Rich, buttery shortbread is a favorite sweet treat during the Christmas season with Scottish roots. By preparing your holiday shortbread in a large round, cut into neat wedges, you’ll spare yourself the time and hassle of shaping individual cookies, and gain a lovely way to present your shortbread on the holiday dessert table. Don’t skimp […]
I enjoy trimming a Christmas tree with our usual hodgepodge collection of ornaments but I also love themed trees. Themed trees are based on a color, a style (i.e. Victorian), or another common thread (a cowboy/cowgirl theme, the 50’s, a tropical theme, etc.). Once every few years I like to decorate a themed tree in […]
May our Christmas Revels not be ended–for their music is indeed ‘such stuff as dreams are made on.’
The summer haven of Nantucket shines again on one special December weekend. Learn more about the Nantucket Christmas Stroll.
A year ago last spring, I put two healthy (still red) poinsettias in my garden. In the fall, I brought them back inside, still healthy but green. I though they would make red leaves for Christmas, but they didn’t. What went wrong? Why didn’t my poinsettia plants turn red? The red — or pink or […]
It appears art has fused with the sea in Salem, Massachusetts. The Peabody-Essex Museum’s newest exhibit Impressionists on the Water, open through February 17, 2014, has found a proper setting in maritime Salem. This past rainy Sunday, I spent the day discovering the maritime influence in Salem’s art and culture. The exhibit opens with a […]
S.D. Ireland’s truck number 6 sits in the third bay of the garage on Grove Street in South Burlington, being prepped for its next outing. Unlike the concrete trucks in the first and second bays, number 6 won’t be delivering concrete for sidewalks, driveways, foundations, footings or bridges anytime soon. Its drum has been washed […]
When you make your own advent calendars it can be challenging to remember to have them made before the first of December. Therefore, this project comes in time for you to have a couple weeks to gather your materials together and make your own. This particular calendar is made using “small coin” or […]
Even during the busy holiday season, a talented team of caterers (and friends) takes time to enjoy a deliciously streamlined feast.
With their crisp shell and slightly chewy interior, meringue cookies are delicate, melt-in-your-mouth magic.
“Christmas in St. Michaels,” a watercolor by Susan Davis.
“A Canadian Christmas,” by Paul Landry.
