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Riverslea Farm: Lambs and Goats for Sale

By Raquel Maria Dillon on Monday, April 28, 2003.

Immigrant families in the United States sometimes travel far and wide to find the foods that remind them of home. For some, that means coming to Riverslea Farm in Epping? to pick out a healthy, fat lamb for a backyard roast. The farm has cultivated a group of uniquely international customers who demand fresh lamb and goat.

As NHPR's Raquel Maria Dillon reports, this is the busiest time of the year there; Greek Orthodox Easter was this past Sunday.

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Poets Talk Politics

By Trish Anderton on Monday, April 28, 2003.

How much influence should poets have over politics? That's become a hot question in recent months, as many poets have taken controversial positions on the war in Iraq. This weekend Poets Laureate from all over the country gathered in New Hampshire to discuss their role in the culture. NHPR's Trish Anderton reports.

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A Daughter's Memories of Baseball

By Lois Shea on Monday, April 28, 2003.

People can see poetic beauty almost anywhere.

Writer Lois Shea sees it in baseball - and in the memories she shares with her father.

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