Eastman Living Online Magazine

BY SUSIE BURBIDGE PHOTOS COURTESY OF DAN POLESCHOOK & GINGER GUMM When you are out on the lake, please make sure to give the loons plenty of space. They show distress in several different ways, some of which can be quite subtle. Here’s a guide to help you understand a little more about their behavior. […]

This entry was posted in Column | Comments Off on Species Spotlight A Quick Glance at Loon Behavior

In a poignant article in the Sunday, Dec. 23, 2013 New York Times, a former teacher of prison inmates relates how he was startled when one of his students, a middle-aged guy who still had at least eight years of his sentence to complete, acknowledged that he had gotten over being angry. “Man, this is […]

This entry was posted in Editor's Note | Comments Off on From the Editor’s Desk

BY JUDY MCCARTHY If life is a road, then it’s one of twists and turns and ups and downs, with an overabundance of late winter potholes, and steep hills to climb, much like those here at Eastman. It is the rare person who travels along a straight, smooth, flower-strewn path, heart-wrenching bang of life, which […]

This entry was posted in Featured | Comments Off on Eastman Basks in the Glory of Local Heroes But, Wait, There’s More…

By Craig McArt Photos By Renee Gustafson Thanks to the efforts of eight volunteers, we have a new bridge on the Stroing Brook Trail. It is high enough to avoid being swept away when the next beaver dam above it is breached. Under the guidance of Craig Sanborn of the Cardigan Highlanders, the crew completed […]

This entry was posted in Column | Comments Off on Bridge Over Stroing Brook

BY JUDI PLATT One of the comments heard frequently among adult tennis player is, “I wish I had started playing when I was younger.” That wish is coming true for Grantham kids this year as Eastman Recreation launches a program that establishes a partnership with the Grantham Village School (GVS) to provide tennis instruction to […]

This entry was posted in Recreation | Comments Off on A New Tennis Partnership: Eastman and the Grantham Village School

BY JANE TANGEN PHOTOS FROM THE LAKES AND STREAMS ARCHIVES CRUNCH, SWOOSH, BANG. CRUNCH, SWOOSH, BANG. That was the sound my groupheard each time one of us dug a shovel into a big pile of rocks, then threw the rocks into a wheelbarrow, all of which took us only a few minutes. Across the pile, […]

This entry was posted in Featured | Comments Off on Youth Corps Highlights: Good, Better, Best

By Susan Kessler • Photos Courtesy of Garth and Cindy Rand In March of 2013, 21 dogs that were living in deplorable condition crowded four to a kennel and fearful of the outside world, were rescued by the Upper Valley Humane Society (UVHS). An 8-year-old golden retriever named Cowboy was one of those dogs. He […]

This entry was posted in Featured | Comments Off on Cowboy Comes Home

This entry was posted in Column | Comments Off on Scene in Eastman

By Michele E. Morrell To those who did not know better, Ashley Hutton’s childhood looked normal. She had two parents, one brother, a dog and a cat. She lived in a two-story home with pleasant landscaping in the Upper Valley. Both parents had steady jobs and rarely missed work. Ashley and her older brother had […]

This entry was posted in Featured | Comments Off on Envisioning a Life Worth Embracing

Poetry of the Heart Copyright 2013 by Joel D. Ash All Rights Reserved Poetry springs forth from my heart, Seeking beauty in this form of art; A meaningful theme, Words from my mind stream, The release of emotions in part. I favor the limerick form, For serious work not the norm; A new way to […]

This entry was posted in Column | Comments Off on Poetry Corner

This entry was posted in Column | Comments Off on Look Up

By Aaron Brooke Jenkyn It is hard to know in what season I am writing this column – when exactly did winter end and spring begin? Is summer really here? Even those of us who have been in New England for a long time have begun to doubt our seasonal intuition. It seems like the […]

This entry was posted in Column | Comments Off on What’s Out There?

This entry was posted in Column | Comments Off on Look Down

By Peter Hope This year is the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, the landmark conservation bill that protects nearly 110 million acres of wilderness area in the US. New Hampshire and Vermont have a number of really beautiful and unique wilderness areas that are ours to enjoy, alone or with a group of 10 […]

This entry was posted in Column | Comments Off on Peter’s Picks

By Craig McArt and Renee Gustafson Beautiful as Eastman Lake is, are you tired of paddling the same-old-same-old? If so, maybe it’s time to venture outside of Eastman for a little variety; an interesting change of scene is just next-door at McDaniel’s Marsh. Paddling your kayak or canoe through a marsh may not sound that appealing, […]

This entry was posted in Column | Comments Off on McDaniel’s Marsh Madness

By Ray Sears Sustainable Eastman has established a working group to promote investment in solar energy throughout the community. Technical, financial and regulatory incentives, combined with a 60% reduction in cost over the last three years, make investments in solar energy particularly attractive now and in the immediate future. Solar energy will play an important […]

This entry was posted in Sustainability | Comments Off on Solarizing Eastman

By Judi Platt Following a long, snowy winter in the northeast, daffodils and tulips brightened our spirits with their bold hues that beckoned the start of spring. Trees unfurled their gifts of green, and azaleas and rhododendrons in wimbledon colors of purple and green signaled the start of yet another season in Eastman—“tennis season.” Many […]

This entry was posted in Recreation | Comments Off on Eastman Women’s Tennis Cow Bells, Camaraderie and a CTA Championship!

By Tom Rockett “This shot will be etched in the mind of Martin Kaymer forever,” said the TV announcer, referring to Kaymer’s putt on the 17th hole to set up his win at the players championship this past may. Almost every player at Eastman Golf Links will tell you they, too, have had such a […]

This entry was posted in Recreation | Comments Off on Making the Memorable Shot: Golfing at Eastman

By David Wood Palaeontologists tell us that the earth’s biosphere has undergone five catastrophic collapses in the 3.1 billion years of its existence. during the most recent of these, the cretaceous extinction, about 65 million years ago, it is believed that 75% of species on earth disappeared. Many scientist now believe that the earth could […]

This entry was posted in Column | Comments Off on Invasive Species in Eastman

By John Larrabee Even for a loving pet owner like myself, dodging dog foo on the foot-paths, trails and beaches of Eastman can be both bothersome and an assault on the senses. But pet waste is more than a problem on our shoes. As with human waste, pet waste is harmful to our waterways, which […]

This entry was posted in Column | Comments Off on The Real Scoop