When your roots in a place go back generations, change can be painful. Especially when you are the one pushing for change.
Yankee
Edited by Ian Aldrich
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Talk of the Town
What happened when I set out to discuss politics with my Trump-supporting neighbors.
The Washington Post Magazine
Edited by David Rowell
King of The Mountains
My Gilmanton, New Hampshire neighbor has likely been to more remote spots in the White Mountains than any other living hiker.
Backpacker
Edited by Dennis Lewon
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Painting the Fence
The joys and agonies of maintaining the picket fence at my family’s ancient home in New Hampshire.
Yankee
Edited by Ian Aldrich. Illustration by Cindy Rizza.
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My Grandson, The Writer
The summer I turned 18, I lived with my grandmother in our family’s rambling summer home in New Hampshire’s Lakes Region. It was an unusual housing scenario, but somehow the experience kind of launched my writing career.
The Smart Set
Edited by Jason Wilson.
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Bad Dirt
Gilmanton, New Hampshire, population 3,000, is where novelist Grace Metalious wrote Peyton Place—and also where I spent every summer of my childhood. Local rumor holds that, in fact, Grace did not write the book.
Salon
Edited by Laura Miller. Photo by Larry Smith.
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