My first paid gig was the summer I was 12 or 13, in 1987 or 88. I would walk or ride my bike the tenth of a mile around the corner to the...

I'm a Seacoast guy, born and bred, and this list certainly reflects that. But the lakes region of the state has its own claim on parts of...

Robert Faulkner was my mother's older brother, my Uncle Bobby, my godather. He's the namesake of our firstborn, Robert Faulkner Pace. He...

We all have our tribes, and some of us are fortunate enough to belong to several. One of the families I feel lucky to belong to is the...

When it's not raining out here on Puget Sound - which does happen every few weeks - the skyline is dominated by Mount Rainier. Over...

Some things I love about New Hampshire are no longer there (see: Mountain, Old Man of the) except for in collective memory. One such...

In colonial days, it was customary for New England town officials to meet periodically for a perambulation of shared town boundaries....

One of the great things about New Hampshire (and New England in general) is the local ice cream joints. It's something we've never really...

In 2008-09 I was at the tail end of my five-year career with Citizens Bank. I'd spent most of that time hustling for new customers,...

The evening of January 3rd, 2008, was extremely cold in seacoast New Hampshire - below freezing. I can remember watching the returns from...

On May 3, 2003, Sarah and I were in Boston for the evening. While out for an after-dinner drink, it came up in casual conversation with...

When our eldest was born in January 2008, I was at my heaviest, well over 220 lbs on a 5'6" frame. It was obvious that I needed to make...