Category: From the Editor

Welcome to the Spring 2018 Issue of New England Memories, which is dedicated to the memory of Nori Odoi. Nori was a gifted writer, poet, and contributor to past issues of this magazine. I will miss her creative spirit and friendship.

The writing and photography in this issue take us from the spring thaw at rivers and lakes to a first taste of the ripening summer. Many thanks to the generous contributors who share their work here: Parker Towle, Rodger Martin, Yvona Fast, Gina Di Cicco Marino, Theresa Hickey, Carl Mabbs-Zeno, and Sherry Jennings. And thank you also to Bob Meagher for his proofreading skills.

We hope you enjoy this issue! We would love to hear from you on this post’s page in the comments section.

Wishing you the best of memories,

Linda Thomas, Editor
Pine Siskin Press

Contents

Spring Thaw at River’s Edge
by Parker Towle

One Who Stands Alone
by Rodger Martin

Mud Season
by Yvona Fast

Photography
by Gina Di Cicco Marino

Gray Day
by Theresa Hickey

The Golden Fungus and Other Mysteries
by Carl Mabbs-Zeno

Embarking
by Parker Towle

The Gift
by Sherry Jennings

Welcome to the Fall 2017 Issue of New England Memories. After a hiatus during the spring and summer of this year, the magazine is back with prose, poetry, and photography to celebrate the autumn season. Thank you to Ann B. Day for sharing both her beautiful writing and photography in this issue and to J.C. Elkin, Rodger Martin, and Irma Haggerty for sharing their wonderful writing.

We hope you enjoy reading their work as you prepare for another holiday season of making memories. We would love to hear from you on this post’s page in the comments section.

Why the hiatus? Yes, the editor (moi) took time off to enjoy the warmer weather, gardening, photography, and trips to Vermont and Maine.

In addition, New England Memories is changing from a quarterly magazine to a biannual magazine (spring and fall) to provide more time between issues for submissions. We’ll see you again in the spring of 2018!

Wishing you the best of memories,

Linda Thomas, Editor
Pine Siskin Press

Contents

Home Concert
by Ann B. Day

Foliage Tour
by J.C. Elkin

Photography
by Ann B. Day

East Boothbay
by Rodger Martin

Kayaking Streeter Pond: Seasonal Rentals
by Irma Haggerty

Welcome to the Winter 2017 Issue of New England Memories. The month of March has come in like a lion, with a forecast for night-time temperatures in the single digits this weekend in New Hampshire. It is indeed still winter!

Many thanks to the talented writers who contributed to this wintry issue: Parker Towle, Mary Elizabeth McClellan, Ann B. Day, and Nori Odoi. They share their stories of driving over icy mountains, leaving the driving to someone else,  trekking to the barn in sub-zero temperatures, and walking—sometimes hip deep—in snow. And thank you to Martha Andrews Donovan who shares the magic of the Maine seascape in her striking photographs.

We hope you enjoy this issue and would love to hear from you on this post’s page in the comments section.

Wishing you the best of memories,

Linda Thomas, Editor
Pine Siskin Press

Contents

New Hampshire Notches in December
by Parker Towle

My New World Without a Car
by Mary Elizabeth McClellan

Photography
by Martha Andrews Donovan

Winter Chores
by Ann B. Day

On Walking Through the Woods
in Deep Snow
During a Blizzard
Wearing Sneakers
by Nori Odoi

Welcome to the Fall 2016 Issue of New England Memories as we say good-bye to November. We aptly begin with Parker Towle’s poem, “Remembrance” in which he portrays a family’s gathering on Thanksgiving, as it has gathered for generations. In her essay “Rocks and Roots,” Janet Banks takes us up a frightening, yet life-affirming mountainside in New Hampshire in late October.

The vivid colors and textures of this season are captured by David Thomas in his photographs of the Gloucester, Massachusetts seacoast. And in “Mast Year,” abundant acorns remind poet Deborah Murphy of a box of buttons from her childhood.

I encourage you to read Tom Sheehan’s essay “Talk from the Back of Tim’s Barn” aloud. Not only will you hear the sights, sounds, and stories of an aging Maine barn, you will also hear the music of Tom Sheehan’s words.

We end this issue with Tom Sacramona’s two haiku about Concord, Massachusetts, in which he conveys so much with so few words.

Thank you to these talented contributors for sharing their work with New England Memories. We hope you enjoy this issue and would love to hear from you on this post’s page in the comments section.

Wishing you the best of memories,

Linda Thomas, Editor
Pine Siskin Press

Contents

Remembrance
by Parker Towle

Rocks and Roots
by Janet Banks

Photography
by David Thomas

Mast Year
by Deborah Murphy

Talk from the Back of Tim’s Barn
by Tom Sheehan

Two Haiku
by Tom Sacramona

In late summer in New England, we hold on to recent memories of colorful landscapes and other warm-weather scenes. In the Summer 2016 Issue of New England Memories, Kristina England and Barbara Newton share their beautiful artwork to add to our own collection of remembered images.

Tina Rapp writes about her first house (“the love cottage”) and its lush gardens, and Ann Robinson pays tribute to her family’s antique house that raised yet another generation of New Englanders. In her poem, “Silent Words,” Jodi C. Williams remembers a grandfather whose words were few but cherished. And Eric Poor shares his thoughts on practicality, rurality, and civic duty.

Thank you to these talented contributors for sharing their work with New England Memories as it marks its one year anniversary! We hope you enjoy this issue and would love to hear from you on this post’s page in the comments section.

Wishing you the best of memories,

Linda Thomas, Editor
Pine Siskin Press

Contents

Photography
by Kristina England

The Scent of Cinnamon Roses
by Tina Rapp

Silent Words
by Jodi C. Williams

Collages
by Barbara Newton

House
by Ann Robinson

Rurality
by Eric Poor

Spring has arrived in New England, along with the Spring 2016 Issue of New England Memories. Many thanks to all of our contributors! Rodger Martin captures the promise of renewed life that dwells in the lingering cold of April in his poem “New Hampshire Scallion.” Marilyn Weymouth Seguin and Lori Douglas Clark take us with them to the warmer days of summer at lakes in Maine. And Nori Odoi shares her first memories of New England in her essay, “I Don’t Think We’re in Kansas Anymore.”

Also, Ann B. Day shares vivid images of life and people in the farmland of Vermont through her poetry. And our featured photograper, Karen Hope, captures the simple pleasures and beauty along the roads of New Hampshire in her images.

We hope you enjoy this issue and would love to hear from you on this post’s page in the comments section.

Wishing you the best of memories,

Linda Thomas, Editor
Pine Siskin Press

Contents

Hampshire Scallion
by Rodger Martin

Road to Tinmouth
by Ann B. Day

A Splash of Water
by Marilyn Weymouth Seguin

Lake Hymn
by Lori Clark

I Don’t Think We’re in Kansas Anymore
by Nori Odoi

Photography
by Karen Hope

Remembering Mary
by Ann B. Day