60 Seconds of TPUSA Presents: The ALL-AMERICAN HALFTIME SHOW
There’s a book that’s sittin’ in your house somewhere that could use some dustin’ off…
I Choose Joy, She Said
~I Choose Joy, She Said~
It’s 3:16 am, and I am awake before my alarm. My body is tired from driving 1,000 plus miles and working 30 plus hours over the past 3 days. But my internal clock woke me early because my mind has things to do. The 3:16 made me think of John 3:16 and that’s a good start to any day.
Better Over Time – (4) Goffstown Grizzlies vs. (5) Merrimack-HB-DS War Hawks
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Better Over Time – March 08, 2025 – Sullivan Area.
All of this will feel better over time. The extra period started slow for the home team, but it got much better. Even though the road team won, it would be hard to find any better over time.
Sticks And Stones – Goffstown Grizzlies at Winnacunnet Warriors
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Sticks And Stones – March 02, 2025
“Sticks and Stones” is an English-language children’s rhyme.
The rhyme is used as a defense against name-calling and verbal bullying, intended to increase resiliency, avoid physical retaliation, and/or to remain calm and indifferent.
The full rhyme is usually a variant of:
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But words shall never hurt me.
Three Titles – Winter Classic NH – 2010 Flames
December, 2024 – Three Titles – Winter Classic NH – 2010 Flames.
For the 2010 Flames it counted for three Titles in four years, at the Winter Classic NH. Four wins on the weekend.
Sharon Ruth Peterson (MacFarlane)
Sharon Ruth Peterson (MacFarlane)
– August 29, 1947 ~ November 10, 2024 –
Fertile plain, or level place. Compassionate friend. These are the Biblical meanings of my Aunt’s first and middle name. Aptly named. Aptly trained.
Marcescence – Don’t Let Go
~ Marcescence – Don’t Let Go ~
A little beech haiku and PhotoPoetry
NH Spring Training 2024 – Update
Saturday – March 23rd – Update on NH Spring Training 2024. NH Spring Training 2024, I was looking over my roster for Saturday’s action. I walked onto the field of battle and discovered that…
Woods Haiku
Woods Haiku In the woods I walked. Conversation I did have. Though nobody talked. On this afternoon, the wind was whipping through the trees. Then silence would fall over the scene like someone…
One Day All Together – 2010 Flames – 2023-2024
March 17, 2024 – One Day All Together – 2010 Flames – 2023-2024
Imagine a day when the entire team is in uniform together to make their final stand as the family that they have become. Then, for one day all together they unite, perhaps like never before. Banded together, as only a family can, they appear as one mass of skating, skill, and effort. They beat, shift after shift, as one heart, and literally produce actuality beyond expectation.
Each Cut The Kids Joy
Each cut the kids joy. Hours spent on prep in the cold. It never gets old.
Bricks Stacked High
One hundred years plus. Bricks stacked high. Beneath the sky. Passion lies in us.
Two Winters
Two winters distinct The sound of steel slicing ice For all full delight
Out Of Sync – Goffstown Hockey
– Out Of Sync – Goffstown Hockey –
– Goffstown at Mon-Fall Mountain-ConVal – Keene Ice – Keene, NH –
Goffstown went to Keene to play against the Monadnock-Fall Mountain-ConVal Huskies in a MUST win game, against an opponent they should beat with a solid effort. The Goffstown hockey team got the win, 4-1, all while battling through details that seemed just a bit out of sync.
Fall Behind – Goffstown Hockey
– Fall Behind – Goffstown Hockey –
– Goffstown vs. Oyster River – Sullivan Arena – St. Anselm College –
If always you were even or getting ahead and never did you ever fall behind
Would the miraculous invention and the splendid depth of self ever you find?
2023-2024 Flames Profiles – 2010 Flames
2023-2024 Flames Profiles – 2010 Flames
It’s the roster. They’re our kids. The ones we love and the ones we drive the miles for.
They all measure up whether we know it or not, remember, we aren’t the ones.
They wear the numbers on the line, if we did anything different, it would only be more.
We should give them space and take them home, odors, and all the gear, our loves, our sons.
On Days Like These
On Days Like These
A Tribute to my Uncle Vernon Peterson and the Peterson Family
Five Sunrises
September 30, 2023 – Five Sunrises There is something special, almost exciting, about being up before the dawn’s early light The day is not promised, but there you are, alive and wide-eyed, still attached…
Ordinary Extra – A Quiet Thank You
Ordinary Extra – May 27-29, 2023. A Quiet Thank You.
While sitting in my backyard during the early morning hours this weekend while sipping hot coffee, I took time to pray, to ponder, and to slow down. I slowed down in order to embrace the quality of life I am fortunate to have.
Ordinary Extra – Go With The Flow
Ordinary Extra – May 26, 2023. Go With The Flow.
A night of broken sleep led to another cool, early morning. I didn’t rest as well as I wanted to but I was better rested than when I went to sleep the night before. I started moving, and praying along the way, to go forward and go with the flow.
Ordinary Extra – Fresh Start
Ordinary Extra – May 25, 2023. Fresh Start.
Is it me, or do long days seem to run together with more long days? Are long days just long because I am overtired, or are the days just really long? Either way, the day started cool, windy, and bright. Clean. Clear. Crisp. A fresh start.
Ordinary Extra – Just To Be Alone
Ordinary Extra – May 24, 2023. Just to be alone.
A morning that started warm and tender suddenly turned. Like all of my plans were trashed, burned.
Mother’s Day 2023 – The Chosen
May 14, 2023 – Mother’s Day – The Chosen Mother’s Day 2023 was approaching and I started to think on the subject a little more intently than I usually do. As strange as this…
Thank You Coach Slocum – Goffstown Hockey
Thank you Coach Slocum ~ April, 2023 –
Thank you Coach Slocum, not just for the 16 years. But for the joys, the celebrations, and maybe even a few tears.
Undaunted by adversity, and what others may deem; you were fair and honest. Years weren’t about you, but rather, the team.
Your teams exceeded predictions and set records, the wins they did amass. But nobody can take away your 16 seasons of exuding class.
The program must carry on, but it, I, will miss you. And this winter when I’m in the booth, I hope you’ll be on a beach, with a view.
I know that you would be the last one to do what I am about to do, but this one, Ben, this one is all about you.
So, spring of ’23 and I roll out some words in this rhyme, a Thank You Coach Slocum, words and numbers one last time.
Come Back – Goffstown Hockey – 2022-2023 Season
April 17, 2023 – Come back to Goffstown Grizzlies Hockey. This is a look back at the 2022-2023 hockey season. A wonderful season! It’s a tribute to the last eight seasons and the coach who rejuvenated the hockey program. This is also a call to action on behalf of high school sports.
7 Years Not Here
7 Years Not Here
April 14, 2023: I am missing my Dad. It has been seven years. 7 years not here. Dad, I miss you. But, how could I ever question God’s perfect timing. I know you are in your heavenly home and that thought alone makes me smile.
Sliver of the Burden
April 9, 2023. Easter Sunday. A sliver of the burden. To me, this is not just some story that has been handed down through the ages, but rather a current event, for He Lives! Each one of our sins paid in full. Our sins, you see, each one of them, a sliver of the burden He took to the cross. Read this story. Feel this story. There has been no greater gift.
Season of Growth – 2010 Flames – 2022-2023
March 20, 2023 – Season of Growth – 2010 Flames – 2022-2023
In a season that didn’t know when to quit, it suited the 2010 Flames (The 2 Team) just fine. Because this team doesn’t know how to quit.
Regionals Weekend – 2010 Flames
March 17-18, 2023 – Regionals Weekend – Tier III – 2010 Flames.
The 2010 Flames season was over last Sunday. Done. Then a team backed out of Regionals. The Flames were called. The Flames went. They played in the Tier III New England Regionals. After a 2-1 record in pool play, the Flames were the odd team out in a series of tiebreakers. The kids played outstanding team hockey and represented themselves very well. It was a great bonus weekend of hockey to finish the season.
Finals Weekend – 2010 Flames
March 10-12, 2023 – Finals Weekend – 2010 Flames.
The Flames played 4 playoff games in a span of 35.583 hours starting in Canton, Mass. and finishing in Hartford, VT. Four intense games from Friday night through early Sunday morning. They only used NH to pass through. They played incredibly well over Finals Weekend.
The Way
The Way There are more than eight-six thousand seconds in each day. And many times I only feel mistake free when I’m sleeping seconds away. The Lord Jesus said, “I am the way,…
NHIAA QuarterFinal – (#5) Goffstown 0 at (#4) Merrimack 3
March 05, 2023 – NHIAA QuarterFinal – (#5) Goffstown 0 at (#4) Merrimack 3. There were 35+ minutes of scoreless hockey to start this game. Who netted the first goal was of the utmost importance. The Tomahawks cashed in on a 2-on-1. The Goffstown Grizzlies season ended in the NHIAA Quarterfinal.
