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September 07-08, 2024 - Opening Weekend - 2010 Flames - 2024-2025 Maturing and growing are aspects that both play instrumental parts in youth hockey. One (or more) player might finish a season in March as a teenage kid but take the ice in September as an adult sized player. So, when the 2010 Flames showed up for opening weekend on Saturday at West Side Arena it only took a second to see that Continue Reading...
Flames Welcome Back BBQ 2024 Manchester, NH - West Side Arena - August 29, 2024 - It was Thursday night, the final night of 'Skills Week'. This was the first week back on the ice for the Flames players. Summer still had some legs but the return to school was just around the corner. The event was set up as a celebration of Flames hockey success on and off the ice. For coaches, players, and Continue Reading...
Rainfall May 2024 - Southern NH - Goffstown On average, this area of NH receives three and a half (3.5") inches of rain in May. Each of the last four years have been pretty consistently wet here. Continue Reading...
Winter Snowfall 2023-2024 (starts with the first snowfall of the season) Well, there wasn't much snow here in our corner of the world over the snow season. It wasn't very cold either. With a lot of work, and help from my family, we managed a pretty decent ice skating season out back. Over a span of about three weeks in January, we received roughly 57% of the snowfall for the season. We will see Continue Reading...
May 28th - 3 Years Later It's May 28th, 3 years later, in the evening. I am finally seated in a place to address this difficult subject. I don't know how long I will take. I know that to sit and think about my late brother on this day, takes me some time. Honestly, I'm on the couch in our living room. I am listening to our beloved Red Sox on the radio. All four of us kids love the Continue Reading...
Rainfall April 2024 - Southern NH - Goffstown On average, this area of NH receives almost exactly four (4) inches of rain in April. Around here, the trend of wetter than average has continued. Continue Reading...
Mother's Day 2024 May 12 Happy Mother's Day, Mom! I love you. I always have. Recently, I have thought quite a bit about your family. About our family. The more I think about such things the more I thank God. In short, I cannot dwell on your family, our family, without thinking of God's immeasurable grace and provision. That is a testimony. It was God that put you and I together, and the Continue Reading...
Circles In The News Earlier today there was a solar eclipse. April 8, 2024. Solar Eclipse 2024. Continue Reading...
Marcescence - Don't Let Go A little beech haiku and PhotoPoetry Marcescence hang tight Thin, dry, pale, like skin so old Tremble in delight Here are these leaves that flutter in the wind, they clamor in their movement, in protest they refuse to let go. Death has come yet still it clings to life, and from one to many, each of Continue Reading...
Rainfall March 2024 - Southern NH - Goffstown On average, this area of NH receives just a sliver more than 3 inches of rain in March. But then averages are made to fluctuate. March 2024 Rain. March 02 & 03: 1.80" March 05: 0.50" (2.30") March 06 & 07: 2.00" (4.30") March 09 & 10: 1.40" (5.70") March 15: 0.40" Continue Reading...
