One week ago today, U.S. Army Veteran Brandon Jenkins was inadvertently caught in the destructive path of a local criminal. The motorcycle he purchased after his recent deployment in Afghanistan, was driven over and destroyed in a senseless act of road rage. Fortunately Mr. Jenkins was not seriously injured, but another victim who’s car was… Read More
We found this article both head-shaking and amusing and thought you would too. Enjoy! ~~Bill By Suzanne De Vita Home is where the heart is…not. Spite houses—homes built to draw the ire of onlookers—have been a gesture of contempt for centuries, directed toward neighbors, local authorities, developers and other adversaries left wondering, “Where’s the love?”… Read More
Today I found out that I was recommended by someone I don’t even know. Real Estate agents are an odd lot. Among the brood attracted to this profession there doesn’t appear to be a type, unless that type is ‘different’. Lawyers and Engineers seem to have just been born that way. Computer geeks are recognizable… Read More
Google contributes far more than just help finding things on the internet. On their site google.org you’ll find that Google provides massive support for a wide variety of altruistic endevors. Today we noticed an article on GoodNewsNetwork. Google is providing 25,000 laptops to help Syrian Refugees assimilate into their new environment. I can’t even imagine… Read More
We made our home in New Hampshire for 15 years so we know first hand, the down-home goodness of the folks who live there. Tom Arnold of Concord is clearly one of those people. He owns a local burger joint called Arnie’s Place. Just before Christmas, with 100 trees remaining on his lot, the thoughtful… Read More
The saying goes “You don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone”. LeAnne Quimby, my co-worker and my friend is gone but LeAnne didn’t fit the cliché. She inspired respect and admiration every day that she was here. I think I’ll mostly feel the absence of the way LeAnne could always, and I do mean… Read More
There are good people in this world. Teagan and the football team he represents prove it every day. Teagan House is the son of a long-time friend of our daughter’s. He’s a freshman at Spaulding High School in Rochester N.H. Teagan has muscular dystrophy and has been in a wheel chair since he was 10,… Read More
I had something else scheduled for Thank You Thursday this morning but then I watched the Pope’s address on Capitol Hill. Whether or not you are of his faith, whether or not you thought you’d care, whether or not your politics are his (and there is without a doubt, politics involved in these things), you… Read More
A Remarkable Man. A Remarkable Career. Along with his notable career in film including his most recent work in the Hunger Games series, did you know that Donald Sutherland: battled rheumatic fever, hepatitis, and poliomyelitis as a child graduated with a double major in engineering and drama was a member of “UC Follies” comedy troupe… Read More
Opening a school for Syrian refugee girls in Lebanon was a fitting Birthday celebration for Malala Yousafzai, the youngest person ever to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. This is the amazing young girl who was shot by the Taliban while advocating education for girls in Pakistan. Incredibly brave, she did not let them silence… Read More
