August 29, 2003
Hiatus to Harrisville (N.H.) - couple'a days...
GONE FISHIN'
American Profile: Harrisville, NH
“Living here slows life down"
(That's the idea)
"Clean, friendly, and best of all, close to nature.”
("Nature and I are two," said Woody Allen once.)
"We all help raise our children, who can pretty much have the run of the place safely—as long as we teach them to swim,” he says, referring to the town’s nine ponds and sometimes-swift river."
(We'll be in a canoe on (in?) the pond)
"Over at the general store, business is brisk again after a seven-year hiatus."
(there's that word, again)
"...homemade soups, baked goods, and deli items scent the air. A café up front is a gathering place..."
(one place in town. nice.)
See you next Thursday! (Sept. 4)
Wm.
Does anyone have information on a yarn outlet store or mill store in Harrisville?
Posted by: Monica at September 15, 2003 08:37 AMDoes anyone have information on a yarn outlet store or mill store in Harrisville?
Posted by: Monica at September 15, 2003 08:38 AMHello Monica,
Harrisville Designs must be what you're thinking of. We in fact were first led to this tiny town for that yarn & weaving specialty store, by the discovery of our five-year old son's interest in weaving, at Boston's Children's Museum.
Their website:
http://www.harrisville.com/
(ostensibly, the whole town is Harrisville Designs, which, if you go there, you'll see is pretty much the case!)
(and even if you don't go there (in the physical world, I mean!), but do visit their website, you'll quickly see that the nice photo in my weblog was, er, um, borrowed--from there...)
If you have just a moment to Reply, I'd be quite curious to learn what brought you this-a-way (to my blog, that is)??? A search on Google for Harrisville, perhaps? (?!?) Or some other path? Just curious. Thanks!
Wm.
I wish you would be quite clear in indicating which statement of yours is your opinion and which is a fact. The entire town of Harrisville, in fact, is not Harrisville Designs, nor vice-versa. You are misleading your readers and misrepresenting the town.
How far away from Harrisville is your primary residence? How much time have you spent in Harrisville? With whom have you discussed the town, other than the tourists and summer people gathered at Harrisville's general store? Did you ask anyone at Harrisville Designs if they are all there is to the town, as you imply? Have you read anything in depth about it, such as one of the published histories?
Posted by: Carolyn at November 5, 2003 02:39 PM