I photographed the townspeople of Weare during the Town Board's annual deliberative session on January 30, 2010. This was in preparation for my very first town meeting season. Being from the Midwest, I had never heard of town meetings before arriving in "The Granite State." I'm looking forward to Saturday, March 13, which seems like it's going to be the big day for meetings throughout the state.

(Concord Monitor photo/Max Bittle)

President Obama gestures to a member of the audience as he puts his jacket back on after answer questions from the audience on the economy, health care and more at Nashua North High School; Tuesday, February 2, 2010.

The fifes and drums played a martial version of "The World Turned Upside Down" as General Cornwallis turned over his sword to General Washington. No one would ever believe that the colonies called America could ever separate themselves from Great Britain. The small defeating the mighty rarely happens in world politics. David and Goliath is a story that Americans revere because it is a metaphor...as a if we shared the same destiny.

Congratulations to Dave Boutin on his victory in the republican primary for the district 16 senate seat. He is a very fine candidate and ran a very efficient campaign in this special election. The State of New Hampshire is facing some difficult economic times, and will need intelligent and effective leadership to navigate through an economic minefield.

This speech was supposed to illustrate that the commander in chief is strong yet thoughtful,  a man of action, yet a thinker...instead, it exposed what many of us have been saying for sometime now...the only thing that has changed since his election, is the party in power.

A security officer stands guard beneath a portrait in the New Hampshire Supreme Court building before former President Clinton spoke to honor late Congressman Tom Lantos on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2009.

Lynne Blankenbeker celebrates with her supporters at The Draft bar in downtown Concord on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. Blankenbeker appears to have won the election 858 votes to Jim MacKay's 838.

Today...thinking people must take on the mantle of Paul Revere, because Obama care, is once again marching through Congress. This 1090 page monstrosity is a nightmare that we must wake up from now! Call your friends, neighbors, and relatives and ask them to call their congressional representation and just say no! The traditional media has been playing the song that Republicans have been holding health-care legislation hostage. The truth is far from that, it's democrats who are most worried about this onerous and expensive bill. The Blue Dogs and any one with a lick of common sense have good reason to be concerned. The cost on this bill exceeds 1 trillion dollars and the stuff hiding in the thousands of pages of legalese is even more disturbing.

It matters little whether it is Kate Smith, Ray Charles or a crowd attending a sporting event, when they lift their voices to sing America the Beautiful, we can't help but get a little misty. From the best singers to the worst, when any voice reaches up to hit those high notes in the Star Spangled Banner, we all cheer! This is our home, a land so beautiful and full of promise that it causes people all through out its vast expanse to give all to protect it and keep it safe from harm.Today and every day we honor those people!

Are you kidding me? A self proclaimed member of the Special Olympics bowling team and the first president found incapable of speaking publicly without a teleprompter, Barrack Obama's gaffes are beginning to pile up! Pundits from the left tell us to get a sense of humor! After eight years of hearing these same pundits excoriate president Bush for similar Malaprop's, all of  a sudden we are supposed to lighten up.