Living

A Jewelry Lover’s Guide to New England

Wondering where to find some of the best jewelry stores in New England? Here are five destinations where admiring, making, or shopping for jewelry can add sparkle to your stay.

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“Inferno” | The Worcester Fire of 1999

The Worcester fire of 1999 was dangerous, but the kind the firefighters fought several times each year. Then something happened, and everything when black. Learn more in this 2000 Yankee classic.

Gardens

The 10 Best Winter Tips for Houseplants

Do your houseplants start to look a little drawn in the cold, dark months of winter? If so, follow our 10 best winter tips for houseplants.

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Book Lady of the Air

by Maude W. Schrader Mrs. Schrader, now lecturing at Chautauqua, N. Y., will be remembered by many not only for her broadcasts on Massachusetts radio stations, but also for many women’s clubs activities. She “gets’’ Monadnock from her home on Norway Hill in Hancock. GIVE ME THE HILLS and a book and contentment is mine. […]

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Agriculture

by Hon. Andrew L. Felker GLADYS HASTY CARROLL in her story “As the Earth Turns” gives a delightful glimpse of rural New England life as if it was lived and enjoyed in the good old “horse and buggy days”; as one thrifty old New Hampshire Yankee termed them, “The Pod Auger days.” While one would […]

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Shake Hands with the Country Dance

1935 New Hampshire Model by Beth Tolman Credit: Drawing by F.W.P. Tolman WHAT HAS HAPPENED to the jigs, reels, quadrilles, and hornpipes that used to rollick America back in its teens? Who does them now and where are they danced? The answer, of course, depends upon what section of the country you speak from. In […]

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