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Village life: Food happiness starts with Mom
By Jan Worth-Nelson Mar 2010
In the last few years of her life my mother ate almost nothing. She had had colon cancer and for a tortuous few months bore a colostomy bag. Then they unhooked it and reconnected her digestive...Village life: No pawnshop for stories
By Teddy Robertson Jan 2010
Turning the key in the lock, gazing distractedly through the lowest pane of the back door window, I see a slight but unaccustomed disorder in the dining room. Chairs at an oblique angle to the...Village life: Trapped in iron lung
By Jan Worth-Nelson Jan 2010
I was lying in bed one night in mid-December before the solstice, when the day's supply of light was still miserably shrinking.It was cold. I'd turned the furnace down to 62, resolved to be an...
Village life: Circus parades to Buckham
By Jan Worth-Nelson Dec 2009
Edwin Custer is a quiet man, and on entering his beautiful Craftsman-style house on Crapo Street one hears just the subtle bubbling of a small fountain and low-key jazz.
It’s a space...
Village life: We all had our trial by fire
By Jan Worth-Nelson Nov 2009
This month I'm starting my seventh decade. If the Biblically-allotted three-score and 10 bears out, I'm down to the 10.It's a bit shocking.
I've been experimenting with calling myself "60" for...
Village life: Ghost lived in my closet
By Jan Worth-Nelson Oct 2009
Maybe my potlatch went too far when I threw away my wedding dress.On the other hand, who wants to see a white ghost every time you open the closet door, reminding you of failure?
It was my first...
Village life: Just gotta dance
By Jan Worth-Nelson Sep 2009
Dancing and I renewed our vows last June on the upper deck of the Lake Winnepesaukee party boat. And, after asking around, it seems I'm not the only one lately getting the funky leg.Here's how it...
Village life: I am fond of basements
By Jan Worth-Nelson Aug 2009
If the only people going into your basement are strangers and you have to write them a big check afterwards — as has been the case with me lately — you know you're in trouble.On the other...
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