For eight years I’ve taught magazine writing at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. The class is always small, seminar-like, about 12 or 13 students. Over 15 weeks we get to know each other well. They write unflinchingly about their lives in personal essays, they explore the lives of strangers in their profiles, and they […]
Editors Note: This week we have a special treat. Along with two poems by Elizabeth Potter, we also have the paintings that inspired them. It’s rare that we get to feature this kind of collaboration, so I hope you enjoy it.Fog Bank An apparition moves when the sea desires company. Restless with lapping at rock, […]
Recently I brought some pants in to Jane’s in Stitches, a tiny nook of a place on a side street in Peterborough, New Hampshire. In her neat, cozy room, Jane sews and alters and repairs whatever it is people wear and want to keep wearing. A young man stood in front of me; he had […]
Although Buddy Cianci is no longer mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, his presence there is palpable since his May 2007 release from prison, where he had served time following his conviction on a racketeering conspiracy charge. He’s got his own morning radio talk show, TV appearances, and a penchant for banging on his opponents. We […]
Jonathan Spillane makes each of these wonders by hand himself. His flavored ganaches are heady little delights. 9 Willow St. Natick, MA 508-655-1195 cocoapellichocolates.com
Many of Alan Crofut’s creations have an equestrian theme as a nod to his love for horses, but his big-bellied little Buddhas, chocolate stars, and frogs are all about quality, true flavors, and whimsy. 135 Main St. Marlborough, NH 603-876-9111 unbridledchocolates.com
Lee Napoli’s handmade truffles are filled with the current darlings of the chocolate world–chiles and espresso–as well as old faves hazelnuts and Grand Marnier. 83 Pembroke St. Boston, MA 617-236-0606 chocoleechocolates.com
The cream, butter, and maple syrup come from local sources, but the cherries marinated in port wine and the macadamia nut clusters are unearthly. 7 Green St. Vergennes, VT 802-877-0087 dailychocolate.net
To cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always. -attributed to HippocratesI saw Mr. C’s last name on the board. Was he still alive? No, the first initial didn’t belong to him…He was long gone…The first time I met Mr. C, he was slumped in a chair, unable to move his right leg. Gray speckled […]
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“I’d walk into the house and Dave [Stephenson] would be standing there, looking up at it,” recalls Baxter Harris. “We had to figure out a way to satisfy the building code and have it look great.” What resulted is, as so often happens with seemingly impossible situations, both creative and masterly: a curving, suspended walkway […]
