Snippet from The Desk from Hoboken – The New Hampshire Historical Society
The New Hampshire Historical Society opened at nine o’clock on Tuesdays. Their website boasted of having the state’s most extensive collection of old documents. I [...]
Snippet from The Desk from Hoboken – Miner Memorial Library
Miner Memorial Library in Lempster dominated the southwest corner at the intersection of Highway 10 and Turnpike Road. Once the village church and meeting house, [...]
Lucy Lu’s Story – A corgi’s work is never done!
An owner may work from sun to sun, but a corgi’s work is never done. Those darn cardinals won’t stay off the bird feeders. And [...]
Lucy Lu’s Story – Me on my first Easter
What’s an Easter Corgi? Geez Louise! My Mom tied a cart to me and had me pull a load of candy around the room. Everyone [...]
Lucy Lu’s Story – At 6 Weeks
Even at 6 weeks, they could see I was destined for big things. Now I’m a detective in The Desk from Hoboken. I’ve taken a [...]
Riley
“Why can’t you teach him to return things instead of just take them?” Bob asked as he picked up his wife’s plastic goose from our [...]
A Hunch
Crunch! Crunch! Crunch! The fallen leaves broke the silence as I crept into my deer stand at dawn of opening day. Clouds formed with every [...]
A Poke in a Pig
“There’s Rick’s pig planter,” Brian whispered as we entered our neighbor’s living room. A faded fuchsia pig stood on two legs and grasped a wooden [...]
Regrets
“Wave to Papa,” my mother said. “We won’t see him for a while.” “No.” I turned my back to the water and refused. He said [...]