Well, it was too good to last. Our local hiking areas are now shut down for use. We were at Lincoln Woods last week and didn’t encounter too many people on the […]
White Mountain National Forest Closes Popular Hiking and Day-Use Areas
Patti Aliventi
Once upon a time there was this website called Epinions. I wrote thousands of reviews there. I love books, movies, and television; mostly science fiction. I'm a gun-totin', meat-eatin' liberal with libertarian leanings who will voice my opinion.
Hiking the Chimney Trail in Eaton, New Hampshire
This trail, which crosses through both Eaton and Freedom, New Hampshire is local to us. I had never been up it before and was intrigued by the relatively low incline of the […]
Movie Review: John Q – An Indictment of America’s Healthcare System
Written by James KearnsDirected by Nick Cassavetes I remember I accidentally received this movie in error back in the days when Netflix mailed you discs. I had no intention of watching it […]
Star Trek – The Next Generation: Datalore – Data’s Origin Story
Written by Gene Roddenberry, Robert Lewin, Maurice Hurley, and Tracy TormeDirected by Rob Bowman Here is another first-season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation which showed so much promise, but fades […]
Book Review: The Cathedral by Nelson DeMille – Intrigue and Hostage Drama
I confess to an affinity for Nelson DeMille developed once he commented in a Facebook group I’m in and I discovered he was from my hometown and attended the same high school […]
Diamond Painting, or How I’m Surviving Corona Virus Quarantine
About a year ago, I discovered Diamond Painting. I don’t know what caught my eye; most likely a Facebook ad. I’m thankful I developed such an affinity for it, because it’s really […]
Star Trek – The Next Generation: The Big Goodbye – A 1987 Vision of Virtual Reality
Written by Tracy TormeDirected by Joseph L. Scanlan Although Star Trek fans were first introduced to the holodeck in the pilot episode Encounter at Farpoint, it wasn’t until this episode, the 13th […]
Horatio Hornblower: The Duel – A Captivating Journey of Life in the British Navy
Written by C.S. Forester and Russell LewisDirected by Andrew Grieve Horatio Hornblower: The Duel is the first of a series of four specials that were aired on the A & E Network […]
Star Trek – The Next Generation: Too Short a Season – Exploring Vanity and Aging
Written by Michael Michaelian, D.C. Fontana, Johnny Dawkins, and Tracy TormeDirected by Rob Bowman This episode is probably one of the better of the first season episodes. It focuses not on a […]
Grandpa Fries and the Irish Sweepstakes (or Why My Family Never Wins Anything)
Yup, that’s my grandfather above. In the paper for having won what we were always told was the Irish Sweepstakes. In researching for this story, I think I’ve discovered that it had […]
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