Jud’s New England Journal For January 2013 Welcome to the January 2013 edition of Jud’s New England Journal, the rather curious monthly musings of Judson Hale, the Editor-in-Chief of Yankee Magazine, published since 1935 in Dublin, N.H. Thoughts On Up and Downs and Overs and Outs From southern Maine, you must go “up” to Bangor […]
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An Old Friend for the Holidays
Before there was a young, hip Portland art scene, there was an older, darker Portland scene. Mr. Rossolowsky belongs to that dim past. I think of Mr. Rossolowsky often and of the debt I owe him. I started thinking of him most recently in the wake of the horrible events in Newtown, Connecticut. I thought of him because Mr. Rossolowsky […]
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Martha Wilson’s Perfect Ski Day at Bretton Woods
Here’s an excerpt from Yankee Publishing Inc.’s newest special interest publication, NH Ski & Snow Magazine. It is available for free at sports and outdoor retailers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, coastal Connecticut, Southern New Hampshire and Maine, and at New Hampshire Welcome Centers. You can also view the electronic version here: Digital NH Ski and […]
He wonders: How wide do his shoulders need to be? How open his heart? How deep his soul? Can he ever really understand what it’s like to lose a child, even as he looks parents in the eye and lets them fold their grief into his arms? He has been telling me about a time […]
Here are Richard F. Wright’s picks for the best used bookshops in New England. Let us know your favorite in the comments at the bottom of the page. BEST USED BOOKSTORES IN NEW ENGLAND The Montague Bookmill This shop fulfills the true definition of “destination” bookstore. After 25 years, visitors still commit to traveling to […]
Community-supported fisheries bring the freshest winter seafood straight from the ocean to your table–and deliver hope to a beleaguered New England industry.
New Haven, Connecticut, is complex the way wines from the south of France can be. Just when you think you’ve zeroed in on one flavor, another note kicks in. With wine, it’s pretty standard to start rambling on about terroir—that crazy alchemical combustion of air, earth, and weather. But it still doesn’t entirely explain the […]
The first Maine biennial exhibition I ever attended was held at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in 1979. Since then there has been some sort of a juried biennial ever few years at venues ranging from the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland to the Portland Museum of Art and the Center for Maine […]
As a fashion statement, the chic and classic all-black look has been around for a long time; it predates Coco Chanel and Johnny Cash and transcends mere clothing styles. Universal in its appeal, black has been used throughout the ages to symbolize eternity, solemnity, elegance, and formality. A light-absorbing mass, black masks imperfections and swallows […]
A traveling father, a runaway father, a silent father, and a father who never shows up: These are the strands that truss three fine novels and a story collection together like a stuffed Thanksgiving turkey. The hero of A Simple Murder, by Eleanor Kuhns, is Will Rees, a traveling weaver whose son runs away and […]
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Finding the Best Foliage Columbus Day Weekend
It’s finally the big weekend! Columbus Day provides a well-timed three day weekend during the height of foliage season, meaning it’s peak time for leaf peepers. New England rolls out the red carpet for the holiday, not just with the colors in the trees, but with many fantastic annual events scheduled as well. Fall festivals […]
According to the calendar, the 2012 autumn season officially arrived this past Saturday morning! Nights are becoming increasingly cooler, as darkness outlasts daylight. A few frosts have nipped the gardens in the far north, ending the growing season with tomatoes still ripening on the vine. The summer birds have gone silent, and many have already […]