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A Logger’s Life | First Light
Behind the romance of curling woodsmoke, being a logger is one tough profession. Our wood chart shows you the relative heat values of New England’s fuel woods. You see the woodpiles everywhere around here, tidy rows covered by old corrugated roofing panels, sprawling jumbles beneath blue plastic tarps, glimpses of neatly stacked cordwood on back […]
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Get On Board
Here’s a clever and gentle way to introduce both girls and boys to hobby railroading: NameTrains. This wooden railway system features individual letter cars that connect easily with magnets to spell out a name — a great way to personalize a gift for a child (or an adult train lover). Plus, you can create an […]
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Jigsaw Joy
Older children (ages 8 and up) and young-at-heart adults will enjoy White Mountain Puzzles. The catalog features almost 200 choices, with 500- or 1,000-piece selections; pictured here is “American Lighthouses.” Prices are $11.95-$14.95. Designed and made in Jackson, New Hampshire. 800-548-8009, 603-383-4346; whitemountainpuzzles.com
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Home Sweet Home
In the mid-1930s, Roy Dennison Sr. made a log building set for his children. True, the famous Lincoln Logs had already been released, but Roy thought he could do better. In 1992, Roy’s grandson and his wife, Bruce and Sue Dennison, relaunched the company, offering both the original RoyToy line and new-and-enhanced log sets. We […]
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Follow the Leader
You won’t see a mama cow and her young like these on any Vermont hillside! Thanks to the corded handle, these plush purple bovines on wooden wheels ($22.95) make great pull toys for kids over 18 months of age. Frog, duck, and dinosaur families are also available. Made by Rich Frog Industries, Burlington, Vermont. 888-742-4376, […]
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The Whole World in Your Hands
Robert Forenza calls his Hugg-a-Planet stuffed Earth “the teddy bear of the 21st century.” You can hug it and snuggle with it, roll it and toss it. Even better, you can learn from it: The planet’s up-to-date map features more than 600 labeled places. Pictured here is the classic model (12-inch diameter, $19.95), offered in […]
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Toys from New England’s Finest
Delight your children throughout the holiday season — and all year long — with these classic yet innovative toys.
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Deerfield, MA: Spinning Wheel Chair
Industrialization, the advent of electricity, and the closing of the frontier provoked a national identity crisis at the end of the 19th century. Nostalgia for the simpler America of the Founding Fathers led to a movement known as the Colonial Revival. This Windsor-style chair, which is made from old flax wheels, typifies the desire to […]
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Homegrown: Free-Range Turkey
Just in time for another jam-packed holiday season, supermarket shelves are lined with big, fat turkeys. You could grab one of these birds for only 99 cents a pound — but that won’t buy you much flavor. This year, we recommend tracking down a free-range turkey from a local farm. Why, when price and convenience […]
Nearly 125 years after his birth, Norman Rockwell remains the man most Americans think of when they hear the word “artist.”
Flat. It’s a word not often associated with beauty or talent. Rather, it conjures up far less remarkable images: flat tire; flat broke; flat as a pancake. But in the world of folk art portraiture, flatness is so desirable, even transcendent, that it practically defines the genre itself. Folk art portraiture, often called “naive” portraiture, […]