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In early spring, her whispers soft, her eyes still closed, her sound unheard except by those whose ears, fine-tuned, can hear her waking sighs. When I taught seventh and eight graders literature and writing at an international school in a South American country, I learned a few important things. Among them were a beautiful language, [...]

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By Tom Rockett Photos by Cathy Lacombe or those who love gardening, the Community Garden is one of the treasures of Eastman. During the early years, most gardens at Eastman consisted of flowerpots on porches or small plots in the back of homes, strategically placed between trees to get the maximum sun needed for adequate [...]

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By Aaron Brooke Jenkyn After the unusually warm and snowless winter of 2012, it has been nice to have the cooler temperatures and snowfall that this winter has brought us. Eastman is alive with people walking, skiing and snowshoeing. With more people getting outdoors, it means there were lots of opportunities to see and report [...]

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By Amy Hoffman Photos by Janice Vien  “Garden in the Woods” is what we might call Janice Vien’s garden. It is not a traditional garden with evenly placed rows. Her garden landscape has both wet and dry areas, many different kinds of trees, differing habitats, and lots of rocks, planted with native plants. As with [...]

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By Peter Hope nce again this year we have been able to enjoy our ever-popular Snowshoe Hike Program, even though weather and trail conditions forced some cancellations. However, the groundhog did not see his shadow, which means we are having an early spring! Please be considerate of the trails during mud season. Stay off fragile [...]

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By Gale Schmidt Photos by Liz Knox ust imagine growing flowers in a garden with plenty of sunlight, plenty of rain, plenty of compost and plenty of warm days throughout the year. Now, add to these perfect growing conditions a person with the expertise, energy, diligence and vision of a serious gardener, such as Liz [...]

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This poem is in the sonnet form, which contains 14 lines in two groups, one of 8 lines (octave) and one of 6 (sestet). The octave is often divided 4 and 4 and the sestet 4 and 2 (as in this poem). The final couplet allows the poet to state a general summary of the [...]

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By Adele Furdyna Photos by Garden Club Members pring! Gentle breezes, longer days, daffodils and tulips blooming. We gardeners have longed and waited patiently for this time all winter. Spurred by the desire to be ready for spring, the Grantham Garden Club was started in 1999 by local gardeners, ranging in experience from accomplished to [...]

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 By Craig McArt and Renee Gustafson hen Eastman Lake was just a pond, a corduroy road stretched along the length of its western shoreline. The road was surfaced with logs laid side by side to provide logging wagons access to mills near each end of the pond. The north end of the pond disappeared into [...]

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 By Kristina Burgard ** Information in this article about medicinal uses of herbs is provided for educational purposes only. It should not be used for self-diagnosis or treatment and is not a substitute for diagnosis and treatment by a health care professional. he term “herb” in this article refers to a plant that has actions [...]

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By Sharon Parker Lake Hosts get to spend two hours lakeside enjoying the view or reading a good book. You can make friends with boaters, walkers, dog owners and their dogs at the public boat ramp. But the biggest benefit is the sense of fulfillment you get from helping to keep our lake free of [...]

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By Caroline Hoen Photo by Richard Sachs uch of Don Blunt ’s life focuses on the natural world: observing it, exploring it, sharing it. Perhaps because he is so in tune with the cosmic forces around him, he projects a sense of tranquility that belies an intense curiosity and an ambitious personal agenda – he [...]

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Article and Photos By Don Blunt astman’s Woodlands and Wildlife Committee hosts a mushroom foray each September at South Cove. It’s open to all residents of Eastman and is organized by a group of fungi enthusiasts who call themselves the Montshire Mushroom Club. We hike the Eastman woods and trails with baskets for an hour [...]

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By Gale Schmidt e can have rewarding flower gardens at Eastman in spite of having to garden in spaces where there is not much sunshine. Our plants will need to be hardy to minus-20 degrees and will do best from nursery stock grown in a similar climate. Our soil here is quite acidic, which is [...]

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 By Larry Shulman he Universal Amenities Program (UAP) has had a significant impact on Eastman tennis and the use of our tennis courts by Eastman owners and family members. The number of participants in regularly scheduled men’s, women’s and mixed doubles round robins continues to grow. In particular, we’ve seen an increase in the use [...]

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By Sue Pratt Love our Lake” is the motto of the Lakes and Streams Committee at Eastman. There is no better way to do that than to learn as much as possible about its history and ecology. Education has long been a focus of the committee and starting young appeared to be one of our [...]

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By Milt Weinstein Last year was a good year for loons in New Hampshire and an excellent year for the loons of Eastman Lake. According to the Loon Preservation Committee (LPC), 170 loon chicks hatched on New Hampshire lakes, of which 134 survived at least until mid-August. That’s not quite as many as in 2011, [...]

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By Leslie Moses astman and the surrounding towns are beautiful places to walk, run and bike. The roads are not super highways but, rather, narrow, winding and scenic. Sharing these roads around our community requires that we take personal responsibility for our own walking, biking, running and driving safety. We encourage you to take a [...]

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