The September Issue below explains the details of Rye Reflections, "a'go'in on the shelf.".

The SEPTEMBER ISSUE AND LAST issue of Rye Reflections

The ABCs of Rye Reflections

Independent monthly website is part of citizen-journalism movement

Rye Reflections is produced and directed by an adult group of Surfers who are connected with Rye, New Hampshire, a seacoast community of a little more than 5,000 residents in the cold weather and nearly 10,000 in the warm months.

Organized in the Spring of 2005, the Surfers published their monthly website for the first time in June, 2005.  Meetings are held weekly, and newcomers are welcome.  The meetings take place at 1 p.m. every Thursday in the Public Meeting Room on the lower level of the Rye Public Library.

Rye Reflections is independent, growing out of a citizen-journalism program started at the MIT Media Laboratory in 1996, and is patterned after the Melrose Mirror, a monthly in Melrose, Mass.  Citizen-journalism enabled by the internet is a growing phenomenon.  MIT has made the software available to the Rye project. RyeReflections.org is a registered domain.

Finally, Rye Reflections sees itself as another "voice" in the greater Seacoast community, neither competing with nor being affiliated with other print or online publications.

Participants  ---  Click on a name for a detailed "BIO"

• Gail Beamer Music teacher in Marlborough finds harmony as beachcomber in Rye
• Jim Cerny Wayward geographer and enthusiastic digital photographer...
• Jayne de Constant A loyal vacationer for 40-plus years becomes permanent
• Bill (Pappou) Drew Founded company, is genealogist, essayist and activist in New Castle
• Jack Driscoll From Globe to MIT Media Lab with lots of Rye in between...
• Bob Dunn From bellhop to two service tours to soft serve to ski slope, clinics and writing...
• Marion Dunn From the friendly skies to unfriendly skis to antique-shop management...
• Ellen Morton Hamil From Vientiane & West Berlin to N.Y.C. & Boston, but Taos & Rye win out
• Al Harper Actuarial science and computer technology blended together...
• Hank McFarland From fateful double date to auto dealership to bringing up family...
• Harold Moldoff Retail executive becomes consumer advocate, SCORE volunteer
• Judy Palm Teaching, children, a coaching husband , grandchildren and travel make for a full life
• Ken Palm Former special needs instructor...teacher/coach for 36 years...golfer, traveler, babysitter
• M.E. Tuthill It all began with childhood visits in summer...
• Judy Underwood Has traveled to 50 states and abroad, always with camera at the ready
• Bill Veazey From upkeep of 200-year-old home to housing/land use activism to Dominican Republic side trips...
• Norm Walker Longtime English/poetry teacher and football coach; father of nine

Past Participants

• Margaret Carroll From teaching to volunteering with a little golf and travel thrown in...
• Bob La Flamme After working in L.A. and gaining exposure to TV script writing, he returns to the town of his dreams
• Polly Morton Born Nov. 25, 1908, Died May 8, 2008
• Earl A. Rinker III An eclectic journey from Vermont to Manchester to Seacoast...
• Frederick H. Walter Born November, 24 1917, died August 19, 2005
• Bill Warren Blended by living in many places while calling the seacoast of New Hampshire home

Fifth-Anniversary Reflections:

Rye Reflections published its first edition in June, 2005, and has been covering the waterfront, so to speak, with regularity ever since.

This is not just an online publication that serves its readers but it also is a vehicle for participation by anyone in the Seacoast area, young or old. Again this year we are proud to publish poems from the Rye Elementary School, just as we have benefited by the talents of students from the Junior High School or residents at Webster at Rye. You too can join in the fun.

You may submit letters via Feedback on the Front Page or submit articles for consideration (no fiction, please) in any form--via email or in printout or typed form that may be given to one of our regular staff members (see Who We Are) or dropped off at the Library.

Better still, come to a meeting on any Thursday at 1 p.m. in the lower-level Community Room at the Rye Public Library where we discuss story ideas, review photo submissions. Come and see what it is like. Bring your ideas. Or just come and listen. No one has been bitten at one of our meetings yet.

We continue to try to improve our story quality, photos, artwork and computer applications. We can use help on all fronts. Recently we have added an email icon at the end of each story. Click on it, and you can forward a story to someone you think might enjoy reading it. We also have added a Search slot at the bottom of the Front Page as well as at the bottom of each story. Enter search terms, and our system will search only those stories that have appeared through the years in Rye Reflections.

We've come a long way in five years, but with more input and more participation, we can publish a more compelling and more useful reflection on Rye and the Seacoast, past and present.

List and links to BILL PAPPOU DREW’s PUBLISHED ARTICLES in Rye Reflections

Profile: Bio http://tinyurl.com/2ts6zw

Greetings from Pappou http://tinyurl.com/2ts6zw

August, 2007; What's in a name? More than you may have realized.

Does your moniker affect other people's perception--or your perception of you?

http://tinyurl.com/5fpwef

September, 2007; Citizens polish a gem in New Castle.

Take on reclamation of Fort Stark at entrance of Portsmouth Harbor

Tttp://tinyurl.com/yqkceo

October, 2007; The Great Island releases new views.

Volunteer reclamation shines new light on Fort Stark

http://tinyurl.com/2v3sop

December, 2007; The rewards amd costs of having hobbies.

Excitement, fun and challenges of being involved

http://tinyurl.com/66992g

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Jan. 2008 Making waves with a cookbook – a winter project

Over 21,000 gifts of experience, history, and local cuisine

http://tinyurl.com/2sje4q

Feb. 2008 A change in the wind for NH state parks along Seacoast

Increased usage tests self-funding policy; Is privatization in offing?

http://tinyurl.com/2otcpf

Mar. 2008 Destination ImagiNation – A trip beyond # 6151

Educational process stimulates creativity, decision-making, teamwork

http://tinyurl.com/69qljz

Mar. 2008 Lining it up – Poem by Ariana, 1st grade

http://tinyurl.com/5t6zwm

Apl. 2008 Troubador entertains, teaches — then goes for swim

Sredzienski squeezes the most out of his accordion on radio and in person

http://tinyurl.com/25pdlt

April Fools Issue

http://tinyurl.com/36l6p2

May. 2008 Anatomy of a heist: It was history that was stolen

Low-value items taken at Old Library Museum in New Castle, but ...

http://tinyurl.com/5n9kf2

Jun. 2008 Sharing scuttlebutt takes may form on Seacoast

Conversation at local gathering places all part of the news cycle

http://tinyurl.com/6o9paX

Jul. 2008 New Castle’s backyard hosts man and nature

A summer day at the Mill Pond where ancient dams lend special effects

.. http://tinyurl.com/5rbbos

Aug. 2008 One-day opening of Café puts visitors back in time.

100-year-old Piscataqua Cafe still furnished; woodwork gleams

http://tinyurl.com/4trr7r

Marine biology students explore local environment

Summer school makes use of a NH State Park and tidal waters in New Castle http://tinyurl.com/5dm4nx

Sep. 2008 Family farms foster fruitful fields

Supplying organic produce, local farms also improve environment

http://tinyurl.com/3vh9sp

Oct. 2008 In the grocery store it is decisions, decisions, decisions.

Thoughts about purchases of food as we move on into winter

http://tinyurl.com/48wmat

Nov. 2008 New Castle: A boatload of Island Pride

A fisherman's skiff full of beautiful flora, a greeting upon entering New Castle http://tinyurl.com/6n6z9v\

Nov. 2008 Pappou's Spiced Banana Bread

Bill Pappou Drew

http://tinyurl.com/aujo36

Dec. 2008 A journey through life with a friend, a keyboard

A personal look at a lifetime of communication

http://tinyurl.com/6mfnar

Jan. 2009 Ice or snow? We’ll take the snow

Living in New England without electricity is an experience

http://tinyurl.com/9suwsy

Feb. 2009 History and treasures along our shores

Fierce New England storms leave shipwrecks and bounty in their wake. http://tinyurl.com/cjs5lf

Apl. 2009 An island tour describes a sign of the times # 9261

A recent visit to Marco Island, Florida gives a glimpse of insecurity and serenity

http://tinyurl.com/c9nopy

Apl. 2009 Recipes: Mrs. G’s supper pie – Lobster or crab #9261

http://tinyurl.com/dg4mz5

Nov. 2009 Fort Stark thrives with a variety of new life #11140

The rebirth of an abandoned fort provides a home of recreation

http://tinyurl.com/yfewrwb

Dec. 2009 Zhu Zhu Hysteria #11420

From a very limited supply, acquisition of the "hot" toy of the season http://tinyurl.com/ya29jvk

Jan. 2010 Being a Pease Greeter #11524

An emotional experience of gratitude and appreciation

http://tinyurl.com/yc25jvs

Feb. 2010 MAC: An All American – Lt. Col. C.E. (Mac) McLean, USMC, (Ret.) #

A member of the Greatest Generation.

http://tinyurl.com/ygfmarm

Mar. 2010 With the passage of time, the last of the forbidden fruit

A tree with memories succumbs to the force of February's whipping wind

http://tinyurl.com/ykxlfaa

http://tinyurl.com/y9mgmrc

Mar. 2010 Success: The "Back Channel Islands." are preserved #12138

An open space and conservation project by the residents of the Town of New Castle

http://tinyurl.com/y9mqmrc

ar. 2010 Success: The "Back Channel Islands." are preserved #12138

  Apl. 2010 Making a difference in my retirement years     

Residents contributing their talents to the town of New Castle

http://tinyurl.com/yanxead

Apl. 2010 Competition Day for New Castle DI Teams

An experience in celebrating creativity and Imagination

http://tinyurl.com/36hvkov

May 2010 A letter from Marissa, a U.S. Marine based in Afghanistan

"Corporal shares her experiences in area where 'rifles become part of our bodies'