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...here comes Kingsolver's new novel, "Prodigal Summer" (HarperCollins; 444 pages; $26), which is something of a return to the author's earlier form. It is an altogether lighter and more easygoing affair than its immediate predecessor. Its setting has narrowed from the vast heart of Africa to a mountain and valley in southern Appalachia over the course of a single hot and unusually rainy summer. Its subject is not the clash of ideologies but the rhythms of nature and man's misguided attempts to interfere with them...
...Balestracci could have come up with a sack, Lehigh wouldn't have scored a touchdown and Balestracci's sack would have likely knocked the Mountain Hawks out of field-goal range, facing fourth-and-long...
...ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH...
...December finds you driven to distraction by noisy, aggressive crowds, head for the Ridgeline Log Cabin in Danbury, N.H., just two hours from Boston. Set atop Ragged Mountain Ski Resort's northeast peak, the Ridgeline cabin is 2,000 sq. ft. of rustic isolation that sleeps anywhere from two to 28 people (the more people, the more reasonable the cost). The only access to the 2,000-ft. peak is by chair lift, or a sled pulled by a snow-grooming machine. (Bring your cell phone.) After the last lift closes in the early evening, Ragged Mountain is all yours...
...four sets of parents brought food, presents, a tree and decorations. Otherwise the living was easy: skiing and sledding by day, games and stargazing by night. Cullinane recalls "such calming peace--the moon lit up the whole mountain...