When the family of artist Oliver Balf combed through a lifetime of paintings, they discovered truths about the artist’s passion, and themselves. October 2010: I remember his being tired but relieved after a long day of international travel. The spare kibbutz “guest house” that we arrived at in advance of a family wedding amused us […]
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The Old Stone House Museum in Brownington, Vermont | Where Legend Wraps Itself around History
It’s startling—you see it and think: What the heck is that? On a back road in Brownington, Vermont, a five story granite building looms all by itself on a plateau. It’s not a barn, it’s not a mansion—though it is an ample enclosure of space. And there’s nothing else like it around for miles. The […]
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Yankee Magazine Cover | January 1987
“Skaters on the Canal,” a watercolor by Susan Davis.
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The Best 5 Free Boston Attractions
Boston is a pricey place. But walking around and exploring doesn’t cost a penny, and neither do these 5 best free Boston attractions.
In a crowded workshop in Little Compton, Rhode Island, a father and son give new life to old stoves that once breathed warmth and fire.
Dairy farming and rural mail delivery actually have a lot in common: they both involve physical labor, a circuit of routine and a love of– or at least an ability to function in– the wee hours. “Except with dairy farming, you don’t have to leave home to go to work,” Alan Young tells me as […]
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In Praise of Bob-Houses
Bob-houses aren’t beautiful, but on the ice they all seem to belong…and where else can you find lakefront home for free?
Dashing through the snow? Check. In a one horse open sleigh? You betcha. O’re the fields we go? Yep.Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe Laughing all the way? Ah, not really. It was more like speechless awe. Our Vermont sleigh ride had us riding on rails instead of radials, with […]
We asked snowcat operator Slim Bryant what it takes to get up and down the Mount Washington Auto Road in winter. HIs answers may surprise you.
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Snowbound | Mary’s Farm
“If you don’t like the weather, wait a minute and it will change” is such a famous saying that no one seems to know for sure who first said it, but it was never truer than it was on a certain weekend last February, on this hill here in southern New Hampshire. I can’t remember […]
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Norman Rockwell’s Studio
Visit Norman Rockwell‘s studio at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA, and you’ll sense the artist just left the room. The space has been painstakingly recreated to capture Rockwell’s life in Oct. 1960. Read more: Stockbridge, MA: Norman Rockwell Museum, Why We Still Love Rockwell, Rockwell Country: Arlington, VT
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Yankee Magazine Cover | January 1984
“Midnight Clearing,” an acrylic painting by Carl Hinsman of Barre, Vermont.