After ten albums and twenty years in the folk scene, Patty Larkin doesn’t have to prove anything to anyone, but with the release of Watch the Sky it appears she decided to anyway. Taking the term “personal project” to a new level, Larkin wrote, edited, and produced the entire album by herself. She also provided […]
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It’s okay to occasionally steal away talent from the rest of the country. New England should be happy to have Boise-transplant Eilen Jewell filling our snowy mountaintop juke joints with songs of dusty Midwestern highways and rail yards. On the strength of her summer release Letters from Sinners and Strangers she’s made a big splash […]
Jud’s New England Journal for January 2008 Welcome to the January 2008 edition of Jud’s New England Journal, the rather curious monthly musings of Judson Hale, the editor-in-chief of Yankee Magazine, published for over 70 years in Dublin, New Hampshire. Three MORE Often-Asked Questions About New England 1. Widow’s walks: Were they built atop homes […]
For all the Yankee readers who pine for the days when poetry graced our pages (and I count myself among that number) The Brightness comes to us now as a kind of consolation. Anais Mitchell has all the makings of a New England poet laureate. Born on a Vermont sheep farm she took a degree […]
See details of Sandy’s home in New Hampshire. Finding Good Stuff Sandy Wells likes to frequent the York Antiques Gallery (207-363-5002, yorkantiquesgallery.com) in York, Maine, but otherwise prefers to attend New Hampshire and Vermont antiques shows. “High-quality dealers tend to save their best stuff for those shows,” she says. She especially enjoys Antiques Week in […]
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Pairings Hint — Jan/Feb
Hint: In the log at the observatory early on April 12, 1934, one scientist recorded this observation: “There was no doubt this morning that a super-hurricane, Mt. Washington style, was in full development.” Candidates and media personnel barnstorm across New Hampshire as presidential primary season reaches its peak.Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations […]
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Pairings for Jan/Feb
The clues: First: On April 12, 1934, New Hampshire’s Mount Washington Observatory weather station recorded a surface wind speed of 231 miles per hour — a record that stands today, securing the summit’s reputation for experiencing weather as severe as any on Earth. Second: Since 1952, the New Hampshire primary has been seen as not […]
For any artisans, contractors, or consumers who might want to purchase a piece of Swanton history, several blocks of Swanton Red marble are still available for cutting, according to Robert Pye, director of the Vermont Marble Museum. Swanton Red is used for fireplace surrounds, mantels, hearths, floor tiles, walls, and specialty gift items, such as […]
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A Half-Billion Years in the Making
Conflict is nothing new to Swanton Red marble, as the rock itself was born of a cataclysmic continental collision. Five hundred million years ago, western Vermont lay beneath a shallow inland sea where billions of generations of tiny marine creatures lived and died, littering the ocean floor with their chalky shells. The shells eventually became […]
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Swindle in Swanton, VT
When John Byors said he’d put Swanton, Vermont’s fabled red marble back on the map, people believed his promise of the riches that lay ahead.
From Olympic dreams to coaching the next generation, Vadim Naumov reflects on the sacrifices and rewards of a life in figure skating.
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Cold Snap
In winter, I’m grateful for small things: a steaming mug of coffee; warm, dry socks; a plowed path to the manure pile. Here in north-central Vermont, it seems too much to ask that the water not freeze in the horses’ buckets in the barn by morning, or that the truck turn over without complaint on […]