My most common photographic problem is poor exposure caused by a white sky. Digital cameras often determine exposure by averaging the tones all over the photo. If the top half is white, the camera will make the bottom half very dark to compensate for the brightness. The result is a picture with an uninteresting white […]
This year more than 1,000 photos were entered into our annual fall photo contest, which has made choosing a winner hard. Very hard. After much deliberation, our judges narrowed it down to five images. Each photo depicts a different side of the season, and all capture the magic of fall in New England. We would […]
A snow squall came whipping in this afternoon, pretty much out of nowhere. Whiteness blanked the mountain. A wicked wind scooped some of the paper bags of recyclables I had just loaded into the pickup, and took them up up and away. I don’t know where they went. I was in the garage, in the […]
That’s the question we posed to readers in our September/October 75th anniversary issue. From eating apple pie with a slice of cheddar to braving Maine’s chilly Atlantic in Penobscot Bay, we offered up the 75 Things Every New Englander Should Do. Many of you responded. But one of our favorites came from Linda in Norwich, […]
“One thinks of the answer given by Audie Murphy to the question about how long it takes a man to get over war. Murphy’s reply was that one never does.”— Home from the Warby Robert Jay Lifton“… he searched for wounded, exposing himself to hostile fire; as bullets dug up the dirt, he held plasma […]
The return of my Lyme symptoms was an unwelcome realization. It came on one morning, just as my original Lyme symptoms had, when I woke up and could not bend my left knee. This was how it happened when I first had Lyme but it was a long time before I knew that what was […]
In 2010, we asked Tom and Ray Magliozzi, NPR’s popular “Click & Clack, the Tappet Brothers”… After all these years, how do you keep yourselves inspired?
I have been blogging now for almost two and a half years. As a writer, I wasn’t sure about this thing called a “blog” (short for “web log,” something like an online diary) and I’m still not sure. It’s really no different from a weekly column but my editor urged me not to make it […]
Wreath escort is underway: wreathsacrossamerica.org. The next wreath-laying ceremony will take place on December 19, 2020. Come with me into the center of the major media event of this day, Thursday, December 14, 2006. It’s 7:30 in the morning, and we’re at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, just outside the nation’s capital. Get Our FREE […]
Cool temperatures and spectacular views sum up why fall is my favorite season to hike. Fortunately for all of us who love the outdoors, in 1876, a small group of outdoor enthusiasts founded the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC). Today it is the nation’s oldest conservation and recreation organization. Its 12 chapters span the northeast from […]
SLIDESHOW: Wellesley’s Luminary Night As a child growing up in Darien, Connecticut, Carrie McGraw learned the value of a tight-knit community, especially when the holidays rolled around.That was when her hometown, and several others surrounding it, came together for “Luminary Night,” an event that saw thousands of homeowners line their driveways and yards with glowing […]
Yankee Magazine proudly recognizes the “Angels Among Us” of” 2010. Congratulations to these dedicated New Englanders who are making a difference everyday!
