Excerpt from “Sayings of the Oracle,” Yankee Magazine January 1964. ♦Me.: Dear Oracle: A question you may be able to answer. My husband has a century-old clock with wooden works–used by his grandfather on a clipper ship. Do you know of anyone who can make it run? A.S.Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations […]
Tanglewood has been the summer home of the BSO for nearly 100 years. See what has changed—and what has stayed the same—with these Tanglewood historic photographs.
When the Amateur Strand Symphony Orchestra formed in 1924, they rejected the name “Portland Symphony Orchestra” because they felt it was “too imposing.” But they’ve grown into that name.
Was Laura Shaw a reclusive, lonely, mild-mannered claims clerk or a high-rolling, horse-owning millionaire? When she embezzled more than 4 million dollars, she was both. Laura Shaw is rich. A millionaire horsewoman with homes in three states. Some say she’s a lottery winner. Or the daughter of a Midwest jeweler. Or a supermarket heiress from […]
Brian Cooper, an old home restorer, understands the love and lore of historic preservation. Watch as he explains his passion for the job.
What motivates people to hunt for treasure? For some it’s the chance to touch history our uncover a mystery.
Born in Rhode Island and built for U.S. troops overseas during World War II, Quonset huts were ideal all-purpose military structures that found their way into American life in the late 1940s. Initially adapted as prefabricated homes, Quonset huts were used as barns, car dealerships, banks, bowling alleys, and service stations. Loved by some, loathed […]
Lingering cold, slow-running sap, mud up to your ankles… How could life be better?
By the winter of 1773, Josiah Quincy, Jr. knew he was dying. He was an intelligent man—a Harvard educated lawyer—so he harbored no illusions about what a diagnosis of consumption meant. Though just 29-years old, his body was beginning to fail him. His vitality was being burned away, little by little, by the illness germinating […]
We asked architectural writer and longtime New England resident William Morgan to share his choices for the 5 best historic house museums in New England.
It’s spring — time to clean house, jettison junk, and dispense with debris. But that isn’t easy for New Englanders, most of whom seem to be afflicted with a disease known as clutteropathy. Researchers have identified six different strains of this disorder. ACCUMULITIS Also known as “usefulness delusion disorder” (UDDER), this sickness is identified […]
There’s a part in all of us that hopes we’ll bloom when darkness falls. A few years ago, I advised a woman on writing her memoir. I’d known Mary Liz for a few years before that, and once, she showed me an essay she’d written about a plant that she’d been coddling for the past […]
