn, and other treats. Tickets cost $25 to $65 and can be purchased online at starsabovecircus.com. •

Congratulations to Us!

Our sta here at Mountain View Publishing is very excited to announce that we’ve been awarded the Upper Valley Business Alliance Leadership Award for Small Business of the Year. e Leadership Awards recognize nine businesses or organizations who demonstrate extraordinary business practices or leadership in the community.

“Our award recipients and nominees are truly re ective of the Upper Valley communities,” says Tracy Hutchins, executive director of the Upper Valley Business Alliance. UVBA’s membership is comprised of businesses and organizations from all over the Upper Valley region—both large and small—as well as many nonpro t organizations.

More than 950 people voted for the 2023 award recipients, which are Innovator of the Year: Joe Cli ord, Executive Director, Lebanon Opera House

Large Business of the Year: Geokon

Small Business of the Year: Mountain View Publishing

Young Professional of the Year: Dawn Archambeault, Co-Op Food Stores

Retail/Hospitality Business of the Year: Stateline Sports

Products/Services Business of the Year: Goss Logan Insurance

Healthcare/Wellness Business of the Year: Visiting Nurse & Hospice of VT & NH, a member of the Dartmouth Health system

Nonpro t of the Year: Cover Home Repair

Volunteer of the Year: Nickolas Newsome, volunteer for LISTEN Community Services

Bob Frisch, owner of Mountain View Publishing, Small Business of the Year

Award winner, says, “We feel very fortunate to have been in business in the Upper Valley since 1989. From radio to publishing, it’s been a great run and a pleasure being a part of our vibrant community.” For more information, contact the Upper Valley Business Alliance at (603) 448-1203 or uvba@ uppervalleybusinessalliance.com. •

Seeking AT Volunteers—Only Angels Need Apply

Area residents have long enjoyed a tradition of supporting Appalachian Trail (AT) hikers as they navigate the local portion of the 2,100-mile trail from Georgia to Maine, which passes directly through Norwich and Hanover. is support, provided by an organized group of Upper Valley residents often referred to as Trail Angels, comes in many forms, including hosting hikers overnight, shuttling hikers for food and gear resupply or to other locations on the trail, or providing trailside coolers with drinks and other refreshments. Many local businesses have a long tradition of o ering hikers free food, including a free donut at Lou’s, a free pizza slice at Ramunto’s, and a free day-old sandwich at Dan and Whit’s, as a means of saying “welcome.” e extent of kindness and generosity o ered by local residents and businesses has led to Norwich and Hanover being considered one of the most hiker-friendly areas along the trail. For those participating, it is a way to meet and assist some wonderful people and hear some amazing stories of adventures and exploits along the trail. In return for the kindness of helping or hosting a hiker, most trail angels’ only request is for hikers to pay it forward.

e local Trail Angel network is always looking to grow its list of volunteers. If you would like to join the e ort, please reach out to Wren Wahrenberger at kwahrenberger@comcast.net. •

Photo courtesy of Bill Young

Summer Reading

There are few pleasures like summer reading, whether you’re a kid with an impossibly long (and yet oh-soshort) stretch of days ahead of you or a grownup looking forward to maybe just an hour or two (okay, 40 minutes?) on the porch in the Saturday morning sun with a cup of co ee and a great book. If you’re hitting the beach or the woods (or leaning into armchair travel), this is a great time of year for readers. is summer turns out to be an outstanding one for new books, with masterful new works from beloved authors coming out alongside highly anticipated debuts. Let the summer reading begin!

e Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese (available now)

Fans of Cutting for Stone, rejoice: the wait for a new novel from Abraham Verghese is nally over, and it was worth it for this sweeping, multidecade saga of a family where, once in each generation, someone is lost to water.

A Stolen Child by Sarah Stewart Taylor (available now)

Long Island Detective Maggie D’arcy is back, only now, after a long training period, she’s o cially a Garda, settling into her new life in Ireland and working as a beat cop in Dublin. But when she responds to a domestic disturbance and nds a television star murdered, she quickly nds herself drawn back into the world of detective work in this fourth mystery from local author Sarah Stewart Taylor.

Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead (available July 18)

Colson Whitehead rarely revisits the same characters and settings twice, but this summer he brings us back to the world of Harlem Shu e and of Ray Carney, furniture store owner, sometime fence, and all-around character. e ’70s are here, New York is grittier than ever, and every time Ray tries to keep his head down and stay out of trouble, well, trouble nds him. You know how it goes, just like you know you want to read this book.

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (available August 1)

When three sisters, back home for harvest season at the family orchard in the spring of 2020, start to ask their mother about a long-ago romance, they uncover a story that a ects each of them in turn. A sweeping novel of family, memory, and love, Tom Lake is vintage Ann Patchett.

1964: Eyes of the Storm by Paul McCartney (available now)

In 1964, a bass player from Liverpool went on the road with his band, and he brought along a 35mm camera. In 2020, nearly 1,000 photos from that camera—documenting the Beatles’ rst trip to the US and their rapid rise to fame—were found in Paul McCartney’s archive, and he set about selecting 275 of them for this stunning book (with an introduction from Jill Lepore). ese images capture rsthand not only the explosion of Beatlemania but also the rapidly shifting culture of the mid-’60s, as seen by one of the era’s most in uential gures.

Dead Man’s Wake by Paul Doiron (available June 27)

Maine Game Warden Mike Bowditch and his new ancé Stacey Stevens are celebrating their engagement when they witness what appears to be a speedboat accident on a dark lake. Only in the morning light, it becomes clear that this accident was deadly . . . and that it wasn’t an accident at all. Readers around northern New England love Doiron’s atmospheric and fastpaced mystery series, and Dead Man’s Wake is another excellent installment.

Love, eoretically by Ali Hazelwood (available now)

Take one adjunct physics professor, multiply by her carefully constructed web of fake relationships, and then add one massive complication in the form of a cold, arrogant, and—okay, ne—extremely attractive experimental physicist, who just happens to stand between her and the job she wants. What could go wrong? With Ali Hazelwood, one of our favorite romance authors, at the helm, the answer is pretty much everything . . . but maybe these two can work it out in the end.

Translation State by Ann Leckie (available now)

Fans of cutting-edge science ction have been waiting a long time for something new from Ann Leckie, who blew the space opera genre wide open some years back with Ancillary Justice. In Translation State, she delves back into richly drawn and complex worlds with a breathtaking saga of diplomacy, language, and identity.

e Butcher, the Embezzler, and the Fall Guy: A Family Memoir of Scandal and Greed in the Meat Industry by Gretchen Cherington (available now) Beloved New England writer Gretchen Cherington, who has deep roots in the Upper Valley, returns to her family lore with this remarkable and fascinating memoir, this time focusing on her grandfather, who was red in 1922 by George A. Hormel (founder of Hormel Foods) in the wake of an embezzlement scandal. Was he involved? Did he take the fall for someone else? Or was the truth more complicated? With her signature insight, Cherington sets out to shed light on not only her own family’s story but also the mythologies we all hold dear.

“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”

“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”

Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West by Finn Murphy (available now)

When Finn Murphy, author of e Long Haul, retired from his trucking career, he had a great idea: he’d buy some land in Colorado and try his hand at industrial hemp farming. It didn’t, shall we say, go to plan. e charming, self-deprecating style and insight Murphy’s readers love is on full display here as he navigates a wild and crazy year in the nascent, tumultuous, and often absurd hemp industry.

Picture Day by Sarah Sax (available June 27)

When Viv decides to cut her hair on a livestream, just in time for school picture day, she goes viral and inspires her whole school. Soon, everyone is asking her to help them take chances in their own lives. But with so much attention from everyone else, will she have time for her closest friends, or for herself? Picture Day is an endearing graphic novel about popularity and being true to yourself, perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier!

Mexikid by Pedro Martín (available August 1)

It’s 1977, and Pedro Martín’s family is embarking on a rollicking road trip to Mexico to pick up Pedro’s abuelito, a “very stern, super-old man of mystery” who once fought in the Mexican Revolution. Pedro, who has always felt torn between America and Mexico, isn’t thrilled. But little does he know, this trip is about to teach him a lot: about history, his heritage, about being a person, and about life itself. is graphic memoir for readers ages 10 to 14 is smart, poignant, and sometimes bittersweet. It’s also snort-milk-out-your-nose hilarious.

Our Pool by Lucy Ruth Cummins (available now)

On a hot summer day, there are few things as wonderful as a trip to the pool, where everyone can get together to cool o and have fun. is richly illustrated picture book celebrates not just the season but the joy of community. Don’t forget your sunblock!

e Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale by Jon Klassen (available July 11)

e kind of picture book that only Caledcott Medalist Jon Klaassen could create, e Skull delivers his signature deadpan humor along with requisite chills to get us all in the mood for spooky season! In this adaptation of a traditional folk tale, a brave girl named Otilla comes upon a lonely haunted house occupied by a sentient skull who needs her help.

Guardians of Dawn: Zhara by S. Jae-Jones (available August 1)

Magic has been forbidden in the Morning Realms for decades, ever since monsters wreaked havoc many years ago. But when Zhara, who is hiding a magical gift of her own, stumbles upon a secret magical resistance network, she begins to discover that there’s more to the story than she’s been told. e rst in a sweeping new YA fantasy series, Guardians of Dawn: Zhara is immersive and exciting.

Most towns in the Upper Valley are graced with a few public trails that provide pleasant ways to escape into the woods and elds. e Stra ord, Vermont, Town Trail system stands out, both for its wide-ranging length—over 30 miles in well-marked sections that run from less than a mile to four or ve miles—and for the diversity of attractions that draw hikers, skiers, and bicyclists in every season.

Checking out the Strafford trails is a great way to spend a summer afternoon.

Opposite: Prepare to see crowds of lady’s slippers in the woods.

Orchids, Bear Nests, and Views! And

other good reasons to

seasonal views

BLOOMS AND BEARS

One of the primary attractions is the wildower population; in particular, orchids, including both showy and yellow lady slipper, downy rattlesnake orchid, ladies’ tresses, and more. Stra ord’s Trail Commissioner, Mike Hebb, has identi ed 74 species of wild owers, 11 of them orchids, blooming from late April through fall. (You’ll nd a photo gallery on the Stra ord Trails website, along with trail descriptions, directions, and maps.) Some of the most sought-after species can be viewed from a boardwalk loop on the Fen Trail in Sta ord’s Cobb Town Forest, o Hemenway Road. e orchids begin blooming in late May and early June.

More rare and harder to spot are the bear nests, which you’ll most likely nd in the beech groves scattered along the trails. Bears climb beech trees in the fall to reach the beech nuts, a favorite food. ey’ll stand on a big limb, break o a small branch, eat the nuts right there, then stick the branch into a sturdy crotch. Eventually they construct a rough, leafy platform, like a very large squirrel nest, that makes it easier to harvest nuts and serves as a safe place to nap. e trunks of the beech trees will sometimes show four parallel scratch marks made by the claws of climbing bears.

Mike Hebb uses a microscope to identify mosses.

Photo by Bill Shepard.

SUMMER HIKES AND PROGRAMS

June 25 – Mike Hebb and Micki Colbeck will lead a hike at Cobb Town Forest to see the showy lady’s slipper orchids (Cypripedium reginae). Meet at the Upper Village Town House parking area at 10am or the trailhead parking area at 10:15am.

July 9, August 13, September 10 – Second Sunday Ashley Forest hike with Dee Gish and Micki Colbeck.

July 15 (rain date July 16) – Anne Fayen will lead an educational kid-friendly walk at the Strafford Pocket Park. 3–4pm

August 5 – J.T. Erbaugh and Mike Hebb will lead the 10-mile hike from one end of our town trails to the other.

Fall 2023 – Courtney Potter, Anne Fayen, and Kate Bass will lead a series of educational programs on identifying, finding, and eradicating invasive plants. They will organize a Pull-Fest work day for the community.

EXPLORE THE AREA

en there are the excellent views to east and west from the peak of Whitcomb Hill (a mile or so ramble south from the Alger Brook Road trailhead), on the Town House Trail (from Stra ord Village to O’Neil Road o Route 132), and from the end of the Coburn Trail (overlooking Stra ord Village two-tenths of a mile up from the Justin Morrill Homestead). ere are other good views at several places along the Cross Town Trail, which runs a total of 10 miles from the highest point on Old City Falls Road (where the trail connects to Fairlee’s Cross Rivendale Trail system) to the Sharon Town Line at Copperas Road (where the trail connects to Norwich’s Gile Mountain area and trails). Trailheads can be found at all road crossings, though parking is limited at some.

Except for the Stra ord Town Forest sections and the top of Whitcomb Hill, the trails cross private land graciously made accessible by the landowners. Mike Hebb created the trail system in 2007, starting with the rst Cobb Town Forest

section. Mike, a longtime resident and avid hiker, envisioned the Cross Town Trail from the very outset and achieved that goal after several years. Other sections were added later, because they o ered special features like cellar holes, impressive stone works, wetlands, ridge lines, and seclusion. Mike planned his routes purposefully to avoid developed areas; the only houses you’ll see along the way are at road crossings. e routes are also designed for foot and ski tra c and people-powered bicycles (no motors, period). Dogs are welcome, but with restrictions (see the website for details).

Mike’s favorite trail crosses the top of Whitcomb Hill. ere’s the view, of course, but he negotiated the gift of the property to the town and says he still feels some responsibility for it. “I think people should know their town,” he says, “especially the undeveloped areas. Hopefully it will help preserve them in an undeveloped state.” For more information, visit the Stra ord Vermont Trail System website, stra ordtrails.yolasite.com. •

Clockwise from far left: A colorful hawkweed. Evidence of wodpeckers at work. Showy lady’s slippers. Fomes fomentarius , commonly known as the tinder fungus, is useful for starting fires. Kiosk at the Cobb Forest trailhead.

The waterfront at Loch Lyme Lodge.

Anne Richter Arnold Jen Cypress/Dwelling Photography

Loch Lyme Lodge: Past, Present, Future

A CONTINUING LEGACY OF HOSPITALITY

For scores of families, the Loch Lyme Lodge evokes happy summertime memories. For others, it promises the next generation an experience like no other. And for those who have a vision of what this exceptional property could become, there is a dream they hope will someday come true.

Loch Lyme Lodge was originally a 200-acre farm with a house built in 1784. In 1917, the farm was sold, and the house was converted into a bed and breakfast. In keeping with vacation trends of the time, the owners built individual cabins between the 1930s and the 1970s. e Barker family bought the property in 1946 and ran Loch Lyme Lodge until 2006, when they sold it to the current owners, the Pinnacle Project.

“Our family involvement with Loch Lyme Lodge dates back to the early 1940s when my mother became dining room hostess for Alice ayer,” Judy Fulton Barker recalls. “My parents owned Loch Lyme for three decades during the middle of the 1900s. My husband Paul and I enjoyed a similar length of time there. We could write a book detailing the reasons why Loch Lyme, for almost a century, has been a tremendous asset to the community. Its role in the Town of Lyme’s history cannot be denied. When it came time for us to sell the business, we looked into dividing the property into lots and selling it o piece by piece. We were saddened by the thought of how much would be lost if we chose this path. We felt extremely fortunate to be able to pass the property on to a group of people who had a vision that would keep the property intact and allow people for years to come to continue to enjoy this unique part of Lyme’s history.”

A NEW VISION

Liz Ryan Cole, one of the founding members of the Pinnacle Project, recalls “Loch Lyme Lodge came about as a group process. One evening we had a dinner party and the conversation turned to what we would do when we got older. e cohousing model that came from Denmark was something that we could all get behind. We started putting the money aside and looked for a place for the project. We found this property and thought it could work well for clustered housing with about 90 acres of open, shared land. e Barkers gave us a mortgage, which made it simpler. I remember thinking, ‘Wow we are really going to do this!’”

Since the Barkers had $140,000 in bookings already for the summer of 2006, the new owners decided to run the lodge for the summer and hired some local people to assist. e group eventually hired Jay and Amy Kelly, who have been the innkeepers since 2007.

Keeping the lodge running was something that the owners decided could work well in parallel to the cohousing project. Member Rich Brown says, “ e hospitality business brings a lot of life to the property, and we decided to continue it while the project got going and to keep it as a point of interest for new members.”

Top: A view of the Lodge from Route 10, 1940s.

Above: The barn, likely built in the 1890s. Loch Lyme Lodge plans to move the barn back from the road and renovate it for retreats and weddings.

Clockwise top left: Lakeside, the largest cabin with a lawn right by the beach. Lakeside’s living room and screened porch. Edgewood, a typical one-bedroom B&B cabin. Fernwood’s living room. Lakefield’s screened porch. Swim dock at the beach.

“Loch Lyme Lodge is beloved by an untold number of families who have been coming back for years and years. Besides being a beautiful and tranquil place, we have the pond for swimming and boating, tennis, volleyball, hiking, or you can do absolutely nothing—which is allowed here.”

Clockwise from top: The Lodge has welcomed guests for 100 years. The arch greets guests to the waterfront. Playwood cabin is filled with games and books. Kayaks, canoes, and paddleboards at the waterfront. A couple has their wedding ceremony on the waterfront and then use a tent behind the barn for their reception.

GENERATIONS OF SPECIAL MEMORIES

Now Loch Lyme Lodge is a 115-acre tranquil retreat on Post Pond with 20 rustic cabins and miles of hiking and biking trails. e Lodge serves guests from mid-May through the end of September. Guests can prepare their own meals in the cabins with kitchens or enjoy cuisine from the dining rooms in the old farmhouse turned inn. e current owners continue to operate the Lodge in much the same manner as it has been over the last century, drawing back families year after year for a one-of-a-kind rustic experience.

Rich says, “Loch Lyme Lodge is beloved by an untold number of families who have been coming back for years and years. Besides being a beautiful and tranquil place, we have the pond for swimming and boating, tennis, volleyball, hiking, or you can do absolutely nothing— which is allowed here.”

“It has been wonderful to share this special place with what we call the Loch Lyme Family—people who have been coming for generations,” says Liz. “ ey share their memories with us. A guest came and introduced us to his wife, whom he had met here years ago when they were only 12. ere was a couple who spent the rst night of their honeymoon at the lodge then came back on their 50th wedding anniversary to celebrate. We have families who have been coming for decades, now bringing the grandchildren or great grandchildren to experience a summer vacation here. Shirley Avakian, for example, now stays in the room in the Lakeside cabin where her grandfather used to stay when she would come with him as a girl. K. Karpen’s mom worked here as a cabin girl and he has spent at least one week at the lodge every year of his life (and I think he is probably in his 70s now). Many people are astonished to see that things have barely changed over the decades.”

the property.”

Rich recalls speaking to a teenage boy one summer. “He said, ‘I love to come to the lodge because each year the same families are here. I get to hang out with the kids and it’s like they are my fake cousins.’ Another example is four families who came by happenstance for the same week. eir kids all hung out and the parents did too, after which they made a point of booking the same weeks for years.”

As a business, Loch Lyme Lodge is an integral part of the community. For generations the lodge has been a source of summer jobs for local kids. ey also bring in summer workers who are students from other countries. “ ey get to meet the local kids as well as get to take time o to schedule trips to other parts of the country,” says Liz. “We had one young Englishman recently who came because his mother had been a summer employee here and wanted him to have the same experience she had.”

LOOKING AHEAD

For Liz and the other owners, Loch Lyme Lodge is a labor of love. “A summeronly model isn’t sustainable in the 21st century. To protect the Lodge, we must look for ways to make the business more pro table. We host several weddings here each year, but we could hold more events as well as o er retreat space by renovating the barn, which will have a large open space for dinners and dancing as well as breakout rooms.”

Pinnacle is made up of members who make a capital contribution to the corporation. Membership is open, says Liz. “Basically, we are looking for people who value community, have a vision to protect these 115 acres, and can laugh at

“But rst and foremost, we want to preserve this special place for future generations. Our hope is that people will sit by the water 100 years from now and appreciate everything we have done to preserve these elds and woods, and provide vacation and permanent homes while protecting

themselves. We have annual meetings, elect o cers, and have a transparent decision-making process. We have local members and members who live across the country. Members get to use the property, get discounts, and some will buy cabins, which range in price from $100,000 to $170,000. e Lodge manages the rentals and cabin owners get a small share of the pro ts.”

Liz continues, “ e group still has plans for the cohousing project and envisions a cluster of energy-e cient units on eight acres, while keeping about 90 acres of land undeveloped, building a mix of independent living and supported living with care on-site, just a mile from town. But rst and foremost, we want to preserve this special place for future generations. Our hope is that people will sit by the water 100 years from now and appreciate everything we have done to preserve these elds and woods, and provide vacation and permanent homes while protecting the property.” •

Loch Lyme Lodge

70 Orford Road

Lyme, NH

(603) 795-2141

lochlymelodge.com

A sunset over Post Pond.

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Dartmouth

Osher at Dartmouth is a volunteer, non-credit continuing education program for adults. We offer a wide variety of courses and events throughout the year, with opportunities to participate both in person and online. Don’t miss out on the many trips, courses, and lectures we offer throughout the year. Membership is open to everyone!

1 Court Street, Suite 380 Lebanon, NH (603) 646-0154

www.osher.dartmouth.edu

Mon–Thu 8:30am–4:30pm, Fri 8:30am–1pm

Johnson Audiology

Better hearing is directly linked to better relationships, more self-confidence, and even brain health. Hearing well is about being an active, connected part of your world. Sometimes, the answer is as simple as a hearing aid. Other times, it’s less obvious. That’s why we start the conversation by talking about you. We want to understand what’s going on in your life. nd as doctors of audiology, we listen to you from that professional perspective to give you a more connected life through better hearing. Want to know more Give us a call. We’re ready to listen.

2 Dorrance Place Hanover, NH (603) 643-4327

www.Johnson udiologyhearing.com

Matt Brown Fine Art

The MBFA gallery features artwork, crafts, and books by residents (past and present) of Lyme, New Hampshire, and Thetford, Vermont: paintings, prints, poetry, and pottery, photographs and floor cloths, cards and clocks, jewelry, woodenware, ceramics, and syrups. TNLG Highlights: Hand-made Prints from The New Leaf Gallery is up through July 15, followed by Three Breaths, Three Brushes: Paintings by Ginger Armstrong, Matthew Greenway, Stephanie Reininger, up through Sept. 30.

Visit our gallery website for more info.

1 Main Street, On the Common Lyme, NH (603) 795-4855

www.mbrownfa.com

Fri 10am–5pm & Sat 10am–3pm or by chance or appointment

White Wicker Rocker, watercolor by Stephanie eininger, 20 x 13

rpmNH

Visit us at our new location

After managing the Record and Poster Store in Hanover for the past 18 years, Upper Valley native Bryan Smith has reimagined and opened his new record and poster store at 53 South Main Street. The record collection spans all decades, while the poster collection is made up of historical offerings and original designs.  Don’t miss out on the store’s unique collection of New England colleges memorabilia.

53 South Main Street

Hanover, NH

(603) 643-6555

www.rpmNH.com

Open 7 days a week, 12–9pm

Hanover Scoops Ice Cream Shop

Hanover Scoops features locally made, farm to cone, hard and soft serve ice cream. njoy a selection of house favorite flavors or mix it up with a featured seasonal delight. Scoops is a full-service ice cream shop offering milkshakes, sundaes, and sweet, salty treats. Scoops is found in the heart of Hanover, next to the Nugget Theatre.

Visit their other location, Woodstock Scoops, in the village of Woodstock, Vermont.

57 South Main Street

Hanover, NH

Instagram @hanoverscoops

Glowen Day Spa

Glowen Day Spa is a beautiful private day escape located on the Lyme Common in New Hampshire. Glowen offers many skilled services for all your self-care needs in a relaxing, quiet, and comfortable environment. Whether it’s an advanced dermaplaning facial for your targeted skin concerns, a lash lift to perk up your brow area, or a healing reiki treatment to replenish your soul, you are bound to leave feeling refreshed and rejuvenated.

Danielle Benc e takes pride in utili ing high-quality products designed to give you the ultimate luxurious spa experience in a comfortable atmosphere while remaining both local and affordable. veryone deserves a pampered personali ed experience designed to beautify the outside while nourishing the inside. Visit Glowen Day Spa to feel the positive shift in your energy and to leave being your best self.

Danielle Bencze

18 On the Common Lyme, NH

(603) 212-8216

www.glowendayspa.com

amunto’s Brick & Brew

Here at amunto’s Brick & Brew we are dedicated to the highest quality New ork pi as. Our handcrafted pi as, cal ones, and stromboli require the freshest dough, which is made daily along with our signature sauce and freshly grated, premium whole-milk mozzarella. Our authentic wood-fired and seasoned slate ovens finish the process with our skilled cooks monitoring the process. Come join us for a real pi eria experience in a fun family atmosphere.

9 South Street

Hanover, NH

(603) 643-9500

www.ramuntospizza.com

Owner/licensed esthetician

The Norwich Bookstore

Located in the heart of Norwich, Vermont, just five minutes from the Dartmouth College Campus, the Norwich Bookstore is a vibrant, general interest bookstore, serving the Upper Valley since 1994. nown for our community programming, author events, and personali ed staff recommendations, we strive to embody the spirit of cooperation, diversity, and independent thought seen throughout our community. Whether you’re seeking that one book everyone’s talking about, greeting cards for every occasion, book club picks, or simply your next favorite read, we’re here to help!

291 Main Street, Norwich, VT (802) 649-1114

www.norwichbookstore.com

Mon–Sat, 9am–6pm Sun 11am–5pm

Twitter: @NorwichBooksVT

Instagram: @norwichbookstore

The Gilded dge

Visit Us at Our New Location n award-winning custom picture framing shop offering options for every budget, from ready-made frames and the new Frugal Framing line to full custom, hand-finished frames that are works of art themselves. We have received our 13th consecutive Best of the Best picture framers in the Upper Valley!

69 Hanover Street

Lebanon, NH

(603) 643-2884

www.gildededgeframing.com

Wed–Fri 10am–6pm, Sat 10am–5pm

Closed Mon & Tue to allow for production hours. ll hours by appointment only.

Norwich Knits

Yarn & Craft

The Ivy dit

The Ivy dit is the trendy sister of the popular 37 Central Clothiers in Woodstock, Vermont. It’s flirty, fashion forward, and fun. Whether you’re looking for a special occasion dress, going out top, or just a great pair of Levi’s, you will find it there. Ivy also has an expanding selection of footwear. Visit the Ivy dit, tucked just off Main Street in the alley next to Molly’s estaurant. Follow them on Instagram @the ivy edit.

43 South Main Street Suite 2

Hanover, NH (603) 277-9147

www.theivyedit.com

Norwich nits offers a carefully curated collection of yarn and fiber, with one room dedicated to national brands and one room dedicated to local fiber farms, spinners, and dyers. We offer classes, craft nights, and knitting help as well as the Green Mountain arn Club, a monthly box club featuring yarn from Vermont farms and other goodies from the Green Mountain State.

289 Main Street

Norwich, VT

www.norwichknits.com

Please check the website for our current hours.

Honey Field Farm

Honey Field Farm Stand and Greenhouses

Open all season!

Stock up on certified organic vegetables fresh from the field, or veggie and herb starts for your own garden!

Browse annual and perennial flowers, house plants, and our large collection of succulents and cacti.

Open through October 31

Weekdays 10am–6pm

Weekends 10am–4pm

55 Butternut Road

Norwich, VT (802) 649-1500

www.honeyfieldfarmvt.com

Lemon Tree Gifts

Distinctive Gifts, Jewelry & Home Décor

Visit the Upper Valley’s premiere gift shop where you’ll find a little something for everyone! Discover an array of treasures, including unique Dartmouth items, New Hampshire and Vermont mementos, Maple syrup and candy, toys and games for all ages, bath and body, jewelry, candles, men’s and baby gifts, comfy throws, and much more!

We offer shipping and complimentary local area delivery options. We look forward to being part of your Hanover shopping experience!

Don’t forget to visit us in our PowerHouse Mall location across from L.L.Bean!

28 South Main Street (next to Lou’s) Hanover, NH

(603) 643-5388

Lemon Tree Gifts of Hanover

Open Daily

The Fourth Place

The home for everyone who loves games, comics, and geek culture has free events every day: Wednesday is new comic book day, and the best time to meet people who love comics, graphic novels, and super heroes. Thursday evening is our board game night for all skill levels, featuring members and regulars teaching new games. Friday we play collectible card games like Magic: The Gathering. Saturday is for monthly events like miniatures painting and crafting, free multiplayer video games, social games, and roleplaying games like Dungeons & Dragons. Sunday afternoons are for families, with all kid-friendly tabletop games in our library available to play for free, and a free day pass for an adult with every day pass purchased for a kid.

Visit 4th.me/events for our most up-to-date calendar of events, and more details!

3 Lebanon Street (Second Floor)

Hanover, NH

(603) 277-9659

thefourthplacehanover.com

Instagram @4thplacegames

Twitter @4thplacegames

Open 2–10pm, until 11pm on Fri & Sat, Closed Mon & Tue

by Wren Wahrenberger photography by Lars Blackmore

Calling All Adventurers!

“My heart is on the water.”

—Mike Blatt

Mike pulls the Jackson Coosa X to set up for a guest.

Mike Blatt, the only Hanover-based shing guide who is licensed with New Hampshire Fish and Game, recalls a time when he gave a guest some basic shing advice: “While you are reeling in a sh, make sure the head doesn’t get out of the water,” he said. “If the head gets out, the sh will jump out of the water, and you will lose it.” Soon the guest hooked a northern pike, but he wanted to get a look at it before he netted it. As soon as he pulled the head out of the water, the sh jumped up and over the guest’s head, the sh’s tail hitting the guest’s hat. e guest said, “You know, Mike, when you tell me these stories, I think you are just telling sh stories. But this stu actually happens to you!”

Mike uses his expertise to make sure that his guests of TBC Guides, the Upper Valley’s premier kayak, ice shing, and y- shing guide service, will have a great time, but foremost in his mind is safety. With his New Hampshire license he brings extensive knowledge of shing species, regulations, and lures, as well as map and compass skills needed for rescue. He has training in how to control the scene in the event of emergencies. “ ey want to make sure that, as a representative of the state of New Hampshire, you give visitors the same care as a game warden,” he says.

Always Be Prepared

Mike has worked in outdoor education since he was a ski instructor as a teenager. He later became certi ed in swift water rescue and advanced whitewater kayaking instruction. He tears up as he remembers several dear friends who have passed away on the water, in particular one mentor who taught him to kayak. “ ese are the kinds of things in the back of my mind when I take people out,” he says. “My advice is always to paddle with someone more advanced than you, who you feel could save you if you were in a sticky situation.”

Although Mike has left the dangerous sport of whitewater kayaking behind, he prepares for every experience out on the calmer waters of Vermont and New Hampshire lakes and rivers

Left: A little break after lunch. One person wants to wade across the rocks while the other enjoys the kayak. Mike sets off to find more fish.

Below from far left: Mike explains to his guest the accessories on the kayak and how each is used. Mike takes a standing break. Mike finds another stash of largemouth bass.

Top: Mike jumps into fly casting for bass with his guests.

Clockwise from above: Mike sets up a rod, reel, and lure for every situation needed. Mike ties a fly on his fly rod. Mike rigs up the Mark IV Flex drive on one of the Jackson Knarr pedal kayaks.

as if a rescue may need to be executed.

e “trip talk” for his guests begins on dry land and starts with Mike out tting guests for the weather. He brings along extra warm clothing if they don’t come prepared. “You can catch the most amazing sh,” he says. “But if you aren’t comfortable and you aren’t warm, you’re not having any fun.”

Next comes the water safety talk, basic kayak instruction, and the tting of personal oatation devices. With intention, his eet of kayaks from Jackson Kayaks are all so wide that they are “very hard to ip.” Still on dry land, he teaches his guests additional safety procedures, such as where to put the hooks when they aren’t in the water, so that you don’t hook a person.

Choose Your Fishing Adventure

TBC Guides takes out guests of all levels of experience. He says his “absolute favorites are people with no experience because they don’t have any bad habits yet.” He will teach them “how to cast, how to reel a shing reel, how to set a hook, and how to net a sh.” Mike’s goal is to teach his guests how to sh without him. “If they can’t do it on their own after four hours, then I’ve done something wrong as an instructor,” he says. Even so, they often come back for repeat tours to learn more advanced skills. “Fish patterns change like the seasons,” Mike says, so when he doesn’t have a trip scheduled, he is often out checking new locations to nd out where the sh are, and what they are biting on.

Right now, Mike limits the number of kayaks in each group to four. “Otherwise, it’s like herding cats,” he laughs. TBC Guides has a new guide this year with a shing pontoon boat to take out larger groups and families. In the future, Mike plans to add a power boat to his eet for shing tours.

TBC guides provide full- and halfday trips. “Half-day trips are great for kids who can sometimes only take this much,” he says. “Full-day trips are for

guests who want to see some scenery and wildlife, like red-tailed hawks, eagles, and river otters.” Mike packs a lunch for his all-day guests. “Being from New Orleans, I love to cook,” he says.

TBC Guides o er three-day overnight shing trips on the Connecticut River during the summers. Groups kayak to one of the islands and stay overnight. He organizes the meals but brings “only the accoutrements” to accompany the northern pike, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, walleye, or trout his guests reel in.

Fishing for the Whole Family

Mike enjoys a sh that isn’t easy to catch. “ ere is nothing like catching a river walleye; the Connecticut has some little monsters. When they are hooked, you feel like you are pulling in a rock,” he says. “ ey are sensitive to light, so they go down deep.” Mike says sometimes women will come along on trips with their signi cant others to catch the scenery with binoculars. But he says that if they decide to sh, they often catch the bigger sh. He says TBC Guides is now adding a women’s kayak clinic. “Women are inherently better anglers,” he says. “ ey have more nesse, more patience, and are technique oriented, instead of trying to power through.”

Set up for the trip are one Jackson Knarr loaded with a trolling motor, fish finder, and fishing rods; one Jackson Knarr set up with the matching Orion cooler; and one Jackson Coosa X, a favorite fly-fishing platform.

TBC Guides also runs school vacation three-day and ve-day shing and ice shing camps for kids. “ ere is nothing more instantly gratifying to a child than catching a sh,” he says. e kids learn about safety, sh species, and shing regulations. A priority for him is teaching kids how to safely handle a sh (some have teeth!) and how to remove the lure so that the sh will survive once it is let go. If the children’s parents aren’t planning to cook and eat the sh, the kids can’t keep it as a trophy. He takes a picture, weighs and measures it, and then “it’s going back.”

“A shing trip with a guide can be fairly expensive,” Mike says, but as a parent, he strives to keep the cost of kids’ camps a ordable—and each child can bring along an adult for free. “My daughter is my favorite person to sh with. She will hook three sh before I get a line in the water,” Mike says, referring to his sevenyear-old with a proud laugh.

Journey to the Upper Valley

Mike himself always loved shing and started shing when he was four years old in New Orleans. He shed o the coast of North and South Carolina for red sh and caught tuna in the Mexican Paci c when he was living in San Diego working for a small wine importer. He ended up in the wine industry after getting a degree in Communication from the University of Utah.

“My Dad had a wine cellar when I was growing up, and I was always interested in wine,” he says, explaining the career pivot. Mike met his wife Sarah in the wine industry. Sarah, a West Point graduate and retired US Army intelligence o cer, “wanted more in life than selling wine,” so the couple, who married at an Italian vineyard, moved to the Upper Valley so that she could pursue her MBA at Tuck School of Business.

After settling in Hanover, the family went on regular shing trips along the Connecticut, and Mike, who was working at a tech start-up company, started to amass more and more expensive shing gear. Sarah’s reaction was “Honey this is great. I’m glad you’ve found your love of shing again, but why don’t you use all of this gear to start a business taking people shing?” And Mike’s new business was born. When considering a name for the business, he thought about what the family called their garage where he keeps all of his gear: the Blatt Cave, or TBC for short.

Mike didn’t want to be that person coming from another part of the country “who takes business away from local shing guides.” Few guides specialize in kayak shing, so he centered his adventures around the more “patient angler.” His service attracts eco tourists who like the idea of keeping their footprint small.

Mike admits to learning from his guests. One short-term resident of the Upper Valley wanted to try being an outdoorsman for the rst time in his life. Mike was skeptical when the guest brought portable speakers on the kayak, thinking the music would scare away the sh. Ironically, when the guest started blasting Beyoncé, he soon caught the two biggest rainbow trout of the day.

Often the tourists that Mike takes out on the water are inspired by the beauty of our waterways and end up wanting to buy a home in the area. He is surprised by “Upper Valley residents who haven’t gone 20 minutes out to experience their surrounding wilderness.” He wants to introduce people to their own backyard. “ e thing that I’m doing is so much more than shing,” he says. •

TBC Guides

Hanover, NH

(828) 246-5616

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The author enjoys the view of Graz from the Hanging Garden.

Grussgot from Graz

AUSTRIA’S SECOND-LARGEST CITY HAS A HILL WORTH HIKING

Lisa Ballard

“Grussgot,” said the man coming down the stone steps as I passed him, laboring upward toward the top of the Schlossberg in the center of Graz, Austria. Grussgot is the universal greeting in this central European country known for its Alpen peaks and apple strudel.

“Grussgot,” I replied back, trying to return his friendly smile between deep gulps of air. Two hundred sixty steps were a lot of steps! ere were other ways to get to the top of the Schlossberg, a 1,500-foot-high hill in the middle of Graz, namely an elevator and a funicular (two cars on a train track that balance each other going up and down). However, I’m a hiker and couldn’t resist climbing the Friedensteig (Peace Trail), also called the Russian Steps because they were built by Russian prisoners during World War I. e impressive stone staircase zigzagged up a precipitous rock wall, sometimes hugging it and other times hanging on it, to the city’s highest point.

About two-thirds of the way up the cli , the path came to a T. Having no idea what was ahead in either direction except for more steps, I turned left and quickly found myself in a series of narrow garden terraces called the Hanging Gardens of Graz.

Tulips, hyacinth, and narcissus splashed color under blooming dogwoods and wisteria. e lemon and g trees had unfurled their new pastel leaves, while other perennials and shrubs brightened an otherwise gray day. As I climbed, I had to pause every few steps to take in the fabulous ora on one side and the expanding panorama on the other of the Mur River owing among a sea of terracotta-tiled rooves.

HISTORY OF GRAZ

Graz, population 284,000, is not a big city by global standards, but it’s the second largest in Austria after Vienna and the capital of the Austrian state of Steiermark (also called Styria). It lies 95 miles southwest of Vienna and 30 miles from the border of Slovenia, between the Styrian Alps and a large swath of farmland. e city’s close proximity to Slovenia is evident in its name, which is derived from the Slavic word gradec, meaning “small fortress,” an apt moniker. Although my goal was to reach the top of the Schlossberg, which translates to “castle hill” in German, the military role of this strategic high point greatly overshadowed the fact that a castle once stood there.

Graz was settled in the early 12th century but rose to prominence in the Middle Ages as the residence of the Leopoldine Habsburgs, a branch of one of Europe’s long-ruling dynasties.

e Habsburgs had a residence atop the Schlossberg, but it’s better known for its forti cations, which successfully resisted sieges by Hungarian and Turkish invaders for more than 200 years. Napoleon Bonaparte also coveted the Schlossberg.

During the Napoleonic Wars, the French besieged this hilltop bastion three times, in 1797, 1805, and 1809. It was eventually destroyed by the French as a provision of an 1809 peace treaty, after which most of it became a public park. Some of the fortress’s massive 19-foot-thick, 62-foot-high walls remain, as well as the city’s most famous landmark, a 90-foot-tall clock tower that dates back to 1559, and a bell tower that was part of the former fortress. ese two

Above: A remaining wall of the bastion atop the Schlossberg. From near right: The Russian Steps winding up the side of the Schlossberg. The clock tower above the rooves of the city. A sidewalk passing under the remains of the massive bastion wall.

TRAVEL SAVVY

Travel to Graz: Fly to Graz (GRZ) from other cities in Europe. Major carriers that fly to Graz on itineraries originating in the United States include KLM (Delta), Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa (United), and Swissair.

OTHER MUST-SEES IN GRAZ: Landeszeughaus, one of the largest armory collections in the world

Kunsthaus Graz, a museum of contemporary art inside a marvel of modern architecture

Eggenberg Palace, the regal estate built by Prince Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg in 1625

Rathaus, Graz’s historic city hall in the heart of the Old City

Lodging recommendations: Contact Graz Tourismus: www.graztourismus.at/en/ getting-there-and-public-transport/touristinformation

Getting around: Graz has an extensive electric tram (streetcar) network and public bus system. No need for a rental car.

Money: Austria is part of the European Union. The local currency is the Euro. 1 Euro currently equals approximately US$1.10.

Above: The large pedestrian courtyard by the Rathaus (city hall).

Below: The bell tower, which houses the Liesl Bell. Bottom: View down the steep track from inside the funicular.

The Chinese Pavilion.

historic towers survived thanks to a handsome ransom paid to the French to preserve them during the razing of the rest of the bastion.

FINDING THE CLOCK TOWER

Eventually I reached the top of the Friedensteig. My goal was to see the clock tower. It took a while to nd it, even though it is such a large, striking attraction.

e steps petered out by the whitewashed Starke House, named for an actor from Dresden, Germany, who used to come there to write poetry during the early 20th century. A hundred years earlier, it was the home of the vintner who tended the grape vines on the terraced Schlossberg before the public gardens were planted. Today it is a gourmet restaurant with a jaw-dropping view of the city.

I continued along the walkway through the gardens that wound around the remains of the fortress. A few minutes later, I found myself face to face with a large, regal lion. Not a live lion, but a statue called the Hackher Lion. It commemorated the 100th anniversary of the last French siege of the Schlossberg and honored the heroic Major Franz Hackher zu Hart, who was as brave as a lion. With only 900 men, he prevented 3,000 French soldiers from capturing the Schlossberg.

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The author by the Hackher Lion.

Impressed but still excited to see the clock tower, I walked in the opposite direction and soon came to a di erent tower. is one was octagonally shaped and surrounded by tall trees. It was the other bell tower saved from the French! Built in 1588, it housed the Liesl Bell, the third-largest bell in Austria—six feet wide and weighing over 10,000 pounds. e 436-year-old Liesl Bell still chimes three times per day, at 7am, noon, and 7pm.

Wandering farther, I passed an Asian-looking pavilion on my right perched on edge of the cli . Called the Chinese Pavilion and Bishop’s rone, in 1796, the Bishop Count Nadasdy, who had spent 40 years in the Schlossberg’s dungeons, died while sitting on a stone bench on this spot shortly after being released from his cell. “At least the fellow went out with a magni cent view,” I thought.

A few steps later, I nally found the famous clock tower where the otherwise rounded hilltop came to a point. It was stunning, worth every penny that the locals paid to Napoleon to prevent his army from destroying it. Dating back to 1265, it is one of the oldest structures in Graz. It was rst built as a defensive lookout but was converted to a clock in 1569. Its 16-foot long, gold-plated hands marked the time, along with the oldest of its three bells, which rings each hour. ( e second bell was the city’s re alarm starting in the 1600s, and the third signaled the mandatory closing time of taverns during the 1800s.)

As I walked around the clock tower, other visitors smiled and said grussgot to me, as a street musician played an Austrian folk tune on his accordion. It was the perfect accompaniment to my tour of the Schlossberg. Prior to climbing the Russian Steps, I had always pictured Graz as an industrial city without much to see. However, after climbing the Russian Steps, I’ve changed my tune. •

Play sharpens the mind and improves memory retention. Play decreases cortisol and pumps up the feel-good neurotransmitters dopamine and serotonin.

BY E. SENTEIO

Backyard Fun for Grownups

REAWAKEN YOUR INNER CHILD

Maybe just for a little while, don’t take life so seriously. e mind and body never outgrow the desire to, and bene ts of, having fun. But perhaps you’re feeling a bit older. e thought of running across a tennis or basketball court makes your knees wobble; the idea of skydiving or jet skiing boggles your mind. Yet, children aren’t the only ones who need dedicated time to play. When was the last time you had a playdate? Yes, you. How about a leisurely stroll into your backyard where the days are long and the skies are sunny? Welcome to summer! It’s time for the grownups to have some fun!

A plethora of portable games is available for backyard playtime. Most take only moments to set up and o er hours of enjoyment and heart-healthy laughter. ey are low stress and loads of fun. Games can help with balance, strategic thinking, stress reduction, and, most importantly, up your enjoyment quotient. So, are you game? Here are a few options. Test them out and see what tickles your funny bone. Whatever you choose, just remember the main objective is fun!

ARCHERY

ARCHERY

Objective: Using a bow, shoot an arrow into a target. Your goal is the bull’s-eye at the center. e closer you get, the more points you score.

Archery takes a bit of arm strength and precision. You’ll want about 20 yards between the archer and the target. Start o standing closer until you get the hang of it. For safety, don’t set target(s) in the middle of the lawn where someone could accidentally walk behind it. Before you draw that bow, check if your county or town has any ordinances in place. Remember, safety rst, then fun.

BADMINTON

ARCHERY

Objective: Use a stringed racket to hit a shuttlecock, also called a birdie, over a net into your opponent’s area.

It’s similar to tennis or volleyball, but you swat a shuttlecock instead of a ball. In the 16th century, the shuttlecock was made from goose feathers and cork. e goose feathers are now plastic. e weighted end is still cork with a layer of plastic.

BOCCE

Objective: Roll or toss a weighted bocce ball closer to the pallino than your opponents.

A pallino, also called the jack, is just a smaller ball. Regular family-fun bocce balls usually weigh about 1.5 pounds. Regulation balls weigh in at 2 pounds. Bocce has been around since before 5200 BC when it was depicted in a painting in an Egyptian tomb. at’s a testament to fun.

BADMINTON

BOCCE

CORNHOLE

Objective: Toss the hand-sized corn bag into a hole.

Cornhole is one of the most popular backyard games. e game consists of an angled wooden platform, usually with one hole at the top, although some platforms may have more, and small fabric corn bags (think little bean bags). Take turns pitching until someone racks up a victory.

LAWN BOWLING

Objective: Roll the ball closer to the jack than your opponent.

It’s been said that lawn bowling is the world’s oldest continuously played sport. It is similar to bocce in that you attempt to get your ball closest to the small white ball called the jack. But! ese bowling balls are weighted and not quite round, so they roll in a curve!

Another option is the more common alleytype bowling but played in the great outdoors. e objective is to roll your ball and knock down pins. Outdoor pins are usually larger than alley pins.

CROQUET

Objective: Use a mallet to tap the ball through wickets pushed into the lawn.

Croquet sets are brightly colored wooden mallets and balls. e wickets—wire or plastic hoops—are often white and easily spotted in the grass. e striker is the person hitting the ball through the wickets that are laid out in a course. If you like golf without all the fuss and more fun, this might be the game for you.

GIANT CHECKERS, CHESS, OR TIC-TAC-TOE

Objective: Capture your opponent’s pieces or make a continuous line of Xs or Os.

You’re likely familiar with the board games. ese are much bigger, a bit more physical, and a lot more fun. Chess pieces can range from two feet tall to life-size! Checkers can be wide and tall, like a round throw pillow, but usually made of wood or plastic. Maybe the kids can join the fun on these. Put them to work while you sit on your throne (aka lawn chair) sipping a cool lemonade and have them move the pieces as you command. Or stick big felt Xs and Os on their shirts and tic-tac-toe them.

LAWN BOWLING

GIANT CHESS

LAWN DARTS

Objective: Toss darts into large circles to score points.

Lawn darts with metal tips were banned in the United States in 1988. Now most darts have weighted, rounded plastic tips and ns on the back. e idea is to grab the dart by the rod and toss it underhand into a target hoop lying at on the ground.

LAWN DARTS

HORSESHOES

Objective: Pitch a horseshoe as close as possible to, or preferably around, a stake. As one would imagine, this game was started by blacksmiths and farriers (individuals who shoe horses). You only get points if your horseshoe lands within a horseshoe-width from the stake.

PONG

Objective: Eliminate your opponent’s buckets before they eliminate yours by throwing or bouncing a ball into each one until they are gone. A slightly more sophisticated and larger version of beer pong, this game moved from college campuses to the backyard when people realized it could be just as fun without beer. Unless, of course, you happen to have a frosty one in the fridge or cooler.

Go Big and Stay Home

So maybe you think you want something more adventurous, but you still don’t want to leave the snug comfort of your backyard. If you have a big enough area, well, let your inner child run wild.

OBSTACLE COURSE

Objective: Get from one end to the other by achieving goals and meeting challenges. Create an easy and fun obstacle course. Have everyone start by balancing a piece of fruit (or object of your choice) on their head as they walk from the starting line to the rst challenge. Tie a knotted rope around a sturdy branch and swing over . . . anything. It can be a at blue rug representing water, a garden fairy with spread wings, a rock, or a root. Consider tness levels when you choose. Next, stop at the Hula-Hoop station; three complete hoop rotations around the hips are required before moving onto the six-piece jigsaw puzzle challenge, then safely dash through the sprinklers to cross the nish line. Create whatever tasks and challenges will make everybody laugh out loud. Or . . . pick several of these games and land a dart, strike a ball through a wicket, swat a birdie over a net, or knock down a row of pins before moving to the next challenge in your very own Obstacle Course Olympics.

Before the games begin, consider the following:

RING TOSS

Objective: Toss the ring onto the post or bottle. ere are all kinds of setups for ring-toss games. Two of the most popular are wooden posts that stick in the ground or screw into wooden platforms. Rings (that resemble mini HulaHoops) are usually made of thick rope or plastic. You’ve probably tried the smaller version at carnivals for prizes.

• Most of these activities have DIY options. e fun can start as you paint your checkerboard tarp or wrap your wine bottles in duct tape to use as bowling pins. Use tennis balls and a golf ball, and you have all the makings of a game of bocce. Search online for the most creative ideas.

• Remember, this is playtime for adults. However, if you want to make it family fun, there are child versions of these lawn games. Designate one area of the lawn for adults and one for children. Use childfriendly spray chalk paint to mark it o and then paint pictures on the trees and grass. e kids will want a few cans, too. And like the itsy-bitsy spider, the rain will wash it all away.

• W hen the kids go in for the night, turn on the twinkle lights and play glow-in-the-dark lawn darts or any of the other games that o er that option.

• ese games can be played one-onone, in teams, or in groups of teams for a mini-league and tournament of your own. But don’t forget, many games can also be played alone. You may want to get in some practice so you can dazzle your friends with your seemingly natural ability at ring toss.

• Try something new. Learn a new game together so everyone starts with a level playing eld . . . like a lawn.

• ese are portable games. Most come with carry-all bags. You can take them to the neighbors, to the beach, or cross country. You can set them up and take them down with little e ort. Or you can just enjoy them in the comfort of your backyard. You may think you don’t have time for this foolishness. en how about a bit of science? Play sharpens the mind and improves memory retention. Play decreases cortisol and pumps up the feel-good neurotransmitters dopamine and serotonin. High stress levels increase cortisol, which can lead to hormonal imbalance and a weakened immune system. Studies have shown the happier you are, the longer you are likely to live. Stronger. Happier. Smarter. All fun facts.

But don’t take your fun too seriously. Playful competition is supposed to be . . . fun. e need to win at any cost is not. It’s about enjoying yourself, spending time with friends, laughing too loud, and having the maximum amount of fun with minimal e ort.

Dare to be silly. Is that a gnome on your obstacle course? Are those felt antlers on your croquet hoops? Are you wearing a cape as you y through the obstacle course? When was the last time grownup you went out to play? When was the last time you really had fun? •

by k erine

Weight Loss and Medication

OBESITY IS AT EPIDEMIC LEVELS IN THIS COUNTRY AND CONTINUES TO RISE, says Dr. Andre Berger, cosmetic dermatologist and founder of the Rejuvalife Vitality Center in Beverley Hills. ere are many factors that make weight loss a struggle for those who are obese, or those with a BMI (body-mass index) that is 30 or above, and traditional weight-loss methods are not always successful. ey can be hard to sustain and require a determined change in lifestyle and behavior. “Weight loss is 80 percent behavioral and 20 percent metabolic,” Dr. Berger says. “We try to control behavior in di erent ways,” he says, including di erent approaches to a long list of diets. “ e problem with diets is that they involve following a certain regimen, require a high degree of discipline and consistency, and for many are di cult to sustain. ere’s a high degree of recidivism. After a period of time, even if you’re successful in losing some weight, when you stop the weight comes back quickly.”

“Weight loss is 80 percent behavioral and 20 percent metabolic,” Dr. Berger says.

Are weight-loss medications right for you?

First Consider Diet and Lifestyle

e food industry plays a role in the weight debate, Dr. Berger says. “ ey are always scheming ways to adulterate food to get people to eat more as cheaply as possible. It’s not food that comes from nature. It creates cravings. ey contain high levels of fat and salt. at’s why we love them so much. ey’re addictive.”

It’s what he calls SAD, the standard American diet, high in processed food, fat, and salt. And it is sad, he says.

Our more sedentary lifestyles also make losing weight challenging. “We think of weight as the accumulation of calories in excess of the burning of calories. If you have a surplus, you’re going to gain weight.” In the past, we had active lifestyles and moved more and ate more healthy food, Dr. Berger says.

To combat this, there are approaches that show some success, Dr. Berger says. Research shows that the Mediterranean diet—high in fruits, nuts, vegetables, and whole grains with moderate amounts of sh, poultry, and dairy—is the most e ective, healthy, and reasonable diet. A lot of success is based on a person’s ability to be mindful about what they’re eating and track their calorie consumption. Many apps are available to help manage this. Burning calories through exercise is important, but exercise alone won’t lead to weight loss, Dr. Berger says. Exercise

should be tailored to a person’s condition with exercises added incrementally over time.

Metabolic issues unrelated to diet can make weight loss di cult for some people. Hormonal imbalance and thyroid issues can contribute to weight gain and should be checked by a physician to correct the problem.

Breakthrough Medications

New medications on the market today are highly e ective in treating clinical obesity without the risks of drugs used in the past to suppress appetite. “ ey are for people who need to lose a lot of weight—those who have a BMI of more than 30.” ey require a doctor’s diagnosis and are available by prescription. “ ey help lower a person’s set point, which is the weight our body naturally settles at due to the interplay of genetics, biology, and environment,” Dr. Berger says. “We all have a certain set point, and if it is too high, these medications lower that set point.”

Semaglutide is one such medication that was developed to treat type 1 diabetes and brand names on the market are familiar to anyone watching television ads: Ozempic, Wegovy, and Rybelsus. ey increase the body’s secretion of insulin, which is why it’s used by diabetics, but in higher doses the medication acts on centers of the brain that suppress appetite,

Dr. Berger says. Used in conjunction with diet and exercise, “this helps the patient stick to a reduced-calorie diet. It enhances the weight-loss process. e medications help patients get to their ideal healthy weight.” Once they’ve reached that goal, they’ll gain the weight back if they don’t continue with a healthy diet and exercise plan, Dr. Berger cautions. He thinks it’s a disservice to people to prescribe the medication without making sure that they’re focused simultaneously on lifestyle changes.

Most of the drugs are injected once a week, starting with a low dose. Every week you increase your dose until you get to a maintenance dose, at around the fth month. Side e ects may include nausea, diarrhea, constipation, headache, fatigue, and dizziness. ese go away after a few days, according to Dr. Berger. With a diagnosis that warrants its use, the medications may be covered by insurance. Without insurance, they can be pricey, he warns. ere are slight di erences in e ectiveness among the drugs. A di erent class of medications that is prescribed for type 1 diabetes is more e ective at weight loss but is used o -label for those who are very obese and need to lose 20 percent of their weight.

ese new drugs are becoming more mainstream, Dr. Berger says, and are a breakthrough in treating obesity, which can lead to health issues such as heart disease and diabetes. Patients can more easily manage their diet and reach a healthy weight because they are not as hungry—they’re more satis ed with less food and are not as likely to crave junk food, he says. •

For more from Dr. Berger, see his book The Beverly Hills Anti-Aging Prescription.

The Art of the One-Dish Dinner

Summer is short in northern New England and we want to enjoy every carefree minute of it. Abundant produce and fabulous salads are among of the many pleasures of summer. From greens to grains, pasta to potatoes, salads make wonderful warm-weather side dishes. Even better, you can toss together fabulous entrees. Special enough for festive get-togethers and easy enough for an ordinary weeknight, these one-dish wonders are summer’s rebuttal to winter’s cozy casseroles.

CELEBRATE THE SALAD DAYS OF SUMMER

e French have perfected the art of summer’s one-dish dinner. ey create beautiful, bountiful combinations of vegetables along with meats, poultry, or sh, perhaps some cheese, and maybe some noodles, grains, or potatoes. is summer, nd inspiration in the gastronomic specialties of France’s di erent regions as well as its migrant communities and former colonies. From Paris to Nice, the Atlantic coast to the Mediterranean, you’ll be delighted by the variety of delicious choices. Bon appétit!

SALADE NIÇOISE WITH GRILLED SWORDFISH

Serves 6

1½ lb new potatoes, cut into bite-size pieces

Sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

Vinaigrette Niçoise

1 lb green beans, trimmed

1 lb assorted cherry and grape tomatoes, cut in half

½ small red onion, thinly sliced

½ yellow bell pepper, seeded and chopped

½ European cucumber, peeled, seeded, and chopped

2 lb fresh swordfish or tuna steaks

12 oz mixed greens

½ cup dry-pack, oil-cured black olives, pitted and roughly chopped

2 Tbsp capers, drained

Fresh parsley, chopped

Optional: 3 hardboiled eggs, sliced into wedges

1. Put the potatoes in a pot of cold, salted water, set over high heat, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer until the potatoes are tender, about 5 minutes. Drain the potatoes well and transfer to a bowl. Add enough vinaigrette to generously coat and toss to combine. Cool to room temperature, toss again, cover, and refrigerate until ready to assemble the salad.

2. Meanwhile, bring a pot of salted water to a rapid boil, add the beans, and cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water to stop the cooking. Drain again and put the beans in a bowl with enough vinaigrette to lightly coat and toss. Cover and refrigerate until ready to assemble.

3. Prep the tomatoes, cucumber, onion, and pepper, cover and refrigerate until ready to assemble.

4. Preheat the grill to medium-high. Brush the swordfish with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place the fish on the grill and cook for about 6 minutes per side, more or less depending on the thickness. Remove from the grill and let rest for 5 to 10 minutes before cutting into thick slices.

If you like, you can grill the swordfish in advance and refrigerate. Remove from the refrigerator 30 minutes before serving and slice right before serving.

5. When you are ready to serve, put the greens in a bowl and toss with a little vinaigrette. Drizzle the tomatoes, cucumber, onion, and pepper with a little vinaigrette and toss to coat.

6. To serve: Arrange the greens on a platter or individual plates. Artfully arrange the potatoes, vegetables, and swordfish on top of the greens, and sprinkle with chopped olives, capers, and parsley.

Vinaigrette Niçoise

Zest and juice of 1 lemon

2 Tbsp white wine vinegar

1 Tbsp Dijon mustard

3 cloves garlic

¼ medium red onion

1 tsp fresh thyme leaves

1 tsp anchovy paste

Dash hot sauce

Sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

½ cup or to taste extra-virgin olive oil

1. Put the lemon juice and zest, vinegar, mustard, garlic, onion, thyme, anchovy paste, and hot sauce in a blender, season with salt and pepper, and pulse to combine and chop the garlic and onion. With the machine running, slowly add the olive oil and process until smooth.

2. Transfer to a clean glass jar. Let the vinaigrette sit for 30 minutes at room temperature or longer in the refrigerator to combine the flavors. Give the vinaigrette a good shake before using.

Store extra vinaigrette in the refrigerator.

GRILLED SALAD PROVENÇAL

Serves 6

Prepare the Grilled Vegetables and Couscous:

Zest and juice of ½ lemon

1 tsp sriracha or your favorite hot sauce

3 cloves garlic, minced

Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

2 cups Israeli couscous

2–3 Tbsp chopped flat-leaf parsley

2–3Tbsp chopped basil

1–2 zucchinis, sliced lengthwise about ½-inch thick

1 medium eggplant, sliced about ½-inch thick

1 red onion, sliced into ½-inch rounds

½ yellow bell pepper

½ red bell pepper

Olive oil

¼ cup pine nuts, toasted

1. Combine the lemon zest and juice with the hot sauce and garlic in a large bowl and season with salt and pepper. Whisk in the extra-virgin olive oil. Let the vinaigrette sit for 10 to 15 minutes to combine the flavors.

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2. While the vinaigrette mixes and mingles, prepare the couscous according to package directions. Transfer the couscous to the bowl with the vinaigrette and toss to combine. Cool the couscous to room temperature, add the herbs, and toss again.

3. Meanwhile, preheat the grill to mediumhigh. Brush or toss the vegetables in a little olive oil to lightly coat and season with salt and pepper. Grill the vegetables until tender or tender-crisp, 2 to 3 minutes per side for the eggplant and 1 to 2 minutes per side for everything else. You might like to cook the onions in a grill pan as the small rings tend to fall through the grate.

4. When the vegetables are cool enough to handle, roughly chop and add the vegetables and pine nuts to the couscous and toss to combine. If the couscous seems dry, add more lemon juice and/or olive oil to taste. Can be prepared ahead. Cover and store in the refrigerator. Remove from the refrigerator about 30 minutes before serving.

Prepare the Grilled Chicken:

2 cloves garlic

¼ medium red onion

2 Tbsp Dijon mustard

1–2 sprigs thyme

1 Tbsp chopped fresh rosemary Sea salt to taste

1 Tbsp or to taste sriracha or your favorite hot sauce

1 cup dry white wine

2 lb boneless, skinless chicken thighs

1. Put all the ingredients except the wine and chicken in a blender and process to chop and combine. With the motor running, slowly add the wine and process until smooth.

2. Put the chicken in a flat dish, add the marinade, and turn the chicken to coat. Cover and, turning every few hours, marinate the chicken in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours or overnight.

3. Remove from the refrigerator about 30 minutes before grilling. Preheat the grill to medium-high.

4. Remove the chicken from the marinade and arrange on the grill. Reduce the heat to medium and grill, turning once, until cooked through, 3 to 5 minutes per side. Remove the chicken from the grill, let rest for 5 minutes, and slice.

Can be grilled ahead. Cover and store in the refrigerator. Remove from the refrigerator about 30 minutes before serving. Slice right before serving.

5. To serve: Transfer the couscous and vegetables to a large, deep serving platter or individual plates and top with sliced chicken.

VIETNAMESE BEEF WITH NOODLES AND GREENS

Serves 6

6 cloves garlic, finely chopped

5limes

2 Tbsp each soy sauce, fish sauce, and olive oil

1 Tbsp brown sugar

Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

2 lb tenderloin filets or sirloin steaks, trimmed

1 head romaine lettuce, roughly chopped

3 oz arugula

4 radishes, finely chopped

⅓ European cucumber, peeled, seeded, and chopped

1 carrot, cut into curls (use a vegetable peeler)

1 cup bean sprouts

3 scallions, thinly sliced

⅓ red or yellow bell pepper, finely chopped

1 cup loosely packed cilantro leaves

½ cup loosely packed fresh mint leaves, cut in julienne

8–12 oz vermicelli rice noodles

Vietnamese Vinaigrette (recipe follows)

½ cup roasted, salted peanuts, roughly chopped

1. Make the marinade: Put the garlic, juice and zest of 2 limes, soy sauce, fish sauce, olive oil, and brown sugar in a bowl, season with salt and pepper, and whisk to combine.

2. Put the beef in a flat dish, add the marinade, and turn the beef to coat. Cover and, turning once or twice, refrigerate for up to 4 hours. Remove from the refrigerator about 30 minutes before grilling.

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3. Put the vegetables and herbs in a large bowl and toss to combine. Store in refrigerator until ready to serve.

4. Soak the noodles according to package directions. Drain and toss with enough Vietnamese Vinaigrette to coat. Cover and store in the refrigerator. Remove from the refrigerator about 30 minutes before serving.

5. Preheat the grill to medium-high. Remove the steaks from the marinade and shake off any excess. Place the steaks on the grill and cook for 2 to 3 minutes per side for rare and 3 to 5 minutes per side for medium rare. Transfer to a cutting board, let the beef rest for 5 to 10 minutes, and then cut across the grain in thin slices. Can be grilled ahead, covered, and stored in the refrigerator. Remove from the refrigerator about 30 minutes before serving. Cut right before serving.

6. Cut the remaining limes into wedges.

7. To serve: Toss the vegetables and herbs with enough vinaigrette to lightly coat. Artfully arrange the vegetables, noodles, and beef on a large platter or individual plates, sprinkle with chopped peanuts, and garnish with lime wedges.

Vietnamese Vinaigrette

Makes 1 cup

Grated zest and juice of 2 limes

2 cloves garlic

Fresh ginger, 1-inch piece

¼ medium red onion

1–2 tsp honey

1 tsp or to taste sriracha or your favorite hot sauce

2 Tbsp rice wine vinegar

2 Tbsp fish sauce

1–2 Tbsp soy sauce

¼ cup or to taste extra-virgin olive oil

1 Tbsp sesame oil

1. Put the lime zest and juice in a blender or small food processor, add the garlic, ginger, onion, honey, and sriracha, and process to chop and combine. Add the vinegar, fish sauce, and soy sauce and process until smooth. Add the olive and sesame oils and process until well combined.

2. Transfer to a clean glass jar. Let the vinaigrette sit for 30 minutes at room temperature or longer in the refrigerator to combine the flavors. Give the vinaigrette a good shake before using. Store extra vinaigrette in the refrigerator. •

They Showed Me

Unified Basketball fosters unity and inclusion

One of the player’s arms dangled and the leg on his opposite side was prosthetic. How’s he going to play basketball? But, on a positive note, each half of his body had a good arm and a good leg. He was on the opposing team.

I was at my daughter Emily’s Uni ed Basketball game at Hanover High School. Typically, developing kids partnered with special-needs high schoolers and played basketball. Emily, 16 years old, has autism and a genetic abnormality. Her red hair is cut in a bob, and she wears glasses. She hates that I come to her games. Emily attends the Regional Resource Center (RRC) at Hartford High School. Teenagers with special needs of all types attend the RRC. ey come from a variety of towns in the Upper Valley—Lebanon, Etna, Hanover, Norwich, and more. (Kids from the RRC at Hartford High School are allowed to play for the Hanover team, which Emily did. She now plays for the Hartford High School Uni ed Basketball team.)

“You talk to everyone and say, ‘Hi how are you?’” she mocks me in a sing-song voice. Part of me is hurt but a bigger part is happy; in this aspect she’s a typical teenager. But I go anyway. I love the games.

Support and Camaraderie

Today’s game started with one of Emily’s teammates and a partner singing the national anthem. When they sang, they read the words from a phone and faced away from the audience. e teammate’s mom beamed with a smile. I had tears in my eyes. “Do you need a tissue?” Je asked with a smile. He knows me. I cry easily. e boy with the prosthesis bounced up and down the court, sinking baskets with no problem. He showed me. I even wanted him to stop getting baskets because his team was beating my daughter’s team.

Two kids held hands on the other team as they played. I assumed one was the partner and the other was the athlete. e young man was smiling as his teammate led him. Each time he came out on the court, a di erent teammate held his hand.

at’s when I realized that those leading him also had special needs. It broke my conception of only neurotypical kids helping those with challenges.

At a usual basketball game there’s a lot of squeaking sneakers, clapping, and yelling. But here, when a player struggled to get a basket, others stopped and let him or her shoot. If he missed, they tossed the ball to him again and again until he scored. We all clapped. It didn’t matter which team we hoped would win.

Top: Hanover Unified Basketball team. Below, from left: Emily dribbles the ball down the court. Emily receives an award from the coach.

community

True Team Spirit

e Hanover High School Uni ed Basketball team is led by coach Missie Rodriguez with an assistant, Donna Pereira-Mackall. ree times a week the team practiced. is year they made it to the nals and played in away games as far away as Berlin, New Hampshire. Emily loved the away games. e team rides the bus and stops at McDonald’s on the way home.

Team sports never worked for Emily. When she was younger, Je and I coached softball hoping Emily could play. She didn’t have the reaction time. She’d stand at second base, the ball would y to her, and she’d let it drop, slowly pick it up, look around and decide what to do. By this time the player had rounded second base and was headed for third. I wanted to stand beside her the whole time and tell her each step, but she didn’t want that. It would back re as inclusion.

In middle school, Emily tried to play eld hockey. e game was so fast and had so many rules, she couldn’t keep up. She ended up being the manager. She bugged the girls for a boy’s phone number. ey gave her a fake number. She didn’t t in, and it really wasn’t inclusion even though they tried.

But today, Emily ran up and down the court. She sank the ball and I noticed a small smile. She even passed to the others. Last year she’d forgotten to pass. Part of her autism is trouble thinking of others. Having awareness to pass was growth from before.

I didn’t play team sports. I tried out for the softball team, but they asked if I’d be the manager, which I did. As I watched the game today, I wished I could have been on a team like this. Now I am looking forward to her Uni ed Basketball games with the Hartford High School, which also has a team. I am grateful for such unity and inclusion. •

the hood & the hop

THE HOOD MUSEUM OF ART | @ DARTMOUTH COLLEGE

SUMMER EVENTS

The Hood Museum of Art is free and open to all. Public programs are free unless otherwise noted.

Hours: Wednesday, 11am–5pm; Thursday and Friday, 11am–8pm; Saturday, 1–5pm. For information, visit hoodmuseum. dartmouth.edu or call (603) 646-2808.

This year the Hood Museum of Art is featuring several exhibitions grouped under the theme “Art and the Construction of History,” which invites viewers to consider the role of art and artists in the framing of historical narratives. This effort resonates with the museum’s goal of forging meaningful connections across disciplines, peoples, and local and global communities while seeking to reimagine the collection’s influence and potential. As you explore our galleries, we hope you will look for the ways these exhibitions all speak to one another through the backdrop of history.

Visit Our Summer Exhibitions

On view through December 9, 2023

Kent Monkman: The Great Mystery Featuring two newly commissioned paintings by Cree artist Kent Monkman, The Great Mystery serves as both an introduction to and a revisitation of Monkman’s earliest Abstract Expressionist paintings from the 1990s and his reimagining of these works today.

On view through December 9, 2023

Recording War: Images of Violence, 1500–1900

While many images of battle celebrate glorious victories or acts of bravery, other representations record instances of trauma and suffering. This exhibition brings together depictions of conflict

that focus attention on the human effects of war, especially on civilians.

On view July 22, 2023–May 25, 2024

Homecoming: Domesticity and Kinship in Global African Art

Emphasizing the role of women artists and feminine aesthetics in crafting African and African diaspora art histories, this exhibition surveys themes of home, kinship, motherhood, femininity, and intimacy in both historic and contemporary works.

On view July 29, 2023–June 15, 2024

Liquidity: Art, Commodities, and Water

On view through November 11, 2023

Historical Imaginary

Kent Monkman:The Great Mystery installed at the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth. Photo by Rob Strong.

Abebe, 1975, gelatin silver print. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Robert J. Grey; 2017.55.

On view June 10–December 9, 2023

The Painter’s Hand: US Abstraction

Since 1950

For abstract painters, the action of creating a brushstroke itself has a singular importance, reinforcing their individuality. Often referred to as “gestural,” these works track the movements of the artists’ hand, arms, and even bodies in the creation of imagery that favors invisible concerns such as emotion, spirituality, and the metaphysics of existence.

On view through September 30, 2023

“This Land of Tantalizing Mystery”: Margaret Bourke-White in the USSR, 1930–32

Margaret Bourke-White was one of the first photographers that Life magazine sent to Europe to cover World War II. The images she sent back filled endless pages of the magazine; Americans were riveted; and sales skyrocketed.

SUMMER EVENTS

July 7

A Space for Dialogue Gallery Talk: On View: Windows in Art

Featuring works by 20th and 21st century American artists, On View invites you to consider not just what view a window shows but also how its framing influences our perception. Livestream available on the Hood Museum of Art Facebook page. Gutman Gallery, 4–4:45pm

July 15, August 26

Maker Drop-In

Give yourself a break with a self-guided artmaking activity in the atrium. Materials provided. For all ages and no experience necessary. Drop by anytime between 1 and 4pm.

Russo Atrium, 1–4pm

July 19

Conversations And Connections

Drawing on the exhibition Recording War: Images of Violence, 1500–1900, curator Elizabeth Rice Mattison and artist Andrew Raftery, Rhode Island School of Design, will discuss printmaking, historical techniques, and the records of daily life.

12:30–1:30pm

July 26

Hood Highlights Tour

Join us for an in-person tour of the museum galleries. Tours meet in the Russo Atrium five minutes prior to the start time. No registration necessary.

12:30–1:30pm

August 2

Special Tour: “From Goya to Photojournalism”

Led by John R. Stomberg, Virginia Rice Kelsey 1961s Director, and Elizabeth Rice

Mattison, Andrew W. Mellon Associate Curator of Academic Programming, this tour will focus on the role of drawings, prints, and photographs in recording the experiences of war and violence that often elude written documentation.

12:30–1:30pm

August 9

Conversations and Connections

Join Ashley Offill, associate curator of collections, as she brings collection objects out from storage and considers them in dialogue with the Hood Museum’s Assyrian reliefs.

12:30–1:30pm

August 16

Public Art Tour

Discover a few of the many outdoor public art sculptures on campus through this in-person tour. Meet in front of the main entrance to the museum five minutes before the start of the tour. No registration necessary. Please wear comfortable shoes.

12:30–1:30pm

August 23

Exhibition Tour: Homecoming

Join exhibition curator Alexandra M. Thomas, curatorial research associate in African art, for a tour of Homecoming: Domesticity and Kinship in Global African Art, which highlights historic and contemporary art from Africa and the African diaspora.

12:30–1:30pm

.J. D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere,

SUMMER EVENTS

HOPKINS CENTER FOR THE ARTS

@ DARTMOUTH COLLEGE hop.dartmouth.edu

For information, tickets, or pricing information, call (603) 646-2422 or visit hop.dartmouth.edu. The Hop Box Office is open Tuesday through Friday, 10am–5pm.

From spectacular outdoor concerts and captivating new theatrical works to an incisive and joyful new musical in the making, let our slate of summer events illuminate your warm nights.

June 28

Cachitas Now!

Direct from Buenos Aires! The band celebrates difference and reclaims the love song for all. Mixing in tango, folk motifs, and electronics, the seven-piece Cachitas Now! moves from hyperpop anthems to swirling ballads.

Dartmouth Green, 5:30pm

July 13

The Garifuna Collective

The multigenerational collective made it its mission to bring to the world Garifuna's soulful and vibrant music—a unique genre originating from the Garifuna people of the Caribbean and Central America, characterized by lively rhythms, call-and-response vocals, traditional instruments like the drum and maracas, and storytelling lyrics that preserve their cultural heritage and history.

Dartmouth Green, 5:30pm

The Garifuna Collective

SPRING EVENTS

July 27–30

A Hop Production: NOISE

SUMMER EVENTS NOISE

A bunch of musicians decide that society is broken, and since music is the blueprint for everything, they set out to make music that models a society they actually want to live in. As the show unravels into a dreamlike explosion of song and dance, the audience steps into a creative role. NOISE is a participatory theatrical celebration that sings across the history of music, and into the future, in a collective effort to invent a better world.

Northern Stage, 7:30pm; 29 & 30 2 & 7:20pm

August 1

DakhaBrakha

Hailing from Kyiv, Ukraine, the quartet creates a world of unexpected new music rooted in Ukrainian folk music, laced with Indian, Arabic, and African traditional instrumentation and paired with the astonishingly powerful vocal range of its members.

Dartmouth Green, 5:30pm •

DakhaBrakha

Montshire Museum of Science

One Montshire Road Norwich, VT (802) 649-2200

montshire.org

Exhibit: Under the Arctic: Digging into Permafrost

Under the Arctic: Digging into Permafrost is an immersive, interactive exhibition that opens a dialog about one of the most important issues of our time: climate change.

Exhibit: This Is What a Scientist Looks Like: Representation in STEM Careers

According to the US Census, women make up half of the workforce in the United States, yet comprise only a third of people in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers. This special exhibition is a tribute to today’s women scientists, and its images seek to inspire the next generation of innovators.

Exhibit: Wonder Woods

Wonder Woods is specially designed to ignite the curiosity and support the development of the museum’s youngest visitors—children ages five and under. Informed by the latest research on early childhood development, this permanent, 600-square-foot, multilevel learning

space is designed to foster an early love and interest in STEM learning (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) as it aims to help children become confident lifelong learners.

Exhibit: Bubbles:Science in Soap

Delight in experimenting with surface tension, concocting new ways to create a bubble, crafting a foam sculpture, and injecting a bubble with mist.

Exhibit: Selections from Making Music: The Science of Musical Instruments

Selections from Making Music: The Science of Musical Instruments highlights select experiences from this classic Montshire exhibition and explores how musical instruments are created and played.

Exhibit: Give It a Whirl: Exploring Motion

The concepts of gravity, momentum, inertia, turbulence, and more are examined and explained through interactive experiences that offer connections to reallife occurrences.

At Under the Arctic, guests become researchers and climate scientists in the Permafrost Field Lab with hands-on games and experiments.

Exhibit: Solve It! Puzzles, Math & Problem-Solving

Energize your brain and spark your imagination as you quest to solve hands-on puzzles and games.

Exhibit: Discovering the Natural World

Featuring real tools of scientific research, Discovering the Natural World makes learning about living plants and animals an interactive process that will surprise and delight.

Exhibit: Air Works

Air Works, featuring a dazzling array of interactive exhibits, helps to flex engineering muscles, strengthen the understanding of core scientific concepts, and spark the imaginations of all ages.

Exhibit: Life in Local Waters

See fish, frogs, and turtles native to the New England region. Each aquarium is representative of a different freshwater habitat. From toads to turtles, crayfish to trout, view native species close up.

Family Science Activities

Every day is different! You may get to hold a fossil or make a parachute, build an electric circuit, or use a microscope! Visit montshire.org for dates and times. 11am & 2pm

June, July, August, Wednesdays

Science Yoga

11:30am

The Fourth Place

3 Lebanon Street (Second Floor) Hanover, NH thefourthplacehanover.com

Board Game Thursdays (All Skill Levels)

Play a selection of games from our library without any table fee or membership required, plus members and regulars organize and teach games each week so it’s easy to jump in. Games are available 2 to 10pm, with anchor games starting around 6pm.

Friday Night Magic

Bring your own deck, play with decks from our library, or learn to play. No table fees and no membership required. Decks are available from 2pm onward, and you’ll find newer and younger players from 3:30 until 7pm, and older or more experienced players from 6 until close at 11pm.

June 23

Magic Launch Party & Drafts— Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth

When the latest Magic: The Gathering set launches, we celebrate with new-player friendly Draft tournaments. No table fee, just buy the draft booster packs needed to play!

4–7:30pm & 7:30–11pm

June 24, July 22, August 26

Cooperative Games Day

On the fourth Saturday of every month, join in for cooperative games. Afternoon games start at 3pm and evening games around 7pm for a chance to join a table in playing against the game instead of each other.

June 30–July 2, August 4–6, September 1–3

Roleplaying Weekends

On the first weekend of every month, the Fourth Place hosts a weekend of roleplaying events, including Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) adventures, Learn to Play sessions, and more. Some events are by sign-up only, so join our Discord at 4th.me/discordor sign up about a week beforehand.

Bubbles: Sciencein Soap exhibit.

happenings

July 8, August 12, September 9

Crafting, Miniatures & Painting

Come on the second Saturday of every month for a free day of crafting, including miniature building and painting. We have free projects to work on with tools and paints, or bring your own projects to work on with a friendly crowd.

3–8pm

July 15, August 19, September 16

Blood on the Clocktower

On the third Saturday night of every month, join us in our Wizard’s Tower Room for the greatest social deduction game in the tradition of Mafia and Werewolf.

6pm

July 19

The Fourth Place’s Birthday Bash

The Fourth Place has been open for nine months, and the company has now been in business for five years. (It’s also Ian, the owner’s, birthday.) We will have deals on day passes and

memberships, even better deals for our members, and of course free cake and special games!

2–10pm

July 22

Magic Commander Party—Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth

Join fellow Magic: The Gathering Players for a unique campaign-style Magic event combining the popular Commander format with the story of Lord of the Rings.

3–10pm

August 4–6

Magic Launch Party & Drafts—

Commander Masters

Join us for a very special Magic: The Gathering launch party weekend, including Commander play with the newest cards and decks, plus Commander Draft play. For the latest details join our Discord chat server at4th.me/discord or visit us in the weeks leading up to launch.

August 25–27

International Cosplay Day

The last weekend in August hosts International Cosplay Day! Come in cosplay anytime Friday through Sunday to get 10 percent off everything we sell—and join us at 7pm on Saturday for a cosplay party and contest!

September 4

Labor Day at the Fourth Place

We will be open on Labor Day, despite normally being closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. Show your Union Membership for 15 percent off everything, including games, comics, manga, and even memberships!

2–10pm

Hikes for Every Month of the Year!

Download full directions for your own self-guided hike around Hanover—where to go, what you’ll see, plus a glimpse into the backstory. Access each hike on your phone (if cell service allows) or print the PDF version to take with you. Visit Hanover Conservancy’s website, hanoverconservancy.org/hike-of-themonth, for more information.

June

Historic Wolfeboro Road West

2.8 miles one way

Moose Mountain Lodge and Ledges

1.9 miles round-trip

The Velvet Ledges of Greensboro Ridge, 1.5 miles round-trip

July

Baum Conservation Area and Moose Mountain

2.5-mile loop plus 0.7 mile optional

Mink Brook and Gile Hill

2.1 miles

Pasture Road Peregrinations

3.5 miles

Slade Brook and Huntington Hill

2 miles round-trip

The White Ledges of the Mayor–Niles Forest

1.1 miles round-trip

August

Moose Mountain Ridge Loop

4 miles round-trip

Shumway Forest and Tom Linnell Ridge

4 miles round-trip

South Esker

1 mile round-trip

Moose Mountain Ridge Loop

happenings

Howe Library

13 South Street

Hanover, NH

(603) 643-4120

www.howelibrary.org

June, July, August, Mondays

Chess Club 4 Kids

Mayer Room, 5pm

June, July, August, Wednesdays

Read to a Dog

Build confidence by reading to a trained therapy dog and its handler in a judgment-free space. Each child will have a total of 12 minutes to read to and visit with the dog. Please have your books picked out ahead of time.

Children’s Program Room, 3, 3:15, 3:30 & 3:45pm

June, July, August, Wednesdays

Chess Club

Mayer Room, 6pm

July 11, August 8

Books and Lunch of Tuesdays

Murray Room, 12pm

July 18

French Club Promenade

10am

Other Noteworthy Events

Exhibit: Becoming Norwich Norwich Historical society has collaborated with cartoonist Emily Zea to publish a series of illustrated histories about Norwich. This exhibit presents Emily’s illustrations and connects them to the artifacts, portraits, photographs, and archives that inspired her work. Norwich Historical Society norwichhistory.org

June 30

Paul Doiron: Dead Man’s Wake Norwich Bookstore, 7pm norwichbookstore.com

July 10

Chuck Collins in Conversation with James Gustave Speth: Altar to an Erupting Sun Norwich Bookstore, 7pm norwichbookstore.com

July 13

Chris Lincoln: The Funny Moon Norwich Bookstore, 7pm norwichbookstore.com

July 18

Jam Making Workshop

In this Jam Making Workshop, you will learn the process and safety guidelines for canning jam in your home kitchen. Sue Jukosky and Nan Munsey will show you an easy way to preserve the bounty of your garden or farmers’ market with just basic kitchen skills. Learn the secrets of creating jams, preserves, and jelly while you process three kinds of fruits and vegetables. Take home recipes, jams, tips for making your own delicious preserves.

Enfield Shaker Museum, 6pm shakermuseum.org

July 22

Slavery, Abolition, and the Civil War Walking Tour Norwich Historical Society, 10:30am norwichhistory.org

July 27

Emma Wynn: The World Is Our Anchor Norwich Bookstore, 7pm norwichbookstore.com

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happenings

July 28–29

Shaker Oval Box Making Workshop

Learn how to make your own nest of Shaker oval boxes in our Shaker Oval Box Making Workshop. Guided by box maker Eric Pintar of the Home Shop in Charlotte, Michigan, you will make five Shaker oval nesting boxes from Pennsylvania cherry wood. No previous woodworking experience necessary. Beginners are welcome!

Enfield Shaker Museum, 8:30am–4pm shakermuseum.org

July 29

Herbal Medicine: From Garden to Teacup

Join Vermont herbalist Betzy Bancroft for an educational tour of the herb garden at Enfield Shaker Museum. As we wander through the gardens, we’ll gather some of the herbs and use them to prepare a batch of fresh herbal tea for the group to share.

Enfield Shaker Museum, 1pm shakermuseum.org

August 12

Mid-Century Modern Walking Tour Norwich Historical Society, 10:30am norwichhistory.org

August 22

New Hampshire’s Love-Hate Relationship with Agricultural Fairs

Steve Taylor will discuss the ups and downs of New Hampshire’s agricultural fairs through the years and how public affection for rural traditions helps them survive in contemporary times.

Enfield Shaker Museum, 7pm shakermuseum.org •

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by mike morin

A conversation with

Rob McGregor Executive Director, LISTEN Community Services

Last year over 26,000 meals were prepared from scratch by LISTEN sta and volunteers. is averages out to more than 100 meals a night to individuals and families facing food insecurity in their lives.

Addressingfoodinsecurityisalingeringchallenge.Whatdi erence doesLISTEN’spantrymakeinthelivesofthe5,000people youserve?

Food insecurity is an ongoing challenge throughout the Upper Valley. LISTEN addresses this issue by providing community dinners nightly in our White River Junction dining room. Last year over 26,000 meals were prepared from scratch by LISTEN sta and volunteers. is averages out to more than 100 meals a night to individuals and families facing food insecurity in their lives.

LISTEN also provides fresh fruits, vegetables, and wholesome food in our food pantry on Hanover Street in Lebanon. Nearly 50 individuals visit the pantry daily. is translates to about 150 people a day when families are considered. While it is a recognition of the heroic e orts of LISTEN sta and volunteers, it tells the deeper story of how [other] individuals and families in the Upper Valley do not have food security in their lives.

Canyouo eryourthriftstoredonorsacouplesuggestionsonwhat itemsaremostusefulforthosewhoshopthere?

All of us at LISTEN are incredibly grateful to the community for donating goods to the thrift stores. e sales employ more than 60 hardworking and dedicated sta members. Donations divert many of the goods from the land ll, and resources from the sale support the programs that help Upper Valley residents. e most useful items for shoppers are gently worn clothes, household goods, and jewelry.

Howimportantishelpingthepopulationyouservemaintaindignity andpridewhentimesaretoughforthem?

Many of us have fallen on hard times and the reasons are too numerous to mention. Giving a lending hand with compassion and a caring spirit makes all the di erence in the world. LISTEN is grateful to all volunteers, sta , and donors who allow us to treat everyone with dignity and kindness. LISTEN provides a hand up to those in need.

GiveusthreewayspeoplecanhelpLISTENmaintaintheservices andsupportyouo ertosomany.

LISTEN would not thrive without volunteers, donations of goods and dollars, and a committed community.

Whenyoucancarveoutafewmomentsforyourself,howdoyou enjoyUpperValleyleisureopportunities?

I personally enjoy the outdoors (skiing, bicycling, hiking, kayaking), farming and helping to alleviate food insecurity, volunteering (shout out to Willing Hands), and spending time with family and friends. •

PHOTO BY ROSCOE PUTNAM, LISTEN COMMUNITY SERVICES