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12 • atHome with History: The Luther Nourse Farm 16 • The Many Lives of a Stately Home

Columns

4 • atHome with Marcia 5 • Shop Local Guide 8 • Community Cooking 10 • Art atHome 20 • Sustainable Living 22 • Design with Ann Henderson SPECIAL GUIDES/ADVERTISING SECTIONS

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have spent the better part of this fall and winter in search of an elusive creature.

She is all furry, long-haired, jet black with neon yellow eyes and goes by the name of Gatinha, which is the Portuguese word for “little cat.” Maybe she wasn’t impressed with the name we gave her ... after all, it is not very creative if you happen to be Portuguese. And she may have been insulted because she’s not so “little,” thank you very much. Or maybe she just hated my over-enthusiastic golden retriever who was raised by three cats and loves felines to death (not literally of course) and playfully chased her out the back door in late September.

Panicked (I was in charge of caring for this cat long-term for my son), I put out alerts to my neighbors, online lost pet sites, and every humane society within 30 miles of my house.

This resulted in some Gatinha sightings, and many false alarms. All-black cats are really hard to tell apart.

Just when I was about to give up hope, I spotted her calmly sunning herself in the driveway. She looked no worse for wear, dining, apparently, on mice and grasshoppers. But one look at me spying on her and she took off.

I started putting out food for Gatinha. Unsure if it was her or a fat skunk eating the food, I borrowed a motion detector camera from our neighbor for two weeks. Sure enough, she visited the food dish regularly. I put the food dish closer to the back door. Then, inside mudroom.

She disappeared again for days before Christmas. I feared the worst when I spotted a sharp-beaked hawk circling the yard hunting squirrels. Late afternoon on Christmas, she appeared again, lured by the tuna fish in her bowl. Right before New Year’s eve, a friend who visited asked to be congratulated. He saw Gatinha in the mudroom and quickly closed the door.

She was in the house! But, in the ensuing days I could not find her anywhere. She had, somehow, escaped again. Did she hide and wait until I opened the door and slipped out?

Did the dog chase her out again?

This mysterious, beautiful creature is still outside as winter sets in. I want to catch her and keep her safe and warm. But clearly, that is not what Gatinha wants.

Don’t we all behave like this in life? At times we are Gatinha, refusing to take what is generously offered to us.

At other times, we are the ones demanding that the natural order of things obeys our bidding.

There are things that happen sometimes that we don’t understand. Gatinha’s elusiveness is one of them. I believe that one of these days I will catch her and give her a good home. But, like with most things in life, it won’t happen until she is good and ready.

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Community Cooking by Marcia Passos

Recipes to Warm Your Body & Soul There is nothing more comforting during a long cold winter than a bowl of good homemade soup. These three recipes come from my collection of vintage community cookbooks. Note that some of these recipes have been modified by me to include fresher ingredients and to bring out the flavor by the French cooking methods of sautéing ingredients first and de-glazing the pan.

Grandma’s Vegetable Soup

(Original recipe by Marjorie Zinkand, given to her by Lillian Miller from the “Loaves and Fishes and Other Dishes” cookbook compiled by members and friends of the United Church of Acworth, 1981)

3 tablespoons olive oil, divided 1 pound beef stew meat 1/4 cup red wine (for de-glazing) 1 medium onion, cut up in small pieces 3 stalks celery, diced (peel strings from celery) 1 medium onion, chopped 2 carrots, diced 2 large beef bones 1/4 cup barley 1 pinch salt 2 cups frozen mixed vegetables 1 can (16 oz.) tomato puree 1/4 cup rice 1/4 head cabbage, diced small 1 small bunch of soup greens (fresh kale, collards, etc.)

Water to cover all ingredients

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In a large pot heat 1.5 tablespoons olive oil and saute stew meat until deep brown on all sides. De-glaze pan with red wine. Remove meat with slotted spoon and set aside and poor all juices on top. Add another 1.5 tablespoons of olive oil to pot and saute onions, celery, carrots and cabbage until onions are soft. Add water, beef bones, barley, salt, mixed vegetables, tomato puree (or fresh tomatoes), rice, cabbage and soup greens. Turn up heat and boil. Turn heat down to low and add stew meat and juices and cook slowly for 1 hour, covered. After an hour, turn off heat and allow to stand for 3 hours. Taste for seasoning and add salt if needed. Heat up again before serving.

Great-Grandmother’s Fish Chowder

(Original recipe by Mrs. R. Clarke Smith from the “Out of Vermont Kitchens” cookbook compiled by the Trinity Mission of Trinity Church of Rutland Vermont and The Women’s Service League of St. Paul’s Church in Burlington, Vermont, 1948).

Serves 6 2 pounds haddock 6 medium potatoes, cubed 1 large onions, chopped 1/4 pound salt pork, diced 6 cups whole milk Salt and pepper to taste 1 round tablespoon flour Boil potatoes in water to cover until potatoes are almost

done. Break potatoes into small pieces. Throw in haddock, whole, and simmer together, tightly covered, for 1/2 hour.

Make a paste of the flour and 1/2 cup of milk. Add mixture to fish and potatoes, stir. Add 4 cups of milk. Simmer.

In a separate skillet, brown the salt pork and onion together.

Add 1.5 cups milk and simmer 1/2 hour. Strain the liquid from the salt pork/onion/milk mixture onto fish/potatoes mixture and cook slowly until ready to serve.

Not-Quite-From-Scratch Chicken Noodle Soup

(Original recipe by Patricia White-Hughes from the Historical Society of Gilsum’s “Treasured Recipes,” no date).

1 (13-14 oz. cans or boxes) chicken broth 1 whole chicken breast (about 1 pound), split 1/2 cup sliced celery 1/2 cup sliced carrots 1/2 cup finely chopped onions 1 cup water 1/2 cup egg noodles Remove skin and extra fat from checken breast. Put all the ingredients except for the noodles in a large saucepan and bring to boil. Lower heat, cover pan and simmer for 30 minutes. Remove from the heat. Remove chicken from broth. When cool enough to handle, trim meat away from the bone and cut meat into bite-sized pieces. Add meat back into broth along with noodled. Simmer, covered, for 15 minutes.

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Art atHome by Clark Cayer Photos courtesy Caroline Parent

Caroline Parent: Fusing Glass with the Natural World In today’s modern world, art presents itself in countless ways and serves a multitude of purposes.

Art is used as a way to express imagination, to communicate, to entertain, to work as a symbolic metaphor, and even to inspire social and political change. However, for Caroline Parent, an artist based in Dover, New Hampshire, art serves as an embodiment of healing others. Through her love of art, Caroline is able to spread the gift of spiritual and emotional healing and is proud to have her work located in several medical and long-term care facilities throughout New England.

A New Hampshire native, Caroline uses New England’s natural beauty as inspiration and is fond of the idea of combining glass art with nature. Her pieces almost always incorporate the natural elements of beauty found in New Hampshire and Maine, including mountains, lakes, rivers, trees, and coastal scenery.

Her ability to grasp this connection to the natural world emits a sense of comfort when people are experiencing strenuous times, especially when combined with the strategic placement of light sources behind the art to give off a feeling of warmth and comfort.

To form these beautiful pieces of artwork, Caroline buys sheets of glass and cuts them into pieces, then assembles and fuses the glass in her kiln to make one large majestic creation. These pieces can be found throughout New England, with installations in numerous large healthcare

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facilities and medical establishments.

While presenting a story on Caroline Parent, The NH Chronicle stated that “Her fused glass installations inspire peace and tranquility and adorn the walls of hospitals and clinics to provide comfort to patients.” Caroline has a gift for using her talent as an artist to spread healing and comfort even in the hardest of times. atHome Magazine recently had the wonderful opportunity to have a Q&A session with Caroline Parent.

When did you initially learn about luminous art and the various ways in which it is expressed?

Light is a vital part of making good art, it reveals the colors, shapes, textures and mood/emotion in a work of art no matter the medium, but with glass, it becomes a whole new level of expression. With my fused glass pieces backlighting, the glass became more interesting to me to enhance and better express the themes I work with. So as a way to better my art, I have been experimenting with how light can be used to enhance my art.

What inspired you to use your artistic talent as a form of healing and comfort for others?

Actually (many years ago), I was so moved by the dreariness of a hospital lobby I visited. It made me want to make the space better with art and help others who would wait in this space too. I actually sought out the hospital president and asked if I could

tunity to leave make art for beauty behind in the lobby/ a space for others waiting area. to enjoy and I was able to connect to. make a connection and Who or what got my first inspires you commission. to strive to be It was a series your best as an of paintings. artist?

Paintings led to ceramic Gratitude, curiossculptures ity, joy. Inspiraand then to tion to be my best fused glass artist is a fire art, now my within, a curious primary artisurge to make tic medium. and express with Visiting new art ideas France on and works of art a family trip that can perhaps a couple of become a beautiful legacy. My years ago and seeing the inspiration comes from the stained glass windows in beauty in nature. Growing some of the cathedrals made up in rural New Hampshire a lasting impression and inin an era without devices or spired new ideas ... amazing cell phones; I was happy to artists in history have used fancy myself as an explorglass as a means of expresser, wading through mud ing beauty and giving hope and small water pools in and comfort to people. my folks’ back yard. (While)

exploring the woods nearby, What do you hope your I was out looking at leaves, art conveys and teaches people? trees, mushrooms, frogs, grasses, the birds above, horses in the field next door, I hope my art inspires joy, dairy cows down the street. gives moments of wonder, My folks, my dear friend a time to pause and relax Kathleen Kimball, my grandin thoughts of a happy mother, and Uncle Adolf moment. I hope my art have had creative talent that shows the viewer’s state was inspiring. When I was of mind a way to look, see going to UNH for my BFA, it and feel an inner warmth really hit me just how fortuin the art and in the nate I was. My grandmother environment they are in. worked in the mills in New market and ran a farm and What has been the most family. Later, upon gradurewarding part of your ating from UNH, I was able career? to rent art studio space in the Chinburg Cocheco Mill Most rewarding to me ... is on the fourth floor. I would to see people enjoying art walk up the four flights of that I have had the opporstairs to go to my studio to tunity to design and create. make art, feeling gratitude It is rewarding as an artist to be able to do what I loved. to be part of a bigger picture Wow, that was a while ago, by designing and making art and I’ve been able to make a that goes into healthcare, studio in my renovated barn corporate and in residenwhere I make art now. tial spaces that people can connect to and enjoy. As an artist, I feel so fortunate to You can find more of Caroline’s work at be doing something I love; www.eyefeastart.com. the art gives me the oppor-

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The Luther Nourse Farm Keene, New Hampshire

By Nancy McGartland Photography by Kelly Fletcher

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he Luther Nourse Farm on Beech Hill, one of Keene’s oldest houses, was a self-sufficient farmstead in 1773. It’s self-sufficient again 248 years later in 2021, ready for another century, thanks to owners Mark and Terri Whippie.

In 1990 the Whippies – Keene natives – sought farmland. They “dickered for a year” with 90-year-old Mr. Kalb, the longest owner of the house (since 1947) out of its seven 20th-century owners.

The Whippies love the house’s history and take pride and joy in restoring it.

“The house deserves it, “Mark says.

“We love the old ways,” Terri adds, “so quiet and efficient.”

The Whippie house on 164 Jordan Road is one of Keene’s few remaining saltbox houses. It extends back from its original footprint with a chain of additions common to New England houses: The original loom room tucked under the saltbox slant, the current kitchen fashioned from the old screened porch, dining room turned sitting room, and finally, the former carriage shed and stable turned into a cozy apartment for Mark’s dad, Mort.

Behind the house at the top of the long drive stands the large barn, with a machine shop addition behind it.

THE HISTORY Jacob Stiles first owned the land. Colonel Abraham Wheeler purchased it, then built the house in 1773.

Col. Wheeler, married to Mary Morse of Dublin, was a leading citizen, wealthy, well-educated, and enfranchised.

According to Marjorie Whalen Smith in the 1968 book “Historic Homes of Cheshire County,” Wheeler “built his home with a base of heavy oak timbers, a central

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chimney and facing south as was the custom.”

Jordan Road was then called Proprietor’s Road, “for the proprietors of the town to use traveling to and from the ranges of the two 30-acre lots that had been mapped out on Beech Hill in 1763,” according to Smith. She goes on to tell us that another leading citizen, Peleg Sprague, a lawyer active in government, bought the house in 1799, retiring from Main Street to the “healthier” altitude of Beech Hill. His son, Nathaniel, “grew up to become the superintendent of Keene Glass Works.” His sister, Elizabeth, was a “co-partner at Miss Fiske’s School for Girls in Keene.” It’s said she brought the first piano to Keene.

Today, the central chimney still stands, massive, perhaps six feet long by four feet deep (photo, above).

“Its ample fireplace provided with crane and pot-hooks and its brick oven and ash hole,” according to the 1904 “History of the City of Keene.”

If you stick your head in the brick-arched-ceiling bake oven (as I did!), you’ll see its impressively intact curves.

On the north side of that sturdy beehive chimney, another fireplace opens onto the former loom room used for spinning and weaving, now divided into an office and a formal dining room. Walls of lath and plaster cover horizontal wide-board sheathing. The Whippies contemplated removing it to expose the wide planking as they have done upstairs.

Original batten board doors lead to two bedrooms up-

TOP: The 200+ year old fireplace at the Luther Nourse Farm.

INSET: Mark Whippie with two of the couple’s many chickens.

RIGHT: The original home features hand-sawn square rafters.

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stairs. In the hall, the Whippies laid wide board pine floors from timber felled on the property. Polished to a satin finish, they’re nailed with salvaged square nails.

In the master bedroom, the Whippies discovered behind old wallpaper and crumbling pressboard impressive 20-inchwide vertical chamfered planking. Its soft pink color, popular in Philadelphia at the time, was mixed with white and red lead by “painter-stainers.”

Taxes on imported paint were a hated part of the Crown’s “yoke of bondage.” Painted with hog’s hair brushes and then varnished with shellac, the walls have a rich antique patina that transports the room back to colonial Keene. The ceiling’s hand-sawn square rafters are also chamfered.

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plumb” 248 years later.

Well, at least in that part of the house, the Whippies note with good humor. Generations of the Nourses, the first of which purchased the house in 1823, were farmers, not carpenters, the Whippies say. The Nourse family built the kitchen and dining room additions to a standard “that was just good enough.”

The carriage shed, and stables were likewise “just good enough” again, really “scabbed together,” Mark says.

The newer additions did not display any of the original home’s carefully hand-sawn square rafters but instead feature roughly hewn round rafters. Owing to the “just good enough” construction, the Whippies used to have to put a 2x4 under one side of their refrigerator to level it.

Like any old house, it creaks and moans when the wind blows. Smiling mysteriously, Terri says, “That’s Rebecca.”

She means Rebecca Nourse, an ancestor of the Nourse’s, hanged as a witch in Salem in 1692.

In the dining room, another massive chimney was barely “just good enough,” with “so many flue holes everywhere,” it was leaky. Mark rebuilt that chimney, installing two furnaces, an efficient modern wood boiler, and a wood stove in the room. Now they heat primarily with wood, harvesting it themselves.

The mantle over the wood stove is a mighty beam salvaged from the original barn raised in 1775 during the Battle of Bunker Hill. According to the 1904 “History of the City of Keene,” the barn raisers could hear the far-off battle cannons firing.

By removing half of the ceiling in the sitting room, the Whippies created an airy space, showing the new chimney rising to the second floor and revealing the attractive water milled beams. Cut probably between 1810 and 1820, at the peak of New Hampshire’s water-powered mills (at either the Beaver Brook Sawmill or a mill on George Street), the watermilling left telltale kerfs on the beams.

Self-Sufficiency Through the Centuries In 1773, Colonel Wheeler had no other choice; his farm had to be self-sufficient for the family to survive. In 2021, the Whippies also choose self-sufficiency. Coming full circle, the farming methods, chores, and crops the Whippies use tie them to older settlers who sowed pumpkins, squash and beans. Of course, the original farmers on Beech Hill, the Sokoki Abenaki, grew those first. Mark and Terri’s life mirrors the farmers here before them. Centuries filled with sowing, weeding, harvesting, preserving, tending to livestock and cutting wood.

We can imagine the former owners of the home being impressed by the crops the Whippies now grow, not to mention the new-fangled tools that bring their self-sufficient farm into the 21st century. The Whippies continue modernizing: From solar panels on the barn to micro-fabrics covering their row crops to inoculating seeds with natural microbes.

But, as in colonial times, deer and bears can eat their fill: “Last year, deer chewed the tops off my tomato plants,” remarks Terri.

The Whippie’s crop list reads like a seed catalog: rhubarb, onions, zucchini, tomatoes, cukes, carrots, beets, sweet potatoes, cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, winter squashes, and more. Their apple orchard includes Macintosh, Winesap,

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Pippins, Honeycrisps and Golden Delicious apples.

Plus, they grow Concord grapes. They raise both laying and broilers chickens, a few turkeys, and a couple of hogs each year.

“We pretty much live off the land, foodwise,” Terri says, reducing their shopping just to paper goods.

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Terri dehydrates basil, parsley, garlic, onions, and even kale, which she powders and sprinkles in smoothies. She freezes all their meat, corn and blue-

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berries. Mark discovered a stand of native highbush blueberries soon after they moved in.

Terri “puts up” sauerkraut, pickles, salsa, tomato sauce, jams and jellies, and, naturally, plenty of applesauce. And just like the colonists, the Whippies press their apples for fresh and hard cider.

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sive maple sugaring operation, with 1,200 taps in Cheshire woodlots near Surry Dam and the Wright Estate. Syrup customers are faithful and far-flung: the Whippies ship to Texas, Japan, Alaska and Germany. They even do home delivery to long-time customers.

Their farm feeds them and ties them to their community by selling eggs, maple syrup, and veggies. More than once, customers have shown up in their PJs, grabbing eggs for the children’s breakfast or syrup for pancakes on Easter morning.

In 30-plus years at the Luther Nourse Farm on Beech Hill, Mark and Terri have evolved into a stable beacon in this pandemic world. Many in the region know the Whippies, their coconut retriever dog Hunter, and their cats, Ruby and George.

The Whippies are on a firstname basis with the whole street.Mark says, “We’re the clearinghouse of the neighborhood.”

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By Caroline Tremblay Photography by Kelly Fletcher

here’s something about the grand old homes of yesteryear that always invites us into the mood of story. But it’s even better when one comes with a story that’s not to be missed.

One such property has long stood at 110 Court St. in Keene, the seat of Cheshire County, New Hampshire.

Though now a residence, the grand white 5,400 square foot building with its columned porch entrance was not always a home.

Built in 1797, it first served as a Masonic Hall constructed by the Rising Sun Lodge of Freemasons. According to town history, the structure initially rested on the east side of Main Street, where it was used as a meeting place for the Masons until financial troubles made it no longer viable.

According to an account of “Historic Homes of Cheshire County New Hampshire,” written by Marjorie Whalen Smith in 1971, “A mortgage was foreclosed, and the building came into the possession of Jehosophat Grout.”

For a time, it was run as a “subscription school,” the term used to describe rural private schools that were attended in the 19th century before public schools became available. It was run by Phineas Cooke, who would become Grout’s son-in-law and inherit the remarkable hall.

He and his wife Sophia decided to turn the estate into a residence, but first, they wanted it moved. And this is where the story becomes even more surprising.

In her historical writings, Marjorie Whalen Smith described, “The structure was moved up Main Street, swung onto Washington Street and then headed across the vacant land toward the pike. Midway it became mired and froze there before it could be moved farther, spending the winter frozen in open fields at the corner of today’s Union and Pleasant Streets.”

Imagine an entire home too frozen to budge! But so it was, and the couple had to wait until spring to complete their mission.

Ultimately the hall made it to Court Street, where it remains stationed now, and there the owners lived for about a decade.

In 1822, it was sold to Dr. Joseph Wheeler and was passed down through marriage and children within the same family until 1955. During that time, it was home to a number of Keene’s most prominent residents, including a well-known doctor, portrait painter and bookbinder. The full record of its owners can be found in a digital version of Smith’s publication available at keenenh.gov/sites/default/ files/homes.pdf (among many other fascinating local histories).

Over the years, the house was added onto and adapted in myriad ways — today the home has 5 bedrooms and 4.5 baths — but certain features remain to this day.

“The domed ceiling in the dining room, master suite with bathroom, and outstanding kitchen with nesting area are sure highlights,” describes current owner Robert Parisi.

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This Court Street house in Keen a cherished home and will soon founded in 2012 after moving to the area from Kentucky. He and his four children are now celebrating 10 years in New Hampshire.

“To me, I have always gotten out more than what I have put into the Keene area,” he says.

What first drew him to the property on Court Street was that “it was large enough for a family and had great future potential for commercial activities,” he explains.

Though he also owns the old Adams Farm Development in Westmoreland containing over 300 acres, he says, “I like the downtown life.”

One aspect that makes his storied house in Keene such an attractive place to live is that it has come a long way in amenities despite retaining significant historical elements.

“The home is very well-equipped for modern living with audio throughout the house, a gourmet kitchen, a master suite that puts hotels to shame, and one full acre downtown, which is amazing.”

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It has undergone substantial renovations in recent years, readying it to stand tall for another century. Parisi says, “It has had extensive updates to the slate roof, a staircase replaced, painting and some light fixture updates.”

In 2022, he has major plans for the landscaping and grand entry, as well.

He’s also about to add another chapter to the property’s intriguing background. He intends to list the home on Airbnb, making it available for curious travelers to enjoy during their stay in the Monadnock Region. He aims to rent the house in its entirety, residing at his second property when the Court Street hall is in use by guests.

It’s sure to be a treat for those looking to experience one of New Hampshire’s most active cultural hubs while staying in a house so strongly tied to the area’s past.

“It’s a pleasure to enjoy the warmth and the grand nature of such a home,” Parisi says.

It’s not often one can find a space over 230 years old with all the comforts of a modern rental.

Parisi is looking forward to sharing the enjoyment of one of Keene’s most unique architectural treasures. But he has no plans to let go of his downtown home base, which is also close to his business.

He explains, “I’m remodeling the Kipco building for my company, PoshHaus, to have a showroom for kitchen, bath, lighting, and more.”

The former Kipco building on Emerald Street, for sale since 2017, was purchased by Parisi in 2021.

“I enjoy being a steward of great properties and lands,” Parisi says.

To fund the purchase, he sold his current location at 310 Marlboro St., maintaining a lease agreement through the end of the year.

He hopes the new showroom, which has undergone quite a transformation, will serve as a home-design community resource. He would also like to offer more services, including installation.

“Currently, I have a team of nearly 20 employees, and we are really looking forward to growing our business family and shining up properties in the area,” he says.

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Reducing energy use in your home saves you money and reduces the pollution that is emitted from non-renewable sources of energy. Even if you have a small renewable energy system to make your own electricity, such as a solar electric system or small wind turbine (or are planning to install one) reducing your electricity load will help — either ensuring you don’t overload that system or allowing you to buy a smaller and less expensive system to start with.

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Almost any product with an external power supply, remote control, continuous display (including an LED), or that charges batteries will draw power continuously, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Berkeley Lab. The Berkeley Lab notes that the typical American home has 40 products constantly drawing power, amounting to almost 10% of residential electricity use.

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Don’t let phantom power haunt your electric bills this winter! A little bit of strategy and creative problem-solving should exorcise the ghostly leaks from your home and keep you more comfortable.

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HEALTHCARE/HOSPICE Home Healthcare Hospice & Community Services 312 Marlboro St. Keene, NH 03431 603-352-2253 hcsservices.org LOCKSMITHING Goodwin’s Locksmithing 4 Elm St. Swanzey, NH 03431 603-252-5625 LODGING/RESTAURANT Hancock Inn/Fox Tavern 33 Main Street Hanock, NH 603-525-3318 hancockinn.com PAINTING Robert Codman Painting & Wallcoverings 603-547-7906 robertcodmanpainting.com PLUMBERS Plumbusters 603-831-0594 plumbusters.net

RESTAURANTS Pickity Place 248 Nutting Hill Road Mason, NH 03048 603-878-1151 pickityplace.com The Gleanery 133 Main St. Putney, VT 05346 802-387-3052 thegleanery.com The Pub Restaurant & Caterers 131 Winchester St. Keene, NH 603-352-3135 thepubrestaurant.com RETAIL: GIFTS & MORE Creative Connection 56 Main St. Ashburnham, MA 978-827-6211 ccgiftgallery.com Daffodils Flowers & Gifts 11 Turnpike Rd. Jaffrey, NH 603-532-8282 daffodilsflowers.com

Gaia’s Blessing 1 Summer St. Peterborough, NH 03458 603-567-7129 gaiasblessingshop.com Joseph’s Coat 32 Grove St. Peterborough, NH 03458 603-924-6683 jocoat.com Knitty Gritty Yarn Shop 16 Depot Street Peterborough, NH 03458 603-924-2028 knittygrittyyarn.com Monadnock Oil & Vinegar 3 Grove St. Peterborough, NH 03458 603-784-5175

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Periwinkle Flowers 10 School St. Peterborough, NH 03458 603-831-8349 periwinkle-flowers.square.site/

TREE SERVICES Phil’s Tree Services PO Box 432, 34 Dale St. Keene, NH 03431 603-352-0202 philstreeservices.com Wilcox Tree Service 334 Horse Hill Road Marlborough, NH 03445 603-313-0073 wilcoxtreeservice.com UPHOLSTERY Spofford Upholstery Spofford, NH 603-363-8057 WINDOW REPLACEMENT Dave Scobi Quality Vinyl Replacement Windows 30 Old Homestead Hwy Richmond, NH 03470 603-762-1504 WINDOW TREATMENT Budget Blinds of Concord, Hanover & Keene 914-356-5933 budgetblinds/keene

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