Biographer and Historian David McCullough approaches writing a bit like enrolling in college: “I know I’m going to be there for four years, and just think of what I’m going to learn,” he says. The author of 10 titles, all of which are still in print, McCullough’s interests have ranged from the Johnstown Flood to […]
Ian Aldrich
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Angels Among Us 2012
Ordinary people in New England with extraordinary hearts.
A sampling of destinations in the Portsmouth area … For pricing, seasonal schedules, and other details, see the venue Web sites listed below. For additional suggestions for dining, lodging, events, and activities, visit: portsmouthchamber.org, portsmouthnh.com, portsmouthhistory.org, seacoastonline.com, and visitnh.gov WHERE TO STAY IN PORTSMOUTH Ale House Inn 121 Bow St., Portsmouth 603-431-7760; alehouseinn.com Ashworth by […]
New Hampshire
Finding Christmas in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
A small city by the sea, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, keeps traditional holiday spirit alive at Christmas.
Sounding like the locals isn’t easy. Accent coach Thom Jones takes us on a tour of New England dialects and accents.
New England
The Encyclopedia of Fall: S is for Shutterbug
In 1935, Kodak introduced modern color film and along the way sparked a foliage-photography revolution. Nothing brought out the hunger to capture beauty like a real New England autumn–the time when “the red gods call,” as Yankee writer Ben Rice wrote more than 60 years ago, quoting Kipling. During her 15-year-career as Yankee’s photo editor, […]
New England
The Encyclopedia of Fall: Q is for Quabbin
The creation of the Quabbin Reservoir in central Massachusetts came with a cost: The sites of four communities in the Swift River Valley were drowned out of existence when it was built in the 1930s. In their place came two huge earthen dams and a new body of fresh drinking water for metro-Boston residents: a […]
Autumn is, of course, pumpkin season. And nowhere is it longed for and worshiped more than in Maine at the Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta, a multiday celebration during which the almighty gourd is honored, smashed, painted, and eaten. The 2012 festivities begin September 29-30 with two giant-pumpkin weigh-offs and picks up again October 4-8 with […]
It just may be the most scenic drive in New England, which is why you want to wake up early to explore it, because on crystal-clear October afternoons, this 34.5-mile stretch of Route 112 between Lincoln and Conway, New Hampshire, can feature a caravan of SUVs and Airstreams. But the popularity of this paved mountain […]
New England
A Brief History
7000 B.C. The first maples appear on the New England landscape. New Jersey tourists soon follow. September 1818 Mass.’ Topsfield Fair, now one of the oldest existing agricultural fairs in the country, opens. September 7-8, 1846 Henry David Thoreau, with friends, makes his first ascent of Maine’s Mount Katahdin. His finding: “Nature was here something […]
New Hampshire
Canterbury Shaker Village
Summer vacations have always been a quiet affair for me. I live in southern New Hamsphire, in a rural community that endures six months of winter by envisioning the dazzling months of June, July, and August that always await us. There are other seasons to travel, but summer, for me, has been a chance to […]
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A Mother’s Impact
“My mom was born into the war in Germany, survived that, and raised four kids as a single parent while working full-time.Anything that was in her way didn’t last long, and I think maybe I inherited some of that perseverance from her. She always believed in me. I realize these days that kids have so […]