Why I Love N.H.

In yesterday’s Suncook Valley Sun, I  read that the Chesley Memorial Library in Northwood will host a new crafts class. The article begins: “Would you like to learn how to crochet plastic totes from grocery bags?”

Who wouldn’t?
   
Evidently the class is free. It’ll be held Tuesday, Aug. 5, from 1 to 3 p.m..  Evidently one afternoon is sufficient to learn this skill. Besides reusing plastic bags, the totes will be handy for lugging groceries, so you won’t get stuck with a cupboard full of the very bags from which the totes are made! Talk about a win-win-win. Participants need to bring their own plastic bags, scissors and an M hook.
   
This morning I trotted to Durham to interview Andre and Arnold Garron, brothers and former star Univerisity of New Hampshire football players who went on to play professional ball. When they were just out of high school, each was recruited by a number of colleges. “Why did you choose UNH?” I asked.  Arnold said his first memory of UNH was stepping onto the crosswalk in front of Town and Campus in downtown Durham. “The cars all stopped,” he said. In Framingham, Mass., where he grew up, “They wouldn’t have.”

Our good driving wasn’t the only reason Arnold chose UNH.  But it helped. 

My Q&A with the Garrons will appear in the next issue of UNH Magazine.  If you’re an alumni, you’ll get the magazine in the mail for free. Otherwise, you’ll have to google the article.  If I remember, I’ll get somebody who knows how to set up a link from here to there.

Comments, questions, stories, and story ideas appreciated.  I’m especially interested in New Hampshire sayings. 

Comments

[Rick]

Hi Becky.

Not that I'm wishing the summer away but when fair season is upon us you could elicit reviews from readers on their favorite fairs and fair food (fried dough is my guilty pleasure!).

Rick

[Becky Rule]

Great idea, Rick. Nothing I like better than sitting in the bleachers with something greasy and a cold drink watching the Miss Deerfield Fair pageant on the Friday night of the fair. I'll put the question out to the universe.
Becky Rule