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MEREDITH — A new partnership between Hermit Woods Winery & Eatery and Katie Dobbins Music, Songwriter Round-Up, will see its second show on Wednesday, March 29. At each show, host Katie Dobbins performs with two songwriters, sharing their songs and stories in a unique in-the-round-style performance.

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One summer, sitting with a group of poets and poetry enthusiasts at Frost Farm in Franconia and looking back at the mountains, as the sky shifted to black and tall torches were lit to light the lawn, it wasn’t difficult to understand why this place was a refuge for Robert Frost. I recall lis…

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GILFORD — Dave Emerson took his first flight when he was about 3 years of old.

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We have all, at one time or another, heard the phase “beware the Ides of March.” It slipped into our consciousness through William Shakespeare’s play, "Julius Caesar." When Julius Caesar was dictator of Rome, he was stabbed to death in the Roman Senate on March 15, in an event planned by 60 …

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When the sap starts running, my mind turns to thinking about living on a farm in New Hampshire. I can describe the house in detail. Old but structurally sound. You can enter through the grand front door that opens into a foyer at the bottom of the stairs that lead to the bedrooms on the seco…

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MEREDITH — Hermit Woods Winery & Eatery and Katie Dobbins Music are partnering together to present a new monthly music series, Songwriter Round-Up, where audience members can enjoy singer-songwriters from New England in the Lakes Region. Enjoy songs and stories from multiple artists in a…

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The Super Bowl is as American as apple pie. An event that brings us together, if only for a few hours on a Sunday afternoon in February. We focus on thinking about pushing a ball up and down the field and forget about those things that divide us. And we put aside our diets and our January re…

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LACONIA — Local artist Larry Frates calls his mural the "Alpha and Omega," meaning the first and the last. He is referring to a beautiful mural of Lake Winnipesaukee he painted in the 1980s for CJ Avery’s restaurant in Lakeport.

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Just after the New Year, a friend left an amaryllis plant at my door. He is a gardener with a stunning urban garden, so I was certain the plant would bloom into an exquisite flower. Included was a card that read, “I hope this will help with the January doldrums.”

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