Christina Tree’s travel writing has shown New England to the world. And after 50 years, she’s still hitting the road in search of new adventures because, as she puts it, “I never wanted to be left behind.”
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For as long as there have been coffee tables, it seems, there have been New England coffee table books. With the subject itself doing much of the heavy lifting—providing glowing fall foliage, romantic lighthouses, and neat-as-a-pin town greens—photographers have flocked to this area as persistently as gulls. Native son Arthur Griffin, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, […]
In the 118-year history of the world championship of horseshoe pitching, only one New Englander has ever won the crown.
When you hear New Englanders announce, “We’re going up to the camp for the month,” this could mean a trip of anywhere from 200 miles to 200 yards. A camp, in New England, is a small seasonal dwelling—not a second home, but an antidote to home. While camps tend to be highly idiosyncratic, most are […]
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Amy Poehler | Knowledge & Wisdom
Amy PoehlerCredit: Everett Collection Inc./Alamy Stock Photo “Fighting aging is like the War on Drugs. It’s expensive, and it does more harm than good.” —Amy Poehler (born September 16, 1971, in Newton, Massachusetts). This multitalented comedic actress was raised by two high school teachers, which seems about right: Between acting (Saturday Night Live, Parks and […]
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Speak, the Tooth | Up Close
Credit: Alex Gagne In an 1831 catalog of what is today the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, there’s an entry for a scrimshaw titled “Tooth of a Sperm Whale, curiously carved.” With it, a second entry: “Another, carved by the same hand.” These two pieces were among the first scrimshaw ever acquired by a […]
A father-and-son camping trip to a long-ago family homestead stirs up the past.
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Entering Paradise | Mary’s Farm
At times, starlight can illuminate what is truly important.
Want a fresh perspective on sightseeing (and a little fresh air, too)? Kayaking Boston offers a memorable way to experience New England’s marquee city.
Last fall we had a really persistent woodpecker pecking holes in the corner boards of our house. We’ve had the boards replaced, but we wondered if the bird will be back this spring. Why do they do this, and how can we keep them off our new corner boards? —Calvin A., Dublin, NH Woodpeckers drill […]
The Newton family was camping at Coburn Gorge in northern Maine over Labor Day weekend in 1975 when Kurt, age 4, disappeared. What followed has been termed “the most extensive woods search in the history of Maine.” But all the thousands of volunteer searchers ever found were unanswered questions.