The Agony and the Ecstasy of James Kennard Jr
"Yet we have never known a happier person," Rev. Peabody wrote
Our Ancestors’ Opiate Addiction
History repeats, but who is anyone paying attention?
Zen and Danger: Sculling on the Piscataqua
The day I gave away my rowing shell
Two Invalid Poets Found Friends in Portsmouth
Clara Lynn and James Kennard Jr. turned adversity into verse
Now, That’s What I Call a Face Mask
PANDEMIC MEMOIRS, 2020 Who knew we’d all be checking our pockets every time we leave the house as someone shouts, “Don’t forget your mask!” Until a few weeks ago, face masks conjured up images of super heroes, the Lone Ranger, bank robbers, the Phantom of the Opera, sports goalies and catchers, and …
Harriet Ryan Albee Dedicated Her Life to Terminally Ill Women
An unsung Seacoast NH woman who died saving others
Meet Edward Stickney, the American Apollo
The greatest dumbbell lifter in the world, Stickney claimed
What Martin Pring Was Really After in 1603
A plant so valuable it was worth traveling 3,000 miles in a small wooden boarad
Surviving Pandemics in Our Past
Portsmouth has been here before