A homesteading family creates a world unto itself in northern Vermont. First in a year-long series.
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The Art of the Trades | Mary’s Farm
When pipes freeze and other calamities occur, a hero is someone with a wrench and knowhow. Last New Year’s Eve, I bought a new car, something I do every 10 years or so. Two days later, I had to drive three hours north, to the White Mountains, to teach a workshop. In a blizzard. Baptism […]
This is Sophie, the poster child for chocolate and bacon. Right now she’s staffing the register at the decadent food emporium, Nutty Steph’s in Middlesex, Vermont. It’s the morning of Bacon Night. Let’s say you’re a vegetarian with a chocolate allergy: Sophie will still make your day. I have barely explained my purpose for visiting […]
Finally the new year has arrived and a new calendar has begun. Yes, we all know January has 31 days. However, I’m not sure about some of the other months…like June, for instance. Does it have 31 days? Hard to remember. Which brings us to calendar reform. There are those who favor simplifying our calendar […]
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Ordeal on Bay Ledge Buoy
Just before a sudden winter squall swamped his 15-foot open boat, the young clammer managed to leap to the comparative safety of the Bay Ledge Buoy. It was the beginning of the longest — and nearly the last — 27 hours of his life. Sunday morning. January 15, began as any working day for […]
December 1981 | “Down the Chimney,” by Richard Lon Cohen.
1892 year The Nutcracker ballet débuted in St. Petersburg, Russia 2012 year Boston reimagined its Nutcracker performance 3,600 jewels worn by the Sugar Plum Fairy 363 Boston Ballet students auditioning for The Nutcracker (only Boston Ballet students are considered) 8 dancers hidden under Mother Ginger’s skirt 2,400 Boston Ballet performances of The Nutcracker since 1963 […]
What’s your woodpile style? The experts at Yankee’s research center for advanced wood studies developed this test to help you find out.
Historic New England is now the keeper of a collection of over 2,000 images, mostly glass plate negatives, that used to be stored here in a small outbuilding at the Yankee offices in Dublin, New Hampshire. The images were originally purchased by the magazine to be used to illustrate a number of books about early life in […]
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“Go for the Jugular” | Lexicon
The familiar phrase “go for the jugular” comes from a remark by 19th-century Boston lawyer and U.S. Senator Rufus Choate, describing John Quincy Adams, another Massachusetts resident and sixth president of the United States: “He has peculiar powers as an assailant, and almost always, even when attacked, gets himself into that attitude by making war […]
Five hours south of Moffatt’s Christmas Tree Farm, Seth Johnson steers his flatbed truck into the Stamford, Connecticut, rest area. Earlier this morning, while Seth was loading on these Frasers and balsams in Northern Vermont, the loudest sound was a jake brake muttering on a milk truck coming off nearby Denton Hill. Now, as he […]
We ask comedian Bethany Van Delft … How Do You Keep Them Laughing? Bethany Van Delft worked for years as a successful runway model and high-end-restaurant manager until she realized her true calling: comedy. Today, the Massachusetts native and Boston resident performs in clubs across the city, has been featured in the Boston Comedy Festival, […]