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BUNNY HARVEY
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LOOKING BEYOND THE VISIBLE
JOHN MARKOWITZ
ADVENTURER & HUMANITARIAN
COLONIAL PHARMACY ONE-STOP SHOP
CONTENTS
FEATURES
30 | The Remarkable
John Markowitz
A humble Upper Valley hiker conquers Mexican volcanoes and aids migrants. by Lisa Ballard
40 | What Remains
to Be Seen
Landscape painter Bunny Harvey looks beyond the visible. by Sara Tucker
52 | A One-Stop Shop: Colonial Pharmacy
Where big-city services come with small-town care. by Susan Nye
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Cover photo: Bunny Harvey in her studio. Photo by Jack Rowell. This page: John Markowitz in Mexico. Photo by Lisa Ballard.
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70 DEPARTMENTS 15 Editor’s Note
80 Cooks’ Corner
16 Contributors
By Susan Nye
18 Online Exclusives
Island Time cooking.
84 The Pick
20 Monthly Tidbits
Calendar of local events.
Facts, fun & ideas for spring.
95 Advertisers Index
26 Season’s Best
96 Celebrate the Moment
Don’t fight Mother Nature. By Deb Thompson
Readers share their photos.
63 Business Sense
Cowbell Mobile Bike Shop. By Justine Kohr
70 Active Life
A night in J.R.R. Tolkien’s childhood home. By Lisa Ballard
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EDITOR’S NOTE
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Signs of Spring Have you noticed the days growing longer, or have you seen the first robin this year? Luckily for us, there are many signs of spring to look forward to. My favorite may be keeping vigil over my flower bed, watching for a tender shoot to break through the soil and knowing that, before long, an array of bright-yellow daffodils, red tulips, and purple hyacinths will thrill me with their beauty and sweet fragrance. It’s no wonder that bees and other insects are attracted! Speaking of bees, you’re probably aware that we need to take steps to help them as well as other pollinators, whose numbers have been dwindling. You can provide food sources for our insect friends by choosing native plants for your landscape and by refraining from spraying with pesticides. Find out more beginning on page 26 in an article that introduces an information-packed new book, Native Plants for New England Gardens by Mark Richardson and Dan Jaffe. If you love flowers, trees, and shrubs, this is a must-have addition to your library. We’re thrilled to be able to bring you a feature on landscape painter Bunny Harvey, whose work is sure to light up your day (page 40). Thanks go to writer Sara Tucker, interviewer Ed Koran, and photographer Jack Rowell for capturing Bunny’s character, vast knowledge, and talent within our pages. And a special thank you to Bunny for allowing us access into her world, busy as she is (at press time, packing for Rome), all the while being kind and gracious. Don’t miss the chance to meet her during her exhibit at the Aidron Duckworth Museum beginning April 28. In other stories, Lisa Ballard continues her adventures with a humanitarian trip to Mexico (page 30) and a stay at the Hobbit Boutique Hotel in South Africa (page 70). Bike season is here, so contact Todd Chewning at Cowbell Mobile Bike Shop (page 63) to be sure your wheels are ready for spring rides. Oh, you’re at work? No problem! Todd will drive his fully equipped bike-fixing van to you. Last but not least, take the opportunity to treat yourself to a visit to Colonial Pharmacy’s beautiful new location in New London (page 52). No matter where your travels take you, keep up with all the latest articles, news, and events online at www.uppervalleyimage.com. Enjoy!
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ABOUT OUR CONTRIBUTORS
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Lisa Ballard
Justine Kohr
Susan Nye
An accomplished writer and photographer, Lisa contributes regularly to over 30 regional and national magazines on various backcountry, adventure travel, nature, and wildlife topics. She has written seven books, including Best Hikes with Dogs: New Hampshire and Vermont, Hiking the Green Mountains, and Hiking the White Mountains. To learn more, visit her website, www .LisaBallardOutdoors.com.
Justine is the editor of Tuck Today, the official magazine of the Tuck School of Business, and a freelance writer. A vegan with a strong passion for animal rights, she is particularly interested in personal histories. She lives in West Lebanon with her husband and six animals.
A corporate dropout, Susan left a 20-year career in international sales and marketing for the fun, flexibility, and fear of self-employment. She is a writer, speaker, entrepreneur, and cook. Susan’s work appears in magazines and newspapers throughout New England. Her favorite topics include family, food, and small business. When she’s not writing or cooking, Susan is hiking, biking, or kayaking near her New Hampshire home.
Ian Raymond
Jack Rowell
Sara Tucker
Ian has been photographing people and places in New Hampshire for over 30 years, and his studio, Raymond Photographic Imaging, is located in Laconia. In addition to photography for magazines, catalogs, and brochures, he specializes in architectural photography and fine art portraiture.
A fifth-generation Vermonter, Jack has been a professional photographer for over 35 years, shooting documentary, commercial, and advertising photographs. He has had successful one-man exhibitions at the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College, Chandler Gallery in Randolph, Governor’s Reception Area in Montpelier, and the Main Street Museum of Art in White River Junction.
Sara is an independent journalist who comes from a long line of Vermont farmers. She is the author of Our House in Arusha and An Irruption of Owls, a memoir set in Vermont. You can follow her on Facebook, Goodreads, on her blog, Sadie and Company, or email her at saratucker@aol.com.
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More Than Delicious Cookies On March 12, 1912, Juliette Gordon “Daisy” Low organized the first Girl Scout troop in Savannah, Georgia. For more than 100 years, the Girl Scouts have honored her mission to build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place. The
National Quilting Day
Girl Scouts have grown to 1.8 million girls and 800,000 adults, and
Are you a quilter? If you’re looking for a
the organization offers every girl a chance to practice a lifetime of
way to celebrate National Quilting Day on
leadership, adventure, and success.
March 17, the Quilt Alliance encourages you
And what about those cookies? The Girl Scout cookie program is the largest girl-led entrepreneurial program for girls in the world,
to participate in its Happy Birth Day, Baby!
and it helps Girl Scouts earn money for fun educational activities
project and make a quilt for the first baby born
and community projects. Proceeds from cookie sales stay within
on National Quilting Day at your local hospital.
the local council—in our case, Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains. They’re put toward funding community and leadership
Find the free downloadable pattern, full
projects, subsidizing summer camp, and providing events for girls
instructions, and more details at quiltalliance
in the community. To learn more, visit www.girlscoutsgwm.org.
.org/nationalquiltingday/happybirthdaybaby/.
Save Your Vision Month More than 20 million Americans suffer from severe vision loss, but a few simple tips from the American Academy of Ophthalmology can help keep your eyes healthy. 1. Wear sunglasses. UV-blocking sunglasses prevent retinal damage and delay the development of cataracts. 2. Eat right. Vitamin deficiencies can impair retinal function, and people whose diets are high in vitamins C and E, zinc, lutein, zeaxanthin, and omega-3 fats are less likely to develop age-related macular degeneration. Eat plenty of fruits and veggies, especially leafy greens. 3. Get an eye exam. Adults with no risk factors or signs of eye disease should get a baseline eye disease screening at age 40.
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Puppy Love March 23 is National Puppy Day, which celebrates the unconditional love that puppies bring to our lives and, more importantly, encourages adoption and educates the public about the horrors of puppy mills. There are many ways to celebrate—adopt a puppy from the Upper Valley Humane Society; make a donation of food, money, toys, or supplies (the Upper Valley Humane Society has a wish list of the items needed most); take your pup for a long walk; or just give your puppy (of any age) some extra snuggle time. To get involved with the Upper Valley Humane Society and view their Wish List, visit uvhs.org.
Welcome Spring After a long and very cold winter, the spring equinox finally arrives on March 20. On the vernal equinox, day and night are each approximately 12 hours long, and the sun rises exactly due east and sets exactly due west. The four seasons are determined by shifting sunlight and how the planet orbits the sun and the tilt of its axis—not by temperature. But the vernal equinox signals some telltale signs of spring; worms emerge from the earth, the increasing sunlight triggers birds to sing, and crocus poke through the snow and start to bloom.
Did You Know? The daffodil is the birth fl ower for March, and the bright-yellow blooms are a cheerful sign that spring has arrived. After your daffodils bloom, allow the plants to grow until they die off. They need time after blooming to store energy in the bulbs for next year’s bloom, so don’t remove the leaves while they are green. When foliage turns brown, snip at the base or twist and pull lightly.
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A Day for Earth Senator Gaylord Nelson from Wisconsin conceived the idea for
Lift a Local Brew Always celebrated on April 7, National Beer Day recalls April 7, 1933, when the Cullen-Harrison Act took effect. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed it into law on March 22 of that year, thus repealing the prohibition on beer. The night before was called “New Beer’s Eve,” and tens of thousands of Americans queued up that night waiting for the stroke of midnight. There are many fine pubs and breweries in the Upper Valley where you can lift a mug to celebrate. One that grows its own hops for the beers it brews is the Flying Goose Brew Pub in New London. Their brews are “green” too—solar panels offset half of the energy costs, giving you another good reason to celebrate. If you prefer to brew your own beer, check out the Lebanon Brew Shop. Flying Goose Brew
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a national day to focus on the environment after witnessing the extensive damage from a massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, California in 1969. Inspired by students who were instrumental in the anti-war movement, Nelson aimed to shine a light on the need for environmental protection. He believed students’ energy, passion, and commitment could ignite the nation’s consciousness about air and water and force environmental protection onto the national political agenda. The result, Earth Day, has been celebrated on April 22 for nearing the half-century mark. Now an annual global event, people in more than 190 countries participate in Earth Day actions and events. For ways to take part in events near you, check out the Upper Valley Land Trust at www.uvlt.org. Meanwhile, test your
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Earth Day IQ at www.earthday.org/ earth-day-quiz/. Five quizzes include a test of your knowledge about climate change, environmental literacy, clean energy, and more.
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LACE UP & GO For those who can qualify, the 2018 Boston Marathon, to be held this month on Patriots’ Day, Monday, April 16, is a major event. If you’re not quite at that level, check out the Upper Valley Running Club, which serves runners of all levels in the Western New Hampshire/ Eastern Vermont area. Visit the website to learn more about this organization and how they can help you reach your running goals at uppervalleyrunningclub.org.
Arbor Day While Earth Day is celebrated worldwide on April 22, here in the States, Arbor Day is celebrated later in the week on April 27. Over a century ago, J. Sterling Morton, founder of Arbor Day, had the bright idea of setting a day aside to plant trees. Trees provide food, oxygen, shelter, medicine, and more. They improve air quality, preserve soil, and support wildlife and ecosystems. And today their value continues to grow as more of the planet suffers the effects of deforestation and environmental degradation. Your celebration can be as simple as planting a tree in your yard or your community. For more inspiration, you’ll find great ideas and resources at www. arborday.org/celebrate. Find image at www.uppervalleyimage.com •
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M AY SUNSHINE IN A GLASS Be sure to get your daily dose of sunshine on May 1, which is National Orange Juice Day. An 8-ounce serving of this nutritious juice has 124 mg of vitamin C and is also a source of potassium, thiamine, and folate.
American baseball player Lou Gehrig when he was introduced as a new player for the New York Yankees in June of 1923.
LOOKING BACK It’s not possible to summarize the many historic events that have happened during the month of May, but here are a few noteworthy dates:
Pucker Up! We all know the saying, “When life hands you lemons, make lemonade.” The ideal day to mix up a cold, tasty pitcher of this refreshing beverage is May 6, the first Sunday in May, which is National Lemonade Day.
Don’t toss those lemons after squeezing; use them to clean your kitchen: To clean your microwave, drop rinds into a cup of water, microwave for one minute, and then wipe the inside clean with a soft cloth or sponge. Sprinkle your cutting board with salt and rub with half a lemon for a deep cleaning. Rub a lemon half over the inside of plastic containers to help remove stains and odors. 24 i m a g e •
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May 2: In 1939, Lou Gehrig played in his 2,130th consecutive game, a baseball record that endured for 57 years until Cal Ripken topped that number with 2,632. May 6: The Hindenburg exploded in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey, in 1937. May 9: In 1869, the first transcontinental railroad was born when a “Golden Spike” was driven into the railroad tracks at Promontory Summit, Utah, connecting the tracks of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads. May 21: Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross in 1881. May 28: In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt pushed a button that opened San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge.
SWEET GOODNESS Many of our favorite things come with the arrival of spring, and one of those is enjoying sweet, juicy strawberries. May 20 is National Pick Strawberries Day, so plan on indulging in a bowlful or adding them to recipes. Local strawberries may not be ready until later in the season, so plan on going out with your family when the time is right. Local Vermont farms you may consider visiting include Cedar Circle Farm in East Thetford, Killdeer Farm in Norwich, and Wellwood Orchard in Springfield; in New Hampshire, you can visit Edgewater Farm in Plainfield or Spring Ledge Farm in New London. Be sure to call ahead to check availability.
Berry Good
Strawberries are ✔ an excellent source of vitamin C ✔ low in fat and calories ✔ a good source of fiber, folic acid, and potassium ✔ fighters of bad cholesterol and inflammation ✔ the only fruit with their seeds on the outside ✔ members of the rose family.
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Trumpet Honeysuckle
Wild Senna
Don’t Fight Mother Nature Choose native plants adapted to our region PLANTING FOR POLLINATORS Busy bees, ants, butterflies, and other pollinators need our help as their habitats and food sources are compromised. Consider incorporating some plants to attract insects and other hardworking friends to your landscape. Other top plants for pollinators include • Pennsylvania sedge, Carex pensylvanica • Wild strawberry, Fragaria spp. • Aster, Eurybia, Ionactis, Symphyotrichum • Spicebush, Lindera benzoin • Cherry, Prunus spp. • Oak, Quercus spp. • Goldenrod, Solidago spp. • Highbush blueberry, Vaccinium corymbosum Joe-Pye Weed
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SEASON'S BEST By Deb Thompson Photos by Dan Jaffe
Globe Pequot, $21.95, paperback, 232 pages, 100 photos.
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esides providing beauty to New England woods, meadows, and home landscapes and gardens, native plants provide habitat for wildlife and support healthy ecosystems. In their new book Native Plants for New England Gardens, authors Mark Richardson and Dan Jaffe share their extensive knowledge of local flowers, trees, and shrubs. Illustrated with 100 photos and divided into four categories for easy reference (Herbaceous Perennials; Trees and Shrubs; Ferns, Grasses, and Sedges; and Vines and Lianas), the book provides gardeners with a guide for choosing the best plants for any location and growing condition. Mark and Dan answer our questions below. What’s your advice for beginners? There’s a lot to know, so how does one start without being overwhelmed?
Cardinal Flower
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Our thought is that, if any plant requires pesticides in order to survive, we’ll simply skip that plant and choose a better one in its place.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS Mark Richardson, director of the Botanic Garden at the New England Wild Flower Society, studied ornamental horticulture at the University of Rhode Island and holds a master’s degree from the University of Delaware’s Longwood Graduate Program. Photographer and author Dan Jaffe earned a degree in botany from the University of Maine, Orono, and has years of nursery and plant sales experience. He is the official propagator and stock-bed grower for New England Wild Flower Society.
bringing in new topsoil, fertilizers, and irrigation systems. We always prescribe to the right plant, right place mantra. The native flora include plants that will grow in any of these difficult sites, and when you pick the correct plants, you don’t need to add anything other than the plants themselves. In the book you mention not using pesticides. Can you explain? This one also falls back on the right plant, right place idea. Pesticides are stopgap solutions to problems that are almost always avoidable if we treat soils well. A large proportion of pesticides are used on lawns due to the fact that the traditional American lawn doesn’t work well in New England. It’s a plant that is poorly suited for the place and thus requires extra inputs in order to survive, in this case, lots of extra water and more pesticides than any other crop we grow in America. We prefer to skip the lawn entirely and instead look toward plants like Pennsylvania sedge (Carex pensylvanica) or our native wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) to take the place of the lawn. Our thought is that, if any plant requires pesticides in order to survive, we’ll simply skip that plant and choose a better one in its place. Are native plants, which usually grow in the wild, available at local garden centers? I’m especially interested in milkweed since it attracts pollinators. This is a bit of a yes and no. There are a lot of native plants available in nurseries simply because a good deal of native plants are common in the nursery industry. Species like highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum), black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida), or bee balm (Monarda didyma) are easy to find. That being said, we might argue about the quality of those plants when purchased from a nursery that treats all their plants with systemic pesticides regardless of need, an unfortunately widespread practice. Some of the less common natives, like the milkweed you mentioned or the wild strawberry mentioned above, require a bit more searching. We always recommend that people ask these questions at their local nurseries: What native plants do you carry? Have any of your plants ever been treated with systemic pesticides? Nurseries are businesses and will respond to the needs of their customers when the questions start piling up. We can also recommend Van Berkum Nursery in Deerfield, New Hampshire, and of course, people are always welcome to visit us at our Framingham or Whately locations. There are also a number of online sources these days, and many of our native plants are easy to grow from seed, which is very easy to source online. Explain more about pesticides and their effect on the environment.
New England Wild Flower Society is based at Garden in the Woods, a naturalistic botanic garden of native plants set on 45 acres in Framingham, Massachusetts. The Society also has seven sanctuaries in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont that are open to the public. Learn more at www.newenglandwild.org.
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Most people by now have heard the term “neonic,” which refers to a specific class of systemic insecticides called neonicotinoids. Neonics are used to prevent insect damage because they are absorbed by treated plants, making the entire plant toxic to insects. They are long lasting; in fact, researchers have detected neonics in treated hemlocks up to seven years after an application. This is, of course, a big problem for beneficial native insects, particularly pollinator species like moths and butterflies that feed on leaves of native plants as caterpillars. Unfortunately, neonics and other systemic insecticides are used widely throughout horticulture, agriculture, and other industries. Maryland and Connecticut have passed legislation restricting the use of neonics, and Massachusetts is considering legislation as well. Some stores have begun voluntarily labeling neonictreated plants, while others have yet to grapple with this issue at all. People who are interested in using native plants not just for their aesthetic value but also because they support pollinators must make sure the plants they purchase have never been treated with neonics. I
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John Markowitz of Enfield, New Hampshire, walks along the street in Tlachichuca in the volcanic region of interior Mexico.
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A deserted beach on Hudson Bay extends as far as the eye can see. The strand would
STORY AND PHOTOS BY LISA BALLARD
THE REMARKABLE
JOHN MARKOWITZ A HUMBLE UPPER VALLEY HIKER CONQUERS MEXICAN VOLCANOES AND AIDS MIGRANTS
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n the city of Serdan in the volcanic region of Central Mexico, a legless teenager named Mertir stares from his wheelchair at John Markowitz, a 70ish man with more energy than those half his age. John speaks to several dozen Red Cross youth volunteers with unbridled enthusiasm. The shy teen in the wheelchair sits on the opposite side of the courtyard at Red Cross headquarters, separate from the other middle and high school students, yet his bright hazel eyes never waiver from the older man’s enthusiastic demonstration. A resident of Enfield, New Hampshire, and an emergency department technician at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC), John Markowitz is showing the crowd how to cook eggs in a solar oven. The eggs would cook faster on the hot concrete, but this is John’s only opportunity to teach the teens how to use the oven. It’s one of five that he has brought to Mexico on this trip, along with $5,000 in medical equipment.
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Clockwise from top left: John Markowitz hugs one of the residents in a small mountain village partway up Pico de Orizaba. Mertir, a migrant teenager who lost his legs when he fell off a train, sits by the railroad tracks where his accident happened. John and Hartford firefighter Tom Ritland with staff from the Mexican Red Cross. Mertir with his rescuer in the Red Cross migrant shelter near Serdan.
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Each year, 100,000 men, women, and children, typically from Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, jump onto cargo trains they call “the beasts” near the southern border of Mexico, hoping to ride them 2,400 miles north to the United States. SPURRED TO ACTION The motivation for this humanitarianism is an earthquake. Six weeks earlier, the quake made international headlines for the destruction it caused in Mexico City. The state of Puebla, where Serdan is located, faired just as badly. Of the 220 cities and towns in the state, 212 sustained significant damage. But sometimes situations change. When he reached Mexico, John’s trip took on a different focus—helping migrants along the country’s main north–south train route. A former college football player with a penchant for standing on top of mountains, John first traveled to Mexico in 1999 to climb Pico de Orizaba (18,491 feet), a volcano near Serdan and the third-
highest mountain in North America. With his remarkable “can do” attitude, he has returned a number of times to reclimb Orizaba as well as several other volcanoes in the region and to support the efforts of the Mexican Red Cross. After an hour, John declares the egg ready. He peels it, then dribbles the soft yolk into his mouth. The egg is undercooked, but he makes his point. The shy Mertir smiles slightly from his corner of the courtyard as the other teens disperse. Mertir is a Honduran migrant who fell off a train while trying to hitch to the United States. The horrific injuries from the accident resulted in the loss of his legs. John spots the young man and immediately walks over to say hello.
Above: The humanitarian group from the Upper Valley at Pico de Orizaba base camp pauses. From left: Tom Ritland, Charlie Barker, Dave Foster, John Markowitz, Chris Sweitzer, and Lisa Ballard.
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The team and Red Cross workers show off the bunk beds they built inside the Red Cross migrant shelter. John Markowitz helps distribute medical supplies inside Red Cross headquarters in Serdan. John with a Red Cross driver by the Unimog ambulance. John presents medical equipment to the head of the Red Cross. John demonstrates how to use a solar oven to student volunteers at Red Cross headquarters. John sorts hats, soccer balls, and other items to be donated to villagers on the side of Pico de Orizaba.
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Each year, 100,000 men, women, and children, typically from Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, jump onto cargo trains they call “the beasts” near the southern border of Mexico, hoping to ride them 2,400 miles north to the United States. It’s a two-month journey—holding onto the roof or a narrow grate between train cars in the scorching sun and traveling at high speeds. The lucky ones find shelter in an empty boxcar for a few days. The less fortunate, like Mertir, fall off and are badly injured. What’s more, bandits sometimes hijack the trains and kidnap the migrants. Much of John’s humanitarian work in Mexico has been dedicated to these desperate travelers. A PASSION TO SERVE It’s never a solo effort. On this trip, Dave Foster, an electrical engineer from Hanover; a correspondent (me); and three firefighters from nearby fire stations (Charlie Barker from Lebanon, Chris Sweitzer from Hanover, and Tom Ritland from Hartford) accompany John. In a mere month since the earthquake, he had acquired a grant through the Hitchcock Foundation and a private local philanthropist to help cover the cost of the trip, a remarkable feat given that most grants take a year or more to secure. The group stays at Servimont, a base camp for climbers in the nearby town of Tlachichuca. By no coincidence, a poster in the common area at Servimont announces the 2004 Mexican Ambulance Climbing Project. The poster features Phil and Susan Ershler, the first couple Find image at www.uppervalleyimage.com •
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Migrant teen Mertir learns carpentry skills from Upper Valley firemen as he helps build bunk beds for a nearby Red Cross migrant shelter.
to climb the Seven Summits (the highest peak on each continent). It publicizes their presentation at DHMC to help raise money for an ambulance now used by the Mexican Red Cross in Serdan to aid injured migrants. When I ask John about the poster, he tells a remarkable story. In 1999, he hiked the Appalachian Trail from North Adams, Massachusetts, to Grafton Notch, Maine, with Arthur “Sonny” Demers, a legendary Nordic skier from Eastman. After their multiday backpacking trip, John and Sonny wanted another challenge. “Mexico was more affordable,” recalls John. “Sonny wanted to reach a summit, and we both wanted to do something humanitarian. We ended up in a flooded region that had gotten 30 inches of rain in 36 hours. We could see huge mud scars in the valleys when we were climbing. We went to a warehouse to sort food and clothing donated through Rotary. It was surreal. You could see it on TV, and there we were.” The men also learned that it cost $2,000 to rebuild each of the homes damaged by the flood, a modest amount by American standards but an impossible sum for most Mexicans, particularly in rural areas. Upon returning to the states, the two raised more than $2,000 giving slide shows of their successful climb up Pico de Orizaba 36 i m a g e •
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and the flood damage they saw. They sent $2,000 to Mexico but didn’t know what to do with the extra cash. FILLING A NEED “I went back to Mexico using my own money and met with Gerardo Reyes [the owner of Servimont],” says John. “He showed me a letter from the Mexican Red Cross appointing him director of the Red Cross for the north slope of Pico de Orizaba, but the title came with no money, no personnel, and no ambulance.” The idea of providing an ambulance for Gerardo’s search-and-rescue efforts held great appeal. If John could get a group together to climb Orizaba and build a donation of $250 per person into the cost of the trip, it would be enough to buy a used one. However, not just any ambulance would do. It needed to be a highclearance, four-wheel-drive vehicle that could navigate the washed-out, steep two-track road that wound up the lower mountain. “I thought it was a crazy idea at first, but once you say you’re going to do it, it’s public,” he says. “I talked to a few people, and they said yes! Sixteen people came on that trip. Then Gerardo got a lead on a Unimog in Arizona that we Find image at www.uppervalleyimage.com •
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thought would work. I took out a bank note to cover the balance we didn’t raise.” Unimogs were developed by the Germans during World War II as an all-terrain vehicle. They resemble a covered, square-backed pickup truck. The name, Unimog, is an acronym for the German term Universal Motor Gerät (“gerat” means “machine” in English). The circa 1960 Unimog for sale in Arizona had been used as a construction trailer. It could handle the terrain around Orizaba but needed to be converted into an ambulance. It also needed a water pump, new tires, brakes, and other repairs, and the tires alone cost $1,200. The presentation at DHMC by the Ershlers spurred the donations to help cover these additional costs. After John and Sonny purchased the Unimog, Gerardo and his family got the vehicle across the border. However, when the Unimog finally reached Central Mexico, the keys ended up at the Red Cross headquarters in nearby Serdan, where it remains today and is used primarily for rescuing injured migrants. “I thought the Unimog was going to be used both for mountain rescue and to help migrants,” says John. “At first I was annoyed, but now I’m happy to see the ambulance is being used basically as I envisioned, helping local people.” On the morning of the egg-cooking demonstration, the Unimog arrived at Servimont to take us to Serdan. At Red Cross headquarters, the firefighters spread the medical gear on a long table. The Red Cross personnel were like kids on Christmas morning when they 38 i m a g e •
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John Markowitz by the Unimog ambulance he helped find and finance for the Mexican Red Cross.
saw the piles of stethoscopes, heartrate and blood monitors, tourniquets, finger clips, and other much-needed ambulance necessities. The room emanated with joy and gratitude. No surprise! If the Unimog is any indication, the Red Cross in Serdan is severely undersupplied. The ambulance contains only a stretcher, a few bandages, and one canister of oxygen, quite a contrast to the emergency medical vehicles in the United States. Once John learned Mertir’s tale, the boy became part of the team, helping to saw wood for bunk beds that the firefighters built for a Red Cross migrant shelter by the train tracks. He is amazingly adept at maneuvering his wheelchair in a place without handicap access regulations. His spirit infected all of us, but especially John, who hopes to raise enough money this summer to get prosthetic legs for Mertir. “In the mountains, you’re close to the earth,” says John. “There is a groundedness to that, a sense of awareness. You see local people when you climb, like farmers who get their hands in the dirt. Climbers get their hands in the dirt too. You’re in tune with the weather and the elements like they are. Nature speaks to you. It makes you feel alive, and with that comes a sensitivity to other people’s needs.” John Markowitz is just more sensitive to others’ needs than most. I ONLINE EXTRA
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BY SARA TUCKER 6 PHOTOS BY JACK ROWELL
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“There is no force so powerful as an idea whose time has come.” —Everett Dirksen
Bunny works on the diptych Reflections, Breaths, and Murmurs, 2017, oil on canvas, 54x86 inches. The larger painting is shown and described on page 43.
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unny Harvey’s curiosity about the natural world goes back to earliest childhood, when she first asked herself where the wind comes from, what rocks are made of, and what blue jays talk about. Almost 70 years later, she still wonders. A voracious reader, she synthesizes concepts gleaned from Japanese poets, German physicists, and French philosophers in her renderings of the Vermont landscape. Recently retired from a 40-year teaching career at Wellesley College, Bunny maintains ties to the American Academy in Rome, which granted her a painting fellowship in 1974, and to her native Manhattan, where she keeps a studio. But Vermont, where she paints in a converted barn surrounded by apple trees, rock gardens, woods, fields, and cow pastures, has been her primary home for a long time. How her knowledge of quantum mechanics informs her work as a painter was one of the topics that came up when artist Ed Koren, a teacher at the Center for Cartoon Studies and a longtime friend, interviewed her for image.
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Opposite: Sonorous Space, 2005, oil on canvas, 66x66 inches. This page: Bunny in front of Natural Conversations, 2017, oil on canvas, 78x54 inches.
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“As an artist, my job in life is to just dig around, and dig around, and dig around, until I’m in that completely solid, uplifting place that edits out everything that’s unimportant. I look for that place, that feeling, over and over again.”
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Ed: I want to start by asking you to respond to this quote from Camus. Bunny: Uh-oh. Ed: I apologize for the second word: “A man’s work . . . ” It’s humanity, right? Bunny: I get it. Ed: “A man’s work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover through the detours of art those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.” Bunny: It’s interesting that it separates the artist from the man. As an artist, my job in life is to just dig around, and dig around, and dig around, until I’m in that completely solid, uplifting place that edits out everything that’s unimportant. I look for that place, that feeling, over and over again. Ed: When you get to that place, everything’s important. This cup. That pen.
Bunny: Well, you’ve created friendships, or continuities, with leaves and grasshoppers and stones and people and philosophies, and all of a sudden they’re so interrelated that you can’t divorce them from each other. But verbal awareness is not the same as what you feel as an artist when you’ve achieved some kind of visual awareness that is all-inclusive. I’m verbal enough, but I don’t exist in words. My awareness isn’t linear, the way words embody thought. Ed: When you were involved in quantum physics, I kept thinking, how does that concept work its way into your art—into that other consciousness that’s nonverbal? Bunny: I read quantum mechanics for 15 years before I understood any of the stuff that we weren’t taught in school. We were taught Newtonian physics. It took me a long time to deal with the most
Opposite: “I let my garden get overrun with nasturtiums,” Bunny says of Garden Hues, 2004, oil on canvas, 66x66 inches. This page: Closer view of Bunny from page 40. Above: Detail of a brush from Rome that Bunny has had since 1966.
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Dragonfly Rumors, 2010, oil on canvas, 54x66 inches. Bunny says she enjoys studying dragonflies at her pond—observing their behavior, flight patterns, and life cycle.
basic thought experiments, like Shrödinger’s and Heisenberg’s. Ed: Why were you interested? Bunny: I’m interested in the unseen, even though I’m a visual artist. I’m interested in how the mind has come to see nature in the abstract, at the nano scale. It fascinates me that we’ve evolved a series of expressions, equations, to investigate that. Everything in one’s awareness that is nonvisual educates me to make it visual, to realize an image, whether it’s a completely abstract one or a representational one. What something feels like or smells like, its history, its Latin name, how it exists at the atomic level or where it exists in large-scale thinking about the universe, the chemical bonds that bring things together—I like knowing this, and I like knowing that it doesn’t appear visually the way it exists in the mind. I like the complexity of that. Ed: Do you think it affects your visual sense of craft and of structure? Bunny: Absolutely. I refine what I don’t need to know in order to know. That’s my job in front of the canvas.
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Ed: When you decide to do a drawing or a painting, what motivates the first mark?
Field Chatter, 2006, oil on canvas, 54x66 inches.
Bunny: Fear. It’s like taking a trip to a country you’ve never been to. You think, hmm, I don’t know the language, and I don’t know what to expect, but I know once I step into the country for the first time, once I’m over the border, I’ve got to accept whatever comes my way. The first mark in my case is usually an emotional color. Maybe I’m thinking about the way wind interacts with different qualities of space in the landscape. It comes in very specific ways, unless there’s some anomalous weather pattern. I’m very sensitive to that, and I listen for it, and I watch what the birds are doing, and I think, okay, where am I going to start? Am I going to start seven miles away, or 5,000 feet or 30,000 feet up? I think about what are the layers of awareness that I have about this quality that can generate a mark. Sometimes it’s the activity; sometimes it’s the emotional color of my thought. I’m somewhat synesthetic, so I’ve always had associations between numbers and colors and sounds. So that’s where I start, but it’s with some trepidation. Find image at www.uppervalleyimage.com •
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Ed: I think trepidation is the universal term for the empty space, or vessel, that you want to fill. Bunny: But I don’t work on just one thing. I work on some things for years and some things for moments. I also have developed, I think, the willingness to overcome bad work. I’ll make a big mess, and I’ll think, I went too far with this. So it’s like fallow ground. I just put it aside. I let work sit for days, months, years, and then revisit it. I use it like a garden plot. Ed: Do you ever get to the point where you say, this is hopeless? Bunny: Yeah, I do. But so what? Nothing I make is important. Everything I make is just trying to reach a certain level of connection to thought, and if I can’t get there with the materials at hand, then I have to move on. It’s work. What’s important is not for me to say. I don’t care. Ed: Your thoughts are important to you, but you can’t really think about whether the audience out there is going to listen to what you have to say. Bunny: No, and my audience is this imaginary cacophony of voices—tenth century Japanese poets or the blue jay juvenile delinquents that appear this time of year and scream around in the landscape. I think, hey, do you like this? Do you like this painting? I was reading some vaguely interesting book, the name of which I can’t remember, but one little fact that stood out is that the Old Testament is in many ways a portable landscape. It’s a history of people who act out their stories in very specific landscapes. So for Jews carrying the Old Testament with them, it’s a reminder of the landscape of origin. That’s how I feel about Vermont. It’s my landscape of origin, somehow. Every summer when I would come back, I would go and touch my favorite rocks. I knew every rock on my parents’ land. Ed: How old were you when you first came to Vermont? Bunny: I was three. Ed: So it’s deeply embedded in your soul. Bunny: My relationship to this place was as a child being brought here from New York City every summer. My parents would take 48 i m a g e •
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us out of school early, like in May. My mother would come with the kids, and my father would fly back and forth to New York on the weekends. My parents didn’t know anything about the country, not a thing. I don’t think my mother walked in the woods at all. I don’t think they knew anything about the landscape. But to go back to the quote you started with, it was like my heart opened up. I remember building a museum in my room over the years. There were rocks, four-leaf clovers. I made a planetarium. It was my world, but I went out and stole things from the landscape, rusty old junky things, horseshoes and nails and handles from doors. There was a brook where people had been dumping junk for years, so I collected old bottles, whatever I could find. I didn’t have playmates, so I created a world within a world, out of the world. Maybe that’s what I’m still doing. I’m stealing fragments and combining them in a way that’s like a museum in my head, and it happens to come out as a painting. i Bunny may be contacted through her website, www.bunnyharvey.com.
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From her studios, Bunny talks about her work in an online video at www.uppervalleyimage.com.
Bunny’s work can be seen at the Aidron Duckworth Museum from April 28 through June 3, 2018. A reception will be held on April 28 from 3 to 6pm with an artist’s talk at 4pm.
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Clockwise from right: Pharmacist and co-owner Glenn Perrault speaks with cashiers. Young shoppers enjoy browsing the toy aisles. The store carries a full line of Village Candles.
A one-stop shop
Colonial Pharmacy WHERE BIG-CITY SERVICES COME WITH SMALL-TOWN CARE
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egardless of “buy local” campaigns and hometown boosters, family-owned pharmacies continue to be swallowed up and squeezed out by big businesses. Today, an overwhelming majority of New Hampshire pharmacies belong to one of the giant chains like CVS or Walgreens. But one beloved local pharmacy is bucking that trend. Pharmacists and owners Randy Doerr and Glenn Perreault of Colonial Pharmacy in New London have been steadfast in their determination to remain independent. They proudly celebrated the store’s 50th anniversary this past September. To mark the milestone, they moved down the street to a brand-new, 14,000-square-foot building. BY SUSAN NYE ð PHOTOS BY IAN RAYMOND
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Right: The store is stocked with all of your baby shower gift needs. Below, from left: Donna and Glenn Perrault. Outfit your little one with Lazy One bibs and onesies and Burt’s Bees Baby organic cotton clothing. Opposite: Ben’s Pure Maple Products are made locally in Temple, New Hampshire. A large selection of Park Designs pillows, curtains, tablecloths, placemats, and rugs are on display. If you don’t see the pattern you like, the staff would be happy to place a special order for you.
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A Little Background A third-generation pharmacist and graduate of the College of Pharmacy at Butler University, Randy is originally from Indiana. He moved East and joined Colonial Pharmacy in the early 1980s. “It was a toss-up: move to New Hampshire or Minnesota,” Randy says. He and his late wife Linda were both pharmacists and both loved lakes. Randy spent summers as a kid canoeing in Minnesota, and Linda’s family once lived in Concord and had a cottage on Lake Winnipesaukee. “In the end, where to move was a one-to-one tie,” he says. “Like every good husband, I knew the wife’s vote is the tiebreaker. We moved to New Hampshire.”
Randy went from employee to part owner in 1990. That’s when Colonial Pharmacy founder Bill Faccone retired and sold the business to Randy and another employee, Vern Bailey. Glenn came on board in 1993. He grew up in Southern New Hampshire and graduated from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy in Boston. He worked for a couple of the chain stores before joining Colonial Pharmacy. Glenn and his wife Donna bought Vern’s half in 2015. Donna does the books and much of the generalmerchandise purchasing for the store. She shares Glenn and Randy’s drive to keep Colonial Pharmacy independent. When Randy is ready to retire, all have agreed that the couple will buy him out.
“Our goal is simple,” says Glenn. “We’re here to help people.”
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The pharmacy has long provided custom-compounding services for both humans and animals, and the new location has two compounding laboratories specially equipped with air-exchange and filtration systems.
Clockwise from top left: Pharmacy techs Brandy and Elyssa are busy filling prescriptions. You’ll find a large selection of health and beauty aid products. Customers love Simply Noelle and Charlie Paige socks and clothing for women. For your convenience, Colonial Pharmacy has the small appliances you need, whether for a second home, a dorm room, or when your old one fails.
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Personalized Service Taking care of customers is more than putting pills in a bottle. The owners strive to offer big-city services with the personalized and caring attention of a small-town business. This philosophy has allowed them to thrive. Randy and Glenn actively review your prescriptions and supplements to ensure that there are no negative interactions. They take the hassle out of prescription transfers and will help you navigate a Medicare reimbursement. “Our goal is simple,” says Glenn. “We’re here to help people.” The pharmacy has long provided custom-compounding services for both humans and animals, and the new location has two compounding laboratories specially equipped with air-exchange and filtration systems. One is designed specifically for compounding drugs that have been classified as hazardous by the Food and Drug Administration. This classification includes powerful chemotherapy medications for cancer treatments. In addition, there is a consultation room for flu shots and immunizations as well as brace and diabetic footwear fittings.
Making Life a Little Easier A drive-up pharmacy window—a much-needed service—is on the way. “We have a lot of older patients who have trouble getting into and out of the car and around the store. The window is perfect for them,” says Glenn. Randy Find image at www.uppervalleyimage.com •
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Clockwise from left: Youngsters enjoy the store’s selection of children’s books. Vance Kitira unscented candles add a pop of spring color to your decor. New Hampshire souvenirs include shirts, sweatshirts, and hats along with other items such as mugs, coasters, and more.
adds, “It’s also great for young families. Busy moms and dads don’t need the hassle of buckling kids in and out of car seats and corralling them through the store.” The drive-up window will not change their delivery service; Colonial Pharmacy will continue to provide free scheduled deliveries. This service covers individuals at home as well as local assisted-living facilities and students through the health centers at ColbySawyer College and Proctor Academy. The delivery area stretches from Grantham to the north and Bradford to the south as well as east and west. New London, the two schools, and assistedliving facilities receive daily deliveries, and the delivery van visits the remaining towns two or three times each week. To save their clients from constantly running out of one medication or another and having to make extra trips to the pharmacy, Randy and Glenn offer what’s called Sync Fill. This service synchronizes refills for all your prescriptions and supplements. Instead of multiple trips to town, customers have one scheduled pickup or delivery for all their medications. Randy says, “We see a lot of adult children coming north to the area on the weekends to help their aging parents. If we can take away some of their worries and reduce the number of errands, we will. We want to help families spend more time together.” Plans are in the works to grow their pill-pack service. A few individuals and many local assisted-living residents use it already. Pill packs save you the trouble of juggling bottles of pills and figuring out when to take what. Clients receive all their medications and supplements grouped in bubble packs. Each is clearly labeled with the date and time of day the medication should be taken. While the pharmacy has regular business hours, both Randy and Glenn Find image at www.uppervalleyimage.com •
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are always there for their clients. They respond to after-hours emergency calls. “We care about our patients. Over the years, I’ve met doctors and worried spouses and parents at the backdoor in the middle of the night on many occasions,” says Glenn. The pharmacy accepts most insurance plans, offers charge accounts, and helps clients with prescription affordability. “Pharmaceutical companies give us coupons and put them online. We actively look for coupons and generic products to help our customers buy at the lowest cost,” says Randy.
A One-Stop Shop And that’s just the pharmacy. In addition to prescriptions, over-thecounter drugs, and personal care products, Colonial Pharmacy offers a cornucopia of everything from small appliances to toys, T-shirts, flip-flops, and golf balls. It’s your one-stop shop for anything and everything that you can’t find elsewhere in town. Needle and thread, birthday cards, wrapping paper, an alarm clock, flares and a flag for the Fourth of July, and a quart of real New Hampshire maple syrup— you’ll find it all. “We try to fill the gaps,” says Glenn. Randy offers an example: “At the start of the school year, lots of ColbySawyer students arrive needing sheets, towels, and pillows. If we didn’t stock them, they would have to make a run to Lebanon or Concord.” Glenn adds, “We’re very busy in the summer. If it’s raining, everyone wants puzzles, books, and magazines. When the sun shines, they need beach chairs and towels. Regardless of what they forgot to pack, we probably have it.” i Colonial Pharmacy 247 Newport Road New London, NH (603) 526-2233 www.colonialpharmacy.com
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BUSINESS SENSE By Justine Kohr
Friendly expert care at your doorstep
Cowbell Mobile Bike Shop
N Top: Sometimes, if the sun is shining, Todd will work outside on a bike. Above: Cleaning the cassette on a standard tune-up.
o time to plan your meals for the week? Don’t worry. Your meal kit from Blue Apron is on its way. And that Ikea TV stand you bought that will be impossible to put together? TaskRabbit is coming to your house later this afternoon to assemble it. Guess what? The chariot is due for an oil change, but your schedule is filled this week. Why not drop your keys with Zippity, the car-care startup founded by two Tuck alumni— this business comes right to your workplace!
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“Todd has a reputation for being the best bike mechanic around,” says Liz Pierce, a Norwich, Vermont, resident who is a repeat customer. “He comes to my house, which is an unimaginable convenience.”
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Todd’s guiding principles are to be honest, pay attention to detail, and just be kind. Consumer-first companies that offer personal, convenient services at your home or your place of work are continuing to pop up around the country, and the Upper Valley too is benefiting from this make-your-life-easier fever. Cowbell Mobile Bike Shop, founded by longtime bike mechanic Todd Chewning of Lebanon, is the latest convenience brand to pop up in the Upper Valley.
“The Best Bike Mechanic Around”
Clockwise from far left: Todd makes corporate visits to maintain and repair employees’ bikes. Riders celebrate a mountain ride supported by Cowbell. Todd picks up a bike needing repairs in Burlington, Vermont. The Cowbell van is well stocked to service a whole fleet of bikes.
Cowbell offers a number of services for the casual or expert cyclist: tune-ups, bike assembly and disassembly, wheel builds and care, suspension, and even ride support for group rides. But here’s the kicker: Todd meets customers right in their driveways and works directly out of his detailed cargo van. The setup is a win–win. The benefits to the customer are obvious: A friendly, knowledgeable bike mechanic works on your bike in a location that’s most convenient for you—and he’s finished by the time you’ve mowed the front yard. And if you’re not around that day? Not to worry; Todd can leave you an invoice and touch base with you later. “Todd has a reputation for being the best bike mechanic around,” says Liz Pierce, a Norwich, Vermont, resident who is a repeat customer. “He comes to my house, which is an unimaginable convenience. Last winter he disassembled my bike, shipped it to Florida, and a month later I shipped it to him in Vermont and he put it back together—all from the comfort of my home. You just can’t beat that.” Find image at www.uppervalleyimage.com •
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Doing What He Loves
The Cowbell racing team at the historic Gloucester, Massachusetts, venue, one of the longest running cyclocross races in the country.
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For Todd, who fell in love with bikes the moment his training wheels came off, this business model affords him the ability to do what he enjoys with little overhead and the freedom to create his own schedule. It’s an idea he’s been kicking around for most of his career. “I started researching other brands out there offering this type of service, and I noticed that they were very expensive,” says Todd. “My family, especially my dad, really encouraged me to go for it. He told me, ‘Anything they can teach you, you already know. You should just do it yourself.’” Todd, who grew up outside Baltimore, began BMX racing when he was 13. He loved the high intensity of the sport and excelled at it. “I have about 100 trophies sitting in my parents’ attic right now,” he says with a laugh. As a kid, he spent hours in his garage cleaning and tuning his bike before
and after races. But it was his father, a mechanical engineer, who really taught him the ins and outs of mechanics. The two spent a lot of time in the garage working on motorcycles and cars—one time even completely overhauling a classic MGB together. “He was my mentor; he taught me everything I know,” says Todd. “You used to be able to work on your car or your bike yourself. It’s a lot more technical now. You need a specialized person to do that stuff. And people are too busy, so they hire someone to help them out, which is kind of good for me.”
Staying True to His Values You could call Todd a bike aficionado. Not only has he been riding since he was a kid, he’s worked on bikes professionally since the ’90s. In 2005, he relocated to the Upper Valley with his wife Kim to accept a job as head of the bike department at Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) in West
The Cowbell team’s tent is set up to support teammates at the races in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
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COMMUNITY Lebanon where his sales and labor soared. Later, as head mechanic at the BikeHub, a former bike shop in Norwich, Todd’s attention to detail, his honesty, and his friendly demeanor quickly gained him a reputation as a top bike mechanic in the Upper Valley. When the BikeHub closed its doors in 2016, Todd took it as a sign to finally go out on his own. His first year was admittedly tough, but the following year, 2017, was profitable. Now that he’s established his brand and a network of customers in the Upper Valley, he’s decided to expand his services north to the Burlington area. In addition, Todd recently cofounded a racing team, Cowbell Mobile Racing, with local cyclist Stephen Kohr to help engage Upper Valley cyclocross racers and get the word out about his brand. His Cowbell van can often be seen at road and cyclocross races across New England, where he offers his support to racers. Besides expanding to Burlington, Todd also hopes to increase his visits to companies that offer wellness programs. He offers a corporate-rate discount and can come directly to a company’s lot. But whatever the next step is for Cowbell, he plans to stay true to the values he’s held since the very beginning: Be honest. Pay attention to detail. And just be kind. “If someone brings their bike to me, I’m going to be honest about what the bike needs,” says Todd. “When it’s in my hands, from that point on, it’s my bike. I want it to run like my bike, so I’m going to care for it like it’s my bike. I think people feel that.” I
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A wagon by a farmer’s field on the outskirts of Bloemfontein.
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BY LISA BALLARD PHOTOS BY JACK AND LISA BALLARD
A NIGHT IN J.R.R. TOLK IEN’S CHILDHOOD HOME THERE ARE ONLY FOUR BOOKS THAT I’VE READ MORE THAN ONCE: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy, which includes The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. All four are by the legendary British author J.R.R. Tolkien. Not only have I read them each a half-dozen times over my 50-something years—I’ve watched the movies based on the books over and over since the first one, The Fellowship of the Ring, was released in 2001.
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Like many hobbit fans, I associated Tolkien with England. . . . I had no idea he was born in South Africa.
MORE INFO For more information or to make a reservation at the Hobbit Boutique Hotel, go to www.hobbit.co.za. To arrange a bird-hunting safari in the highveld region of South Africa, contact Carl or Malcolm Malcomess at Hunts with Hans, wonderhoek@telkomsa.net.
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Tolkien transports me to the epic adventures of the hobbits, wizards, dwarves, elves, and mankind of Middle Earth in a way that no other work of fantasy has ever done. Perhaps it’s because the strange lands they travel are not so strange at all. They remind me of places close to home. The Shire is verdant and rolling like the Upper Valley. The Misty Mountains could be the Presidential Range in the White Mountains, and Shelob, the orc-eating arachnid that guards the secret entrance to Mordor, is a giant version of those ugly, hairy spiders that live under docks on the Connecticut River. It’s said that Tolkien was bitten by a spider when he was a small child in Bloemfontein, South Africa, though historians claim the incident had nothing to do with his creation of Shelob.
On a Hunt, But Not for Tolkien
I wasn’t thinking of hobbits when I arrived in Bloemfontein last June. In fact, I had never associated Tolkien with this city of 520,000 on the “highveld” or high plains of this southernmost African nation. Like many hobbit fans, I associated Tolkien with England, and more specifically with Oxford University, where he studied and then spent most of his career as a professor. I had no idea he was born in South Africa. The reason for my visit to Bloemfontein was to go pigeon and dove hunting.
Opposite: The family living room, now lobby, at the Hobbit Boutique Hotel. Sidebar: The exterior of the house. This page, clockwise from top: Preparing the dove- and pigeonshooting blinds on a fallow field. A pigeon perches above the Hobbit Boutique Hotel before its morning flight to the sunflower fields. The author takes aim at incoming pigeons.
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Humans aren’t the only creatures that value sunflowers. Pigeons and doves do too. After roosting at night in the city, flocks of them swarm to the fields during the day to feast on the nutritious dark seeds. A British friend invited my husband Jack and me to go to South Africa to hunt gray-winged partridge and guinea fowl, but the trip turned into a South African bird-hunting sampler. In addition to hiking over the highveld kicking up partridge, we spent a day hunkered on the edge of a cornfield shooting spur-winged geese, Egyptian geese, and shelducks. The dove shoot was the grand finale of our multifaceted South African shot-gunning experience, which also provided a service to local sunflower farms. As an agricultural product, sunflowers are prized for both their seeds and their oil. Thousands of acres of farmland surrounding Bloemfontein are dedicated to this crop. During the South African summer (our winter), these tall, top-heavy plants turn the landscape a happy gold for as far as the eye can see. Then, in the fall (our 74 i m a g e •
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The author waits in a blind for doves and pigeons. Inset: A sunflower ready for harvest but almost picked clean by birds.
J.R.R. TOLKIEN IN SOUTH AFRICA John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892– 1973), known to friends and family as Ronald, was well known as a British writer, poet, early environmentalist, and professor at Oxford University, where he crafted his classic highfantasy stories The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Though he spent most of his life in England, he was born in South Africa. His parents moved there to take advantage of his father’s job promotion, heading up the Bloemfontein branch of the bank where he worked. Both J.R.R. and his younger brother Hilary were born in Bloemfontein. His father died of rheumatic fever when Tolkien was only three years old. Without a source of income, his mother took her two boys to the Birmingham area in England where her family lived. A diabetic during an era before insulin was available, she too died when Tolkien was young, leaving her sons to be raised by family members and a local Catholic priest.
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spring), the flower heads dry to a dull, pale brown. The seeds are ready for harvest by June, about the time we were there. Humans aren’t the only creatures that value sunflowers. Pigeons and doves do too. After roosting at night in the city, flocks of them swarm to the fields during the day to feast on the nutritious dark seeds. Our small group’s task was to rid the fields of these avian thieves, an impossible task as there are millions of them, and they fly very fast and in a maddeningly erratic pattern. But in the spirit of the cliché “every little bit helps,” the farmers were grateful for whatever assistance we could provide.
A Serendipitous Discovery
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A shooter in a blind made from camo-cloth. Other blinds were made of tumbleweed and sunflower stalks.
night before the shoot. “What an odd name for a hotel,” I thought, reading the small sign out front. I figured it was some sort of Lord of the Rings-themed lodge created by another Tolkien fan. However, it didn’t look like a commercial inn; it looked like a well-maintained Victorian-style house. Several orange trees laden with fruit framed the pretty pale-gray dwelling, accentuated with white, curving trim. What luck! It was Tolkien’s birthplace and the home where he lived with his parents and brother until age three. Today the house is a national historic site as well as a four-star bed and breakfast. We rolled our bags into the lobby, the former living room. Some of the author’s illustrations, paintings, and maps adorned the walls, and early Find image at www.uppervalleyimage.com •
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Island Time COOKING HERE COMES THE SUN?
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COOKS’ CORNER BY SUSAN NYE
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o put it politely, Northern New England is not at its best in springtime. Only the most optimistic among us would attempt to deny this irrefutable fact. The mountains of dirty snow that line the driveway and fill the front yard are anything but springlike. Since they melt at a seemingly glacial pace, it will be weeks before the first daffodils bob in a gentle breeze. Then there are the potholes that turn a simple road into a rollercoaster. Perhaps worst of all, gray is the presiding color; gray skies, gray trees, and piles of gray sand left in the snowplow’s wake. Okay then, forget the dirty snow, gray sky, and potholes. Declare Island Time! Lace up your favorite pink sneakers, break out the rum, and celebrate New England’s most elusive season. Let Bob Marley play in the background, start with a festive cocktail, and enjoy a delicious dinner with roots in the Caribbean and Key West. You’ll see. Eventually the snow will melt, and everything is gonna be all right!
Island Punch
Makes 1 cocktail 1–2 1 1 2
oz dark rum tsp dark-brown sugar, or to taste Pinch freshly grated nutmeg oz fresh lime juice oz fresh orange juice Seltzer water (optional) Lime or lemon wedge
Put the rum, sugar, and nutmeg in a tall glass and stir until the sugar dissolves. Add the lime and orange juice and stir to combine. Fill the glass with ice, add a splash of seltzer, garnish with a lime or lemon wedge, and serve. For 12 cocktails 1½–3 cups dark rum ¼ cup dark-brown sugar 1 tsp freshly grated nutmeg 1½ cups fresh lime juice 3 cups fresh orange juice 3 cups seltzer water (optional) Lime or lemon wedges Put the rum, sugar, and nutmeg in a large pitcher and stir until the sugar dissolves. Add the lime and orange juice and stir to combine. Transfer to the refrigerator and chill. To serve, fill tall glasses with ice, add the punch mixture, top with seltzer, and garnish each glass with a lime or lemon wedge.
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Caribbean Shrimp Curry Serves 8
1 large (8–12 oz) sweet potato Olive oil 1 large onion, chopped 1 (2-inch) piece of ginger, minced 1 Tbsp minced jalapeno or ancho chili, or to taste 1–2 Tbsp curry powder 1 tsp cumin Salt and freshly ground pepper 3 cloves garlic, minced 3–4 cups shrimp, chicken, or vegetable broth or a combination 2 cups unsweetened coconut milk 1 cup dry white wine 2–2½ cups basmati rice 2–2½ lb extra jumbo shrimp (16–20 per lb), peeled and deveined 12–16 oz baby spinach 1 red bell pepper, roughly chopped 1 yellow bell pepper, roughly chopped Zest of 1 lime Juice of ½ lime Garnish: toasted and chopped peanuts, chopped fresh cilantro leaves, and thinly sliced scallions
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1. Put the rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 375°. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or foil. 2. Prick the sweet potato several times with a knife and place it on the baking sheet and into the oven. Bake at 375° until soft, 1 to 1½ hours. Remove from the oven and cool for a few minutes. 3. While the sweet potato cools, heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion, ginger, and jalapeno; sprinkle with curry and cumin; and season with salt and pepper. Sauté until the onion is translucent, then add the garlic and cook 2 minutes more. 4. When it’s cool enough to handle, halve the sweet potato, scoop out the flesh, and add it to the onion, using a potato masher or fork to break it up. Stir in the broth, coconut milk, and wine and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 20 to 30 minutes. This dish can be made ahead to this point, cooled to room temperature, and then covered and refrigerated. Bring to a simmer before continuing. 5. While the sauce simmers, bring 2 to 3 quarts of salted water to a boil in a large pot. Stir in the rice, cover, reduce heat, and cook on a low boil until just tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Drain the rice, return it to the pot, and let it sit off the heat for about 10 minutes. 6. Raise the heat to medium-high, and when the sauce is bubbling, add the shrimp, tossing to combine, and cook for 1 minute. Add the spinach and toss to coat. Add the bell peppers, tossing to combine, and continue cooking, stirring frequently until the shrimp are pink and the spinach has wilted, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in the lime zest and juice. To serve, place a spoonful or two of rice in shallow bowls, top with shrimp and vegetables, and sprinkle with peanuts, cilantro, and scallions.
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cups graham cracker crumbs Tbsp brown sugar tsp cinnamon tsp nutmeg tsp salt Tbsp butter, melted large egg yolks (14-oz) can sweetened condensed milk Grated zest of 2 limes ½ cup fresh lime juice* ¼ cup fresh orange juice ½–¾ cup very cold heavy cream 1. Set a rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350°. 2. Put the graham cracker crumbs, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt in a 9-inch glass pie plate and whisk with a fork to combine. Add the melted butter, mix until well combined, and firmly press the crumbs into the pan. Bake the crust at 350° for 7 minutes and cool on a rack. 3. While the crust bakes and cools, put the yolks in a bowl and beat with an electric mixer until pale yellow and thick. Add the condensed milk and lime zest, and beat again until well combined. With the mixer on low, slowly add the lime and orange juice, increase the speed, and continue beating until smooth. 4. Pour the filling into the crust and bake in the middle of the oven for 15 minutes. Cool the pie on a rack to room temperature. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight. To serve, whip the heavy cream with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Cut the pie into wedges and garnish with a dollop of whipped cream. *If you would like to use Key limes and can find them, go for it. If not, regular limes will work just fine! i Find image at www.uppervalleyimage.com •
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Spinning Wool
Through March 18 Disgraced Amir Kapoor is a successful PakistaniAmerican lawyer who is rapidly moving up the corporate ladder while distancing himself from his cultural roots. Emily, his wife, is a white artist whose work is influenced by Islamic imagery. When the couple hosts a dinner party, what starts out as a friendly conversation escalates into something far more damaging. Northern Stage northernstage.org
March 16 Coming Soon: The Cougar Comes to the East Join us for a magnificently illustrated introduction to cougar biology and ecology in a broad diversity of habitats, from Alberta to the Arizona/Mexico border. We will also get the lowdown regarding the latest confirmations of cougars in the East. The Fells, 7pm thefells.org
March 16 Night Tree First Congregational Church of Lebanon, 7:30pm lebanonoperahouse.org
March 17 Group Hike: Tracking Animals by Understanding Habitat
April 5, May 3 First Thursday Hike at The Fells
Join Sue Morse of Keeping Track as she leads a moderate three-hour hike (or snowshoe!) to teach us how to recognize and interpret wildlife signs. The Fells, 9am–12pm thefells.org
These informal, moderate walks will be an opportunity to get a little exercise, spend time out in the landscape, and discover something new about the property once owned by the John Hay family. The Fells, 11am thefells.org
March 17 Introduction to Wool-Spinning Workshop
April 6 Benjamin Franklin: America’s First Citizen
Learn to spin sheep fleece into yarn, starting with a primitive forked stick. From there, we’ll progress to a homemade drop spindle. We’ll discuss diverse types of fiber and their distinct qualities and how to clean, wash, and prepare a raw fleece. Enfield Shaker Museum, 10am–12pm www.shakermuseum.org
Patrick Garner brings to life the nation’s favorite founding father. Patrick is a Broadway, television, and movie veteran of more than 20 years. Claremont Opera House, 10am www.claremontoperahouse.info
March 27 Out and About at The Fells: Sweet Winter and Signs of Spring Join the Lake Sunapee Protective Association’s education staff in this program for preschoolage children and their caregivers. Children will love the hands-on learning and sensory experiences, guided exploration, creative play, and art and music. The Fells, 10–11am thefells.org
April 7 Kindred Spirits: The New Life of Spring Learn about the explosion of life in the spring, from small seeds to big babies and everything in between. Build your own birdhouse to take home! The Nature Museum, 10am www.nature-museum.org
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Kashmir – The Live Led Zeppelin Tribute
April 11–May 13 Noises Off Called the funniest farce ever written, Noises Off presents a manic menagerie, as a cast of itinerant actors rehearse a flop called Nothing’s On. Doors slamming, on and offstage intrigue, and an errant herring all figure in the plot of this hilarious and classically comic play. Advisory: Ages 14 and up Northern Stage northernstage.org
April 13 Mighty Acorns Club: The Baby Animals of Spring With the warmth of spring comes many new things. Plants sprout, leaves pop out of their buds, and baby animals are born! Come learn, hear a story, make an animal craft, and go for a hike to enjoy the outdoors at this special time of change! The Nature Museum, 10am www.nature-museum.org
April 17 Southside Johnny & the Ashbury Jukes Lebanon Opera House, 7:30pm lebanonoperahouse.org
Aril 21, 22 Five Colleges Book Sale One of New England’s largest book sales with over 50 categories of carefully sorted, modestly priced books, both fiction and nonfiction. Included in the sale are a large collection of children’s books, DVDs, CDs, audio books, videos, special collectibles, rare books, and a sealed-bid auction. Proceeds
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support scholarships for Vermont and New Hampshire students at Mount Holyoke, Simmons, Smith, Vassar, and Wellesley Colleges. Lebanon High School, 9am–5pm Sat, 9am– 3pm Sun (half-price day) five-collegesbooksale.org
April 21 Kashmir – The Live Led Zeppelin Tribute Claremont Opera House, 8pm www.claremontoperahouse.info
April 27 Land of Trash The year is 2073, and Nuke and Stryder live on the barren streets of an Earth that’s been destroyed by environmental abuse. In an attempt to escape the law enforcers known as trackers, they are chased into a toxic dump filled with relics of the old world. It is here that they meet Carson, an old-world relic himself, who shares fantastical stories full of color and beauty. Lebanon Opera House, 10am & 6:30pm lebanonoperahouse.org
May 3 Thursday’s Child at the New London Inn Thursday’s Child at the Coach House Restaurant at the New London Inn supports local community nonprofits one plate at a time—donating 50 percent of each Thursday evening’s net proceeds to a designated organization. We hope that you will join us for the benefit of The Fells. New London Inn, 5:30–9pm www.thenewlondoninn.com
Manxmouse
May 5 Birding by Sight and Sound Join Peter Newbern for an early morning of learning tricks to identify birds’ songs and calls by interpreting what it seems like they are singing, followed by a chance to hear and see some of the various neotropical birds returning to nest. This is an easy to moderate walk around the grounds of The Fells. The Fells, 7:30am thefells.org
May 5 Kindred Spirits: Pollinator is the New Buzzword – All About Bees and Beyond! Often, we think of honeybees and bumblebees as the only pollinators, but these are just several species among many. Learn about pollination and the heroes that make it possible. Be ready to learn, taste local honey, and explore our garden filled with local plants and flowers that attract pollinators and insects of all kinds. The Nature Museum, 10am www.nature-museum.org
May 8 Manxmouse Manxmouse is a one-of-a-kind show about a unique mouse with blue fur and rabbit-like ears. Some say he’s the strangest mouse they’ve ever seen, but Manxmouse doesn’t mind being different. Setting out on an exciting adventure, he encounters tigers, foxes, hawks, and a manx cat. Lebanon Opera House, 10am lebanonoperahouse.org Find image at www.uppervalleyimage.com •
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Heather Pruning
May 11 Mighty Acorns Club: Pollinators – Nature’s Small and Powerful Superheroes! Come learn about these many pollinators, how pollination happens, and what you can do to support them. The Nature Museum, 10am www.nature-museum.org
May 11–13 National Public Gardens Days Explore the beauty of The Fells and discover the colorful spring blooms in the Rock Garden and the fragrant blossoms of early flowering trees and shrubs. The Fells, 10am–4pm thefells.org
May 12 Heather Pruning with the Northeast Heather Society Learn about gardening with hardy and beautiful heather as you join members of the Northeast Heather Society while tending The Fells heather bed. Bring lightweight hedge trimmers (if you have them), dress in layers, and bring gloves. The Fells, 9:30am thefells.org
May 17 Pete the Cat When Pete the Cat gets caught rocking out after bedtime, the cat-catcher sends him to live with the Biddle family to learn his manners— and boy are they square! But for the groovy blue cat, life is an adventure no matter where you wind up, so the minute Pete walks in the door, he gets the whole family rocking. Claremont Opera House, 10am www.claremontoperahouse.info
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May 19 Under the Streetlamp Under the Streetlamp is one of America’s hottest vocal groups, composed of recent leading cast members from the Tony Award-winning sensation Jersey Boys. Lebanon Opera House, 7:30pm lebanonoperahouse.org
May 25 Members and Friends Season’s Opening Join fellow Fells supporters in celebrating the opening of the 2018 season. The Fells, 5–7pm thefells.org
May 26 The Fells Main House Opens for the Season The Fells, 10am thefells.org
May 31, June 14, 21 Dave Anderson Series Program A three-part series of evening programs and hikes led by Forest Society Naturalist and Director of Education Dave Anderson. Attend one or all three programs. The Fells thefells.org
May 31 John Hay’s Boyhood Summers at The Fells John Hay wrote about summers spent at The Fells, his parents Clarence and Alice, and the special places he remembered exploring. This late-afternoon program will share readings from John Hay’s works: The Immortal Wilderness, A Beginner’s Faith in Things Unseen, and In the Company of Light. The Fells, 3pm thefells.org Find image at www.uppervalleyimage.com •
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Hopkins Center Highlights Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (603) 646-2422 www.hop.dartmouth.edu The Hopkins Center Box Office is open Monday through Friday from 10am to 6pm.
War and Peace
Giselle
March 17 HopStop Family Show: Pete’s Posse with Sharon Comeau Alumni Hall, 11am; CSB Community Center, 3pm
March 30, 31 Dada Masilo: Giselle The Moore Theater, 8pm
April 5 Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma Spaulding Auditorium, 7pm
April 6, 7 Gob Squad Collective: War and Peace Cheeky, insightful devised theater explores big topics in Tolstoy’s masterwork. The Moore Theater, 8pm
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Sally Pinkas
Looking for Tiger Lily
April 10 Sally Pinkas Spaulding Auditorium, 7pm
April 12 DaymĂŠ Arocena This dazzling young Havanan sings Afro-Cuban music suffused with jazz, soul, and funk. Spaulding Auditorium, 7pm
April 19 Anthony Hudson: Looking for Tiger Lily Through songs and stories, a young performance artist hilariously lampoons Native American stereotypes. Warner Bentley Theater, 7 & 9:30pm
April 20 The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Spaulding Auditorium, 8pm
April 21 An Evening with Leslie Odom Jr. This Hamilton star shows his versatility in jazzy selections from Broadway and the Great American Songbook. Spaulding Auditorium, 8pm Find image at www.uppervalleyimage.com •
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Dartmouth College Gospel Choir
April 25 Inon Barnatan, Piano This “poet of the keyboard” delights with an inventive program of musical moments. Spaulding Auditorium, 7pm
April 28 Dartmouth College Gospel Choir Spaulding Auditorium, 2pm
April 28 HopStop Family Show: Alissa Coates Alumni Hall, 11am; CSB Community Center, 3pm
May 5 Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble Spaulding Auditorium, 8pm
May 6 Dartmouth College Glee Club Rollins Chapel, 2pm
May 12 HopStop Family Show: World Music Percussion Ensemble Enjoy the captivating rhythms of Africa, Cuba, and everywhere in between. Alumni Hall, 11am
May 12 HopStop Family Show: Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers: Everybody Loves Pirates Hand-crafted puppets tell the story of a search for buried treasure. CSB Community Center, 3pm
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Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble
Everybody Loves Pirates
May 12 Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble Spaulding Auditorium, 8pm
May 19 Handel Society of Dartmouth College With guest soloists and a full orchestra, this town–gown chorus performs one of the most moving of all the musical settings of the Biblical texts describing the last days of Jesus, with its dramatic characters and turn of events. Spaulding Auditorium, 8pm
May 25, 26 Dartmouth Dance Ensemble The Moore Theater, 8pm
May 25, 26 Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra Spaulding Auditorium, 8pm
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Old Hampshire Designs 77
Eyeglass Outlet 90
Omer & Bob’s 75
Appletree Opticians/Dr. Donna Reed 36
Flash Photo/Flash Pack & Ship 51
Open Door Integrated Wellness 25
Artifactory 17
Floorcraft 23
Phoenix Rising Boutique 17
ArtisTree Gallery 91
Friends of Norris Cotton/Prouty 68
Picaboo 48
Baker Orthodontics 14
Gilberte Interiors 7
Pleasant Acres 1
Barre Tile 37
Gourmet Garden 51
Powerhouse Hearing Center 17
Barton Insurance Agency 57
Guaraldi Agency 59
Quail Hollow 75
Belletetes 9
Hanover Inn 25
Ramblers Way 2
Benjamin F. Edwards & Co. 68
Hubert’s Family Outfitters 50
Relax & Co. 51 & 66
Bensonwood 13
Jackson’s Lodge 23
Richard Electric 83
Bentleys 29 & 91
Jancewicz & Son 6
Riverlight Builders 74
Billings Farm & Museum 92
Jeff Wilmot Painting 93
Roberts Scarlett Pharmacy 50
Biron’s Flooring 60
Jozach Jewelers 48
Rosanna Eubank, LLC 86
Blodgett’s Sash & Door 90
Junction Frame Shop 91
Springfield Medical Care Systems
Blue Mountain Guitar 50
Lady P’s Boutique 50
Boynton Construction 88
Lake Sunapee Region Chamber of Commerce 50
Sugar River Bank 58
Brown’s Auto & Marine 39
Landforms 57
TK Sportswear 89
Canon Tire 16
Larks & Nightingales Boutique 50
Tatewell Gallery 93
Carpet King & Tile 83
LaValley Building Supply 62
The Carriage Shed 4
Charter Trust Company 15
Lebanon Chamber of Commerce 16
The Farmer’s Table Café 60
Clarke’s Hardware 51
Lebanon Opera House 19
The Flying Goose Brew Pub 50
Clear Choice MD Urgent Care 48
Loewen Window Center 87
The Ultimate Bath Store 5
Colonial Pharmacy 89
Love’s Bedding & Furniture 94
The Woodstock Gallery 29
Co-op Food Stores 61
MB Pro Landscape 69
Timeless Kitchens 50
Cota & Cota 90
MJ Harrington Jewelers 76
Topstitch Embroidery 60
Country Kids Clothing 17
McGray & Nichols 49
Tuckerbox 79
Cowbell Mobile Bike Shop 38
Merten’s House 58
Tyler, Simms & St. Sauveur 89
Creative Redesign, LLC 51
Millstone at 74 Main Restaurant 50
Unleashed 51
Crown Point Cabinetry 3
Morgan Hill Bookstore 51
Upper Valley Haven 76
DHMC Dermatology 37
Mountain Valley Treatment Center 92
Vermont Instruments 77
Davis Frame Co. Inside back cover
Mt. Ascutney Hospital 78
Village Pizza & Grill 92
Denise Dame Realtor 61
NT Ferro Jewelers 29
Watermark Marine Supply 88
Donald J. Neely, DMD 39
Nathan Weschler 36
Wicked Awesome BBQ 38
Dorr Mill Store 78
Nature Calls 11
Woodstock Area Chamber of Commerce 29
Dowds’ Country Inn & Event Center Back cover
New London Inn & Coach House Restaurant 51
Woodstock Inn & Resort 87
Body Studio 8
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Dutille’s Jewelry Design Studio 88
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YOU and Yours this Spring!
Dianne Titus spent three weeks in Africa and Namibia. One of her biggest thrills was petting Sarah, a rescued cheetah.
Samantha and Chris with newborn son Driver and his brother Rowan. Photo by Kristy Burrell Photography.
Max and Rob, grandsons of Jenney and Charles Silva. Photo by Donna Taylor Photography of Woodstock.
Trinity and Baylee Hill conduct business in the State House during a school field trip.
Ken and Tobyn Olson enjoy ziplining in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
David and Eden Levesque celebrated their 30th anniversary with a cruise to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. 96 i m a g e •
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Bill, Willie, and Bob in Alabama at Bill’s By the Beach.
Send photos of your special moments to dthompson@mountainview publishing.com.