Rhode Island

Kayaking

We recently took a kayak trip to Star Lake and paddled around the 5 mile lake. Beautiful day!

New England

Historical Fourth of July Parades in New England

Jane C. Nylander is a well-established expert historian on New England domestic life and decorative arts,. Here, she shares a light-hearted historical look at Fourth of July Parades in New England. The Horribles Parade Around Town For hundreds of years, Americans have celebrated important occasions with parades. Marching soldiers, stirring music, colorful flags, groups of […]

Rhode Island

Warwick, Ri

View from Oakland Beach behind Iggy’s Doughboys.

Maine

Maine Nights

Evening on Bailey’s Island

New Hampshire

Call of the Wild: Loons

The haunting cry of the common loon is vanishing from many New England waters. Whether we hear it much longer depends on us.

Maine

The Big Questions: How Do You Keep Smiling for 50 Years?

We ask Judy Beck, longtime waitress at Maine’s famed Moody’s Diner, how she keeps smiling. Judy Beck began waitressing when she was 13. Her father, Percy “P. B.” Moody, founder of Moody’s Diner in Waldoboro, Maine, which opened in the early 1930s, needed help one day and asked his daughter to lend a hand. More […]

Connecticut

Dinners at the Farm: Celebrating the Land

During summer evenings in Connecticut, a farmer’s field turns into an elegant harvest dinner for guests under the stars.

Rhode Island

New England’s Best Ice Cream | Homegrown

The secret to New England’s best ice cream is a rich custard base made with the freshest ingredients. My first taste of Susanna’s Ice Cream happened on a chilly March day at a farmers’ market in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. Stuffed with pastries and fixated on the piles of oysters and root vegetables, I almost […]

Rhode Island

The Beaches of South County

Whether you seek isolation or bustle, waves or calm ripples, there’s a beach—and a beach town—for everyone in South County, Rhode Island.

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