Before I start, let me be clear that I go on actual vacations. I work a regular job, I need time-off, and I’ve earned the right to indulge; but this travel story isn’t about one of those vacations. This is about the weeks (10 of them to be exact) I’ve spent volunteering for Habitat for Hum…
The Cricket’s travel feature, Postcards Home, usually features stories of adventures from trips far and wide. COVID put a stop to those kinds of stories last year. But this year, Christy King, a recent resident of Beverly Farms (by way of Oregon) and The Cricket’s Digital Director, has been …
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In June, New England’s White Mountains was named the Number One most beautiful forest in its “10 Most Beautiful Forests in the US” by Fodors. And since late May, Manchester resident and attorney Bailey Buchanan has been hiking them in the ultimate social distancing experience. She’s summit…
So far this year, it may feel like the fabric of life is fraying into a tangled mass. But to those who look for it, there is infinite beauty and goodness in the world. This week in “Postcards Home,” Dr. Lamb takes us on a trip to both a different place and a different time: sub-Saharan Afri…
We planned this, our second edition of “Postcards Home” last year when Manchester residents Chris and Jenn Ware told us they were heading out in their Deerfoot 2-62 on a grand trip to sail around the world. Well, we said, would they be interested in writing home about their journey? When th…
It’s a long way from Beverly Farms to Africa, but when experienced travel friends invited me to join them on a trip to Kenya, my instant response was, “Heck yes! Count me in!” It turns out that adventuring across Kenya was far more exciting than I could have possibly imagined. The whole trip…
It’s a long way from Beverly Farms to Africa, but when experienced travel friends invited me to join them on a trip to Kenya, my instant response was, “Heck yes! Count me in!” It turns out that adventuring across Kenya was far more exciting than I could have possibly imagined. The whole trip made me feel like a teenage girl triumphantly returning from the greatest first date in recorded history. #OMG!
