http://www.carolesoule.com/ PostNuke Powered Site en-us http://www.carolesoule.com/images/logo.gif http://www.carolesoule.com/ cas+carolesoule@codemeta.com http://www.carolesoule.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=35 This article about the Commercial Street Fishery in Manchester, NH appeared in the May 2008 issue of New Hampshire ToDO. View the magazine article here (6.3 MB pdf file). http://www.carolesoule.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=34 This article about the The New Hampshire Telephone Museum, "It's for You!" - appeared in the February 2008 issue of New Hampshire ToDO. View the magazine article here (4.5 MB pdf file). http://www.carolesoule.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=33 This article about the Shaker Village Gingerbread Showcase, Spice up Your Holiday Habits - appeared in the November, 2007 issue of New Hampshire ToDO. View the magazine article here (2.3 MB pdf file). http://www.carolesoule.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=32 This article about the Sanborn Farm - Working with Oxen workshop - appeared in the April, 2007 issue of New Hampshire ToDO. View the magazine article here (4.8 MB pdf file). http://www.carolesoule.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=31 This review about the almost 100 theater groups in New Hampshire appeared in the February, 2007 issue of New Hampshire ToDO. View the magazine review of Community Theater(658 KB pdf file). http://www.carolesoule.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=30 This review appeared in the November issue of New Hampshire ToDO. View the magazine review of Fabyans Restaurant (3.6 MB pdf file). http://www.carolesoule.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=29 This article appeared in the October Issue 2006 of New Hampshire ToDO Magazine. Read the article (3.5 MG file) as it was published. The text version is below. The Darby Field Inn and Restaurant The Height of Indulgence the Middle of Nowhere Looking for a hidden retreat to get away from it all for a few days? Want to spend a few days unwinding? This is just the kind of retreat found at The Darby Field Inn and Restaurant in Albany. Albany, New Hampshire that is—where once you arrive you won’t want to leave. The Darby Field Inn is just 6 miles from North Conway but it feels like the middle of nowhere. The inn overlooks the Mount Washington Valley and White Mountains of New Hampshire and was originally a farm built in 1826 by the Littlefield Family. It was converted to an inn in the late 1940s and purchased by Marc Donaldson and his wife in 1979. http://www.carolesoule.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=28 This story appeared in the August issue of New Hampshire ToDO. View the magazine copy Albany, NH (10.3MB pdf file) story. http://www.carolesoule.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=27 This story appeared in the July issue of New Hampshire ToDO. View the magazine copy Chasing the Chekered Flag (12.5 MB pdf file) story. This is a big file so you might just want to read the text version of the article below: The track was dry, the tires on my car were hot, and the competition was fierce as I fought my way to the head of the pack at the Sugar Hill Speedway in Weare. Even though it felt like 80 miles per hour, my top speed was only 10 miles per hour as I zipped around the quarter-mile track in my kart sitting inches above the ground. http://www.carolesoule.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=26 Find out at the Sheep and Wool Festival and Have a Shear Blast! We Want Ewe to Join Us I wrote this story about the NH Sheep and Wool festival for the May issue of the New Hampshire To Do Magazine. Here is a 15.2MB PDF of the published article. If the file is too large for you to down-load, here is the text of the story: What are big, woolly, and not only will keep you warm, but will mow your lawn? Ewe guessed it: sheep! And on the weekend of May 13 and 14 a gathering of ewes, lambs, and rams will join with llamas, alpacas, bunnies, fiber goats, border collies, and their owners at the Hopkinton State Fairgrounds for the 30th Annual New Hampshire Sheep and Wool Festival, one of the three largest festivals in New England, according to show manager, Nadine Chounet, who owns Painted Knoll Farm in New Hampton. http://www.carolesoule.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=25 Read my story about St. Patrick's Day 8.6 MG published in the New Hampshire To Do Magazine. Or read the text version here.... The original St. Patrick is credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland. Many think that Saint Patrick also drove the snakes from Ireland. But while there are no snakes in Ireland now, there probably never were. What is known is that many old pagan religions worshiped serpent symbols and shepherds had staffs with serpents carved at the top. What St. Patrick did was to convert pagan Irish Kings to Christianity. Once the kings were Christian, their followers also converted. Driving the snakes from Ireland was probably symbolic of ending pagan worship. http://www.carolesoule.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=24 Read this profile about Alexa Putnam published in the Massachusetts Concord Journal a 1.3 KB PDF file. Or read the story here.... Why would a normally sane, 17 year old woman throw herself on cafeteria size sled and hurl headfirst at speeds up to 80 MPH down a bobsled run? I asked Alexa Putnam, a Massachusetts native, who competes in a new Olympic sport, skeleton, that very question. All she said was, “It's fun!”. http://www.carolesoule.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=23 Read about The USVI Skeleton Athletetes in the story I wrote that was recently published in The Source. http://www.carolesoule.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=22 Read a a feature I wrote for the Concord Journal (Massachusetts) about Alexa Putnum, a former Acton, MA resident who recently qualified for the World Cup Competition in skeleton. http://www.carolesoule.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=21 Some picture from the Skeleton Challenge Cup held in Koenigssee, Germany January 21 and 22 are posted here. Including pictures of the USVI Skeleton team, Alexa Putnam, Chutney Mohler, Greg Miller and Troy Billington. Other posted pictures include: David Connolly, Ireland First Place Men's Division 1/21/06 Tyler Botha, South Africa First Place Men's Division 1/22/06 http://www.carolesoule.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=20 Good Hope School art students are participating in a world wide art project. The project involves 20 other schools that will share tiles depicting local scenes and values. Good Hope students will "trade" their tiles for similar tiles from the Somerville Charter School students in Somerville, Massachusetts. Read more about this project on the Good Hope School Web site. Or continure reading here. http://www.carolesoule.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=19 Why would a normally sane, 17 year old woman throw herself on cafeteria size sled and hurl headfirst at speeds up to 80 MPH down a bobsled run? I asked Alexa Putnam, a Massachusetts native, who competes in a new Olympic sport, skeleton, that very question. All she said was, “Its fun!” http://www.carolesoule.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=18 The snow is falling, the air is cold and the ice is fast...especially when sledding head first down hill at 70 MPH! That is just what four young St. Johnians were doing this December in Germany, Austria and Italy. Alexa Putnam, Chutney Mohler, Gregg Miller and Troy Billington were practicing and competing in Skeleton sliding in their quest to qualify for the 2006 Winter Olympics. Skeleton sliders lie head first on a small sled and slide down a Bobsled track reaching speeds up to 80 MPH. Read my story that was published Dec 28th in the St. John Suntimes a 3.5 MB JPEG file. Or continue to read the text version here. http://www.carolesoule.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=17 What does St. John have in common with snow and ice sledding and the winter Olympics? Quite a bit, actually! This summer USVI residents, Alexa Putnam, Chutney Mohler, Gregg Miller and Troy Billington trained on St. John for skeleton competition (a head first version of luge) in their quest to qualify for the 2006 Winter Olympics. Read my story that was published Nov 30, 2005 in the St. John Suntimes a 2.1MB PDF file. Or continue reading the test version of the story here. http://www.carolesoule.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=16 It’s still dark, I haven’t had my morning coffee, and the highway department has replaced the road with mounds of dirt and big dips. What I need is a short stack of French toast and a plate of home fries. I’m in Warren, it’s 8 a.m., and just in time, the sign for Calamity Jane’s Restaurant comes into sight! This story was published in the January edition (PDJ 2.1 MG) of New Hampshire ToDo. Select "Read More" to continue reading the text version. http://www.carolesoule.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=15 Why would normally sane, well-adjusted Virgin Islanders throw themselves onto a sled the size of a large cafeteria tray and plummet head first downhill at speeds up to 80 mph? To send themselves to the 2006 Torino, Italy Winter Olympics, of course. Read this article I wrote about the USVI Skeleton Team (luge except head-first) which was published in the on-line newsmagazine The Source. http://www.carolesoule.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=14 I wrote an article titled: Tis the Season (PDF 7.4 MB file) that was published in the December 2005 edition of the NH ToDO Magazine. Check out the PDF file or continue reading about the store here: Ekk! The holidays are just ahead. Who has time for family activities? Who indeed! The house needs to be cleaned, the spare bedroom mucked out for Aunt Sally, and there are decorations to hang. Who has time? You for one! Why not take a break from holiday preparations to enjoy holiday traditions – here in New Hampshire? http://www.carolesoule.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=13 A Throw Back to Way Back When … Here’s a riddle for you. What kind of Post Office serves pizza, presents traditional Celtic concerts, and provides a cozy place to sit with friends while you sip Black Bear fresh ground coffee at six o’clock in the morning? Hmmm … could it be the Tuftonboro General Store? Yes, of course it is! Read this story I wrote about the Tuftonboro General Store (PDF 2.0 MB file) that was published iin November 2005 edition of the NH ToDO Magazine. Or continue reading about the store here. http://www.carolesoule.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=12 The Oompahmusic was playing, the Weiss beer was flowing, the Geschiteles was served by a woman in a Drindle. Was this Oktoberfest? Was i in Munich, Germany? Impossible, I had not left new Hampshire so....of course I was eating dinner in the the Inn ad Danbury - country inn with a German/Austrian flair! Read this review about The Inn At Danbury (PDF 3.4 MB file) a story I wrote for the NH ToDO Magazine, September 2005, or continue here to read the text version. The original farmhouse was built in 1850 and over the years has evolved into a 14-room inn, including an indoor heated pool, hot tub, and restaurant. http://www.carolesoule.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=11 After 43 years of doing business in Market Square (Times Square), Christiansted, Pearly Rhymer (also known as Lorna), and her husband, Larry are closing the Highlights Bar and Grocery forever. Ms Rhymer moved from Nevis to St. Croix and started working in Times Square at the Cool Corner Restaurant in 1962. She purchased Cool Corner from Ivan Christian and operated it until 1979. In 1984 she moved across the street and opened Highlights Grocery. Sadly, due a downturn in business, Ms. Rhymer is closing her doors forever on July 1st.