Each winter, the bears at Clark’s Trading Post in Lincoln, New Hampshire, build up thick, woolly coats just like their wild kin. Come spring, however, Clark’s bears enjoy something that their feral relatives don’t: a baby-shampoo bath and a good brushing from trainer Maureen Clark, whose family has held bear shows at the Post, May […]
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Belonging to a ski club is about much more than skiing.
This Connecticut artist survived hard times to find his true life’s work.
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A Letter to Our Readers
Winter isn’t easy, is it? fresh snow takes our breath away with its stark beauty, but we also know that the early dark and cold winds challenge even the hardiest of us. So why would so many of us feel as though we’d lost an important part of life if winter deserted our landscape? I […]
As you may have guessed from the title and the whimsical, bare-footed cover photo, this is an album about life. Or more precisely, it is a celebration of life. Rani Arbo and Daisy Mayhem have been playing together now for seven years. In that time they have shared the ups and downs of being modern […]
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Bella Voce | Now Let Us Sing
This album definitely fits the bill of local music. Bella Voce, a professional women’s choir in Vermont, teamed up with composer Gwyneth Walker, a fellow Green Mountain woman who hails from a dairy farm in Braintree, to produceNow Let Us Sing, the choir’s first release. This record isn’t really my cup of tea, but I’m […]
Welcome to the December 2007 edition of “Jud’s New England Journal,” the rather curious monthly musings of Judson Hale, editor-in-chief of Yankee Magazine, published for over 70 years in Dublin, NH. The Three Most-Asked Questions About New England 1. Where’s ‘Down East’ begin? 2. Why were bridges covered? 3. Were spring dance floors built to […]
Click here to tell us what you think. Evelyn McCarthy — I have been a resident of NH for 20 yrs. It is a wonderful state (country) to live in. Being a part of such a wonderful place…I see no reason to change the Primary to another state. It started here…and has done well here…and […]
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Shepherdess | Self Titled
Shepherdess is a group of Boston-based music workhorses, each with at least two other band credits to their name. The band’s sound is straight out of 1995 and I love them for that. This album sounds a lot like what the music of this last decade could have been if Emo and boy bands […]
The abstact expressionist painting on the cover of “Resonance” is fitting. This collection of haunting baritone guitar duets is a thrilling reminder that music is art as well as entertainment. Kastning, a Massachusetts native, is a pioneer in modern acoustic guitar composition, a world seldom visited by mainstream listeners. In his latest offering Kastning teams […]
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Making Memories
Of all the gifts that the holiday season bestows on us, the most enduring are memories. When our trees are stripped bare, we turn inward, toward hearth and home. The days shorten, and now we come inside for warmth and light. Here we find our memories all swirled together — almost all of them thoughts […]
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Time to Walk in the Woods Again
Welcome to the November 2007 edition of Jud’s New England Journal, the rather curious monthly musings of Judson Hale, editor-in-chief of Yankee Magazine, published for over 70 years in Dublin, New Hampshire. Time to Walk in the Woods Again With the leaves gone and the ground bare, this is the month to discover weird rocks […]