Manchester, NH
These pictures of Manchester, NH were taken while walking the Piscataquog Trail.
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Steve Beal Sr.
I am just a man. I am a father, a son, and a husband. I am a homemaker, caretaker, coach, writer, speaker, and photographer. I love God. I love my family. I love my country. God has blessed my family and I, and I am eternally grateful. Author of Generation Jumping: Losing those who are not lost. Downtime with my family is about as good as it gets for me. Being outdoors in nature, among the animals and the wilderness, the Created, comes pretty close. Baseball, followed by hockey, are my two favorite sports, with several others a close third. I would rather do it right the first time. Honesty, respect, and integrity are virtues that I hold dear, so I call it like I see it. Before we as a society attempt to re-define these words, I will be here telling the raw truth.
Goffstown In Baseball
Goffstown, NH was incorporated in 1761. Goffstown ranks as just the 14th largest municipality in the state of New Hampshire. The 2010 Census put Goffstown’s population at 17,651. Roughly 15% of the population is between age 18 and age 24, or approximately 2,648 people. I am going to point out some more details from this age group a little later on in this piece. There are roughly 4,000 folks in Goffstown that are under the age of 18, in this group, nearly 10% of this group play baseball in the Goffstown Jr. Baseball organization. I point these numbers out because I find these things interesting enough to share.
Goffstown is a small town. There are 202 municipalities in New England that are larger than Goffstown. For this piece I refer to Goffstown baseball based on the towns the school district pulls from. Goffstown, New Boston (2010 census pop. 5,321), and Dunbarton (2010 census pop. 2,758) make up the school district. I will also point out which town the individuals mentioned in this piece hail from.
Mother’s Day
Sometimes there’s a plan, a grand scheme with the details all but ironed out. Other times there’s a discussion, maybe even a decision made, but no rock solid plan, just see what happens. Then there’s…
Early reviews: Sox are a bust and have lost their way
Welcome to the circus that is Fenway Amusement Park and the 2012 performance of the Boston Red Sox Players as conducted by seemingly, mildly interested ownership. Lead Jester in this years performance is Bobby Valentine.…
What do I see?
It’s worth at least a thousand words. Insert your own 1,000 words. Or, take in the pure innocence of our children and give clear direction to what their eyes see. Their eyes do see. Make…
The twins turn two
I started this post on Friday and added to it over the weekend. Finally, I got it wrapped up today. This is a piece to recognize our twins turning two years old, and a little…
Kissing the TV?
This morning I put on the latest episode of the TV show “Wild Justice” to watch with the twins. They love to see animals on TV and this show has plenty of animals to see.…
Look at what the cat dragged in
This morning we had our sliding glass doors open so the twins could play inside and out. We do this often, when it’s mild enough, allowing the twins to play outside on the deck, and…
Happy Birthday Erin!
Happy 16th Birthday to my beautiful daughter Erin. I love you very much sweetheart. You are a wonderful, smart, beautiful young woman. I didn’t always know this, but I know it now; my life wouldn’t…
Expectations
Expectations. I would expect that everyone has an idea on the meaning of the word expectation(s). I mean, we all use the word. We all have expectations. Expectations are attached to us all, by ourselves,…
Three deer in a row
The sky was blue. Pure, deep blue. To the east the sun brightened the blue to a glow so bright I had to look away. As I brought my gaze down toward the horizon the…
Ready? Go! Throw
In this case the twin sister taketh and the twin sister giveth back, well sort of. Recently a series of interactions appear to have taken the form of a routine between the twins. This morning…
Sunny, snow, rain, sleet shower
All at once the snow starting falling. Sleet was bouncing off of the side of the house. We could see it and hear it. Drops of rain were mixed in. Then the sun poked through,…
Twin Adventures – Dancing and Somersaults
This is my first attempt at adding video to a post. We have a very small, inexpensive video camera that’s about the size of the wallet I used to carry. Small. It does take video…
Scared of a cat
I took this quick picture of a pair of white-tailed deer that suddenly appeared on the little hill next to our house. I took this picture through the window with my smaller lens on the…
I’m working
Just around noon time today I started getting the twins ready for nap time. We refer to it as “Play Pen Time.” I usually ask them what time it is and they answer with “Play…
Freedom of the Truth
I know we talked, I remember our conversation. I was certain of our focus, our cerebral participation. The truths we discussed didn’t vanish when the silence began. But rather they need to be with us,…
Birds scatter
This morning I came downstairs with the twins at around 7:45 am. This morning the weather is a little bit more like what we’d expect to see in NH during March. It was 40 degrees…
Silently pondered
Ya, we know. Everyone within earshot knows. You have a thought that is remotely righteous and in your infinite lack of wisdom you have brought it upon yourself to speak your mind. Of course you…
Tribute to Tyler Walsh
I was in the car, driving alone, down my driveway when I received a text message from a long time friend of mine asking if I knew Tyler Walsh. I have coached baseball for many…
No action
Have you ever been so worked up, so stressed out, that you just felt you had to run? Run in any direction at all. I don’t care where I end up because I can’t see…
Twin Adventures – The sprinkler, in March?
Sebastian gets home from school to find everyone outside already. We had been outside for about two minutes. Obviously the twins were already thirsty. We have no lawn at this point. The twins run better…
Good Bye Smile
Tonight I said good-bye to my oldest son Stephen. Tomorrow he leaves for Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he will be until June 4th. He’s doing his spring term at Dartmouth down in Argentina. He will…
Another season ends
Another season ends. Over the weekend my eleven year old sons’ hockey season ended. Hockey started with off ice training back on August 1st, 2011. That’s 222 days of hockey season according to my calculations.…
Twin Adventures – Some fresh air
Theodore is sick. Teeth are coming in. Nose is running. His ears hurt. Drooling like a large hungry dog. He has a little sore on his chin from the teething. He has a congested cough.…
Thank you Lord
Thank you Lord for supplying strength. Thank you Lord for allowing calm and peace. Thank you Lord for granting patience. Thank you Lord for imposing humility as to step back and receive patience. Thank you…
Not alone
No matter the time. No matter the place. No matter the circumstance. You are not alone. From the human, earthly approach, someone, somewhere, has probably been there before. Or at least in a situation requiring…
Theodore before and after
We finally broke down and really did get Theodore’s hair cut. I have included two pictures from four days apart. I think he looks just a little bit different, but I like it.