When Ted Williams and Bud Leavitt go fishing, as they’ve been doing for more than 40 years, something is always biting. If the fish aren’t, then the conversation is …
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Doug Fournier describes his job, Tugboat Captain, as “hours of boredom with moments of sheer terror.”
Late in the afternoon on June 29, 2000, I joined a club that’s not as exclusive as you might think. Here’s why you should always brake for moose.
Harvard medical researcher Irene Davis, Ph.D., believes that our knees hurt because a lot of what we understand about running is wrong. She also believes something else the world might not be ready for: that a person can be retrained to run differently to lessen the chance of injury, not to mention ridicule. Dr. Davis, […]
A flock of sheep. A pasture. And a relationship that goes back thousands of years.
Spring is a season of anticipation, and with each lengthening day, these coming attractions in New England draw closer to completion.
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Best Hidden Places in New England
Dreaming of getting away? Think new, get off the beaten path, and visit these six New England secret spots for a relaxed, laid-back escape.
Was New England-born Samuel Wilson the real Uncle Sam? Find out more about the man (and meat inspector) behind an American legend.
Each April, spring foragers hunt the many varieties of New England wild edibles with delicious results. There’s something magical about wild food: It draws us closer to the earth—and it’s delicious. Maybe it’s easy to romanticize this ease with nature, but it is romantic. Our great winter hibernation rumbles to its end in the first real warming days […]
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Dear Yankee | April 2016
Our favorite recent letters, Facebook posts, Instagram comments, and tweets. Sense of Place icon-envelope I was surprised and delighted to find your feature on Prudence Island (Jan./Feb., p.98). Although I no longer reside on Prudence, it has lived and breathed inside me all my life, and it’s woven into the fabric of the person I […]
One of the perks of working at Yankee is the chance so many of us, who’ve called New England home for most of our lives, have to get out and explore the region. Maybe even see it in a different light. A restaurant, an inn, a beach—places that remind us of why we call this […]
“I think women make good runners because they’re so good at multitasking, and it’s something they can fit into their busy schedules. Running is more accessible and affordable than a lot of other sports and fitness activities. It can also be very social, which draws women in.” —Joan Benoit Samuelson (born May 16, 1957, in Cape […]