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Parker Potter is a former archaeologist and historian, and a retired lawyer. He is currently a semi-professional dog walker who lives and works in Contoocook. Not long after my family and I returned from Ireland last summer, I started putting up...

By PARKER POTTER

Parker Potter is a former archaeologist and historian, and a retired lawyer. He is currently a semi-professional dog walker who lives and works in Contoocook. Until recently, I have not been all that interested in family history. I enjoyed my...

By PARKER POTTER

Parker Potter is a former archaeologist and historian, and a retired lawyer. He is currently a semi-professional dog walker who lives and works in Contoocook. With St. Patrick’s Day approaching, this seems like a fine time to explore my family’s...

By PARKER POTTER

Parker Potter is a former archaeologist and historian, and a retired lawyer. He is currently a semi-professional dog walker who lives and works in Contoocook. When I take my daily walk around Contoocook I will often see, hear, or even smell something...

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Parker Potter is a former archaeologist and historian, and a retired lawyer. He is currently a semi-professional dog walker who lives and works in Contoocook. In my last My Turn, I wrote about happy accidents my family has experienced while...

By PARKER POTTER

Parker Potter is a former archaeologist and historian, and a retired lawyer. He is currently a semi-professional dog walker who lives and works in Contoocook. My wife, Nancy Jo, and I have done our fair share of traveling. We’re not the most...

By PARKER POTTER

Parker Potter is a former archaeologist and historian, and a retired lawyer. He is currently a semi-professional dog walker who lives and works in Contoocook. With the national holiday of Thanksgiving behind us and several religious holidays ahead,...

By PARKER POTTER

Parker Potter is a former archaeologist and historian, and a retired lawyer. He is currently a semi-professional dog walker who lives and works in Contoocook. I recently wrote about why I write. Today I write about how I write. More often than not,...

By PARKER POTTER

In the last year of the contest, Eartha paid particularly close attention to the land she had given Abel, Beau, and Carson.Abel was long gone from his land. After he ran out of money, he had left the area to take a job to support himself. When he...

By PARKER POTTER

Parker Potter is a former archaeologist and historian, and a retired lawyer. He is currently a semi-professional dog walker who lives and works in Contoocook. Recently, when I was picking up my canine friend Annabelle, the younger of her two human...

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Able was the first of Eartha’s young relatives to really get going. He began by cutting down most of the trees on his land. He cut down pine trees and spruces, beech trees and birches, oak trees and maples. He cut down trees that gave shade to the...

By PARKER POTTER

Parker Potter is a former archaeologist and historian, and a retired lawyer. He is currently a semi-professional dog walker who lives and works in Contoocook. In just over a year, we will elect a new U.S. House of Representatives, a new Senate, and...

By PARKER POTTER

Parker Potter is a former archaeologist and historian, and a retired lawyer. He is currently a semi-professional dog walker who lives and works in Contoocook. In August, my family and I took a bus tour around Ireland. I was struck by many things: the...

By PARKER POTTER

Parker Potter is a former archaeologist and historian, and a retired lawyer. He is currently a semi-professional dog walker who lives and works in Contoocook. The Hopkinton State Fair opens to the general public the Friday before Labor Day. For the...

By PARKER POTTER

Parker Potter is a former archaeologist and historian, and a retired lawyer. He is currently a semi-professional dog walker who lives and works in Contoocook. Our daughter recently had her wisdom teeth harvested. Whenever I bump into someone on the...

By PARKER POTTER

Parker Potter is a former archaeologist and historian, and a retired lawyer. He is currently a semi-professional dog walker who lives and works in Contoocook. During the past school year, if you had driven through Fountain Square in downtown...

By PARKER POTTER

Parker Potter is a former archaeologist and historian, and a retired lawyer. He is currently a semi-professional dog walker who lives and works in Contoocook. “Dad, dad,” Billy exclaims, “Tommy gets to stay up until 10 o’clock, but you’re making me go...

By PARKER POTTER

Parker Potter is a former archaeologist and historian, and a retired lawyer. He is currently a semi-professional dog walker who lives and works in Contoocook. For a year or so, on my morning walk, I used to see a pickup truck drive by with a slogan on...

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Parker Potter is a former archaeologist and historian, and a retired lawyer. He is currently a semi-professional dogwalker who lives and works in Contoocook. A while back, I saw an interview in which Sen. Rick Scott responded to President Biden’s...

By PARKER POTTER

Parker Potter is a former archaeologist and historian, and a retired lawyer. He is currently a semi-professional dogwalker who lives and works in Contoocook. A funny thing happened on my way to this My Turn column. Let me explain.Back in December when...

By PARKER POTTER

Parker Potter is a former archaeologist and historian, and a retired lawyer. He is currently a semi-professional dogwalker who lives and works in ContoocookOn my daily walk, when I see a soft hazy sun, it always reminds me of an etching by Betty...