When she was 88, Doris Haddock — affectionately known as Granny D — said she’d walk across the country to call attention to campaign-finance reform. What followed would inspire an entire community, and beyond. When she was 88 and a great-grand-mother, Doris Haddock, who lived in Dublin, New Hampshire, said she’d walk across the country […]
Edie Clark
The Glenwood cookstove was America’s first true home appliance. Learn how gradually (very gradually) Yankee contributor Edie Clark learned that she could do many things on this stove that she couldn’t do on a modern stove.
A video tour of Mary’s Farm, the Harrisville, New Hampshire, home that Edie Clark immortalized in the pages of Yankee.
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Ratatouille Summer | Mary’s Farm
Under the summer sun, a garden ripens and a body grows stronger. Photo/Art by Illustration by Clare Owen/i2iART Last summer, my garden was better than any I’ve had in years. I suppose it was a combination of a good amount of rain and a lot of sunny days. The curious thing was that we had […]
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The Big Sleep | Mary’s Farm
Last spring when I was ill and confined to bed, a friend mailed me a little book called The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating, by Elisabeth Tova Bailey. In her thirties, Bailey was overtaken with a mysterious viral illness that left her almost motionless. She needed help even to turn in bed. A friend […]
There’s a part in all of us that hopes we’ll bloom when darkness falls. A few years ago, I advised a woman on writing her memoir. I’d known Mary Liz for a few years before that, and once, she showed me an essay she’d written about a plant that she’d been coddling for the past […]
Valencia Menard may not be Irish by birth, but one day a year, this Maine Acadian prepares a corned-beef dinner to make anyone yearn for a taste of the Green Isle.
Follow in Denise Eckhardt’s footsteps to make someone very happy on a special holiday or as a Valentine’s Day surprise. Thirty-seven years ago, when Denise Eckhardt was pregnant with her first child, a friend brought her a box of Serenade Chocolates, a locally cherished brand made by a beloved chocolatier in Brookline, Massachusetts. The box […]
The Blizzard of 1888 dumped the greatest amount of snow ever to have fallen in the United States in one storm. And author Judd Caplovich discovered more about it than anyone who lived through it.
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The Art of the Trades | Mary’s Farm
When pipes freeze and other calamities occur, a hero is someone with a wrench and knowhow. Last New Year’s Eve, I bought a new car, something I do every 10 years or so. Two days later, I had to drive three hours north, to the White Mountains, to teach a workshop. In a blizzard. Baptism […]
Linda Tenney’s holiday feasts give guests a culinary tour of her ancestral homeland. Linda Wisz Tenney is a tour de force in the town of Antrim, New Hampshire, where she has lived with her husband, Eric, since they married in 1966. Together, and with their extended family, they run Tenney Farm, a farm stand that […]
Sometimes simply being able to carry an armload of wood is reason enough to give thanks.