GREETINGS FROM THIS reporter in a condo, as the coronavirus pandemic grows in our beloved New Hampshire and we all try and adapt to the new normal.
THE NEW normal continues in this suddenly quiet spring, with COVID-19 thrust into our valley way of life. Sweatpants (for 9 a.m.-6 p.m. work hours) and pajamas (for dinner and relaxation) have become preferred clothing for stay-at-home workers.
A CRAZY TIME IN THIS world, as spring arrived in our corner of the hemisphere.
SO, NORMALLY THIS BEING Schneider Cup Weekend, I would be writng about it being “Bend-ze-knees weekend” in this valley where Austrian skimeister Hannes Schneider taught skiing after being free from Nazi custody in 1939. He became a fixture at Cranmore and the valley right up to his death fro…
CONWAY — Semper fi (always faithful)!
LEAP YEAR DAY greetings to you and your favorite leap year baby.
TO PARAPHRASE CAPT. OBVIOUS, it’s been a blockbuster first February vacation week in the valley of Ol’ Mount George Washington.
SO, HOW’S YOUR post-primary hangover going, now that the national media and candidate circus has departed, leaving us to ponder such pressing issues as just how great the snow is going to be at all touring centers and alpine areas for Presidents’ Birthday Week?
SO, WHAT A CHALLENGING week this has been for the nation, regardless of your political leanings.
PRE-GROUNDHOG DAY AND SUPER BOWL LIV greetings to you and your favorite football-playing woodchuck.
SO, HOW ARE YOUR CLOSING arguments going?
CONWAY — How great was it to see this week’s series of fluffy clipper storms after last weekend’s dismal rain? That set up the tracks and trails for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, with more snow predicted for tonight.
CONWAY — As we run our top stories of the decade and of 2019 in today’s edition, I’d like to start this week’s column with an apology for my unintentional but regretful omission of two worthy late local heroes in our Passages ’19 cover story in last Saturday’s edition (Jan. 4, 2020).
CONWAY — Welcome to the 2020s!
TWO THINGS TO BRIGHTEN your outlook on the good of humanity on the local front this week, as 2019 comes to a close and we look forward to the new year.
AS THE COUNTRY faces the challenges of this impeachment week, and we all try to figure out just who’s been naughty and nice, thoughts in the valley turn to the all-important upcoming Christmas vacation week with hopes for a great week for holiday good cheer and skiing.
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