Row past the Head of the Charles finish line and you’ll reach the place where freshwater once met saltwater at high tide, when the Charles still filled and emptied twice a day. Nearby, on a broad bend in the river, you’ll find the boathouse for Community Rowing Inc. (CRI), the country’s first and largest public […]
<!– _ It’s the size and shape of an ice cream truck. And certainly kindles the same enthusiasm, “They’re here!” shout the kids of a North Troy day care, as the big white truck lumbers down their long dirt road. Yet it’s not ice cream sandwiches and popsicles, they’re giddy about, it’s The Lunch Box […]
I’ve been fixing the same old pasture fence for more than 20 years, and in that time the fence has educated me. This old horse fence, unpainted wooden boards and posts, has schooled me in wood and tools. George Iselin built this fence 17 years before we bought our house with its old barn, outbuilding, […]
October 1971 | “Pre-Season Workout,” Bolton, Massachusetts by Will E. Kirkpatrick
The art for the October 1984 cover is titled “Mystic Porch Series: With Molly,” an acrylic painting by Carol Raab, who lives and works in North Carolina. This painting was inspired by the artist’s cat, Molly, and family home in Mystic, Connecticut.
October 1954 | “Roadside Stand,” by Beatrix Sagendorph.
September 1984 |”Cocker Spaniel Pups,” by John Weiss.
September 1976 | “Taking a Break,” by Jim Hughes.
For chef Matt Jennings, Providence, Rhode Island, isn’t just home to his restaurant, Farmstead; it’s the best food community in the country. Join him as he toasts the growers and producers behind his success.
The Museum of Everyday Life is a self serve, honor system, roadside attraction, kinda like a farmstand, completely ensconced in an old cow barn along Route 16 in Glover, Vt. The Museum operates in much the same spirit the Bread and Puppet Museum, another cowbarn full of beautiful oddities five miles up the road, and […]
