Lynne Cox’s strange and wonderful relationship with the coldest waters on the planet began, naturally, as a youngster turning blue in the lakes and coastal beaches of Maine and New Hampshire. She went on to set world records for duration and distance in a variety of exotic cold water settings, first as a teen crossing […]
Designer Kati Enscoe is beginning to get quite a following, and we can see why. Most of her necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and rings are set with quartz, jade, crystal, or mother-of-pearl in a trendy yet timeless fashion. The chunky pieces are surprisingly lightweight and possess an overall boldness, as if to say, “Dare to stand […]
If we told you that in 1629 this place became the first town in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, would you be able to name it? How about if we said that it was the birthplace of Nathaniel Hawthorne and that he wrote his most famous novel, The Scarlet Letter, here? Still not sure? We could […]
In New England, old is good while new is, at best, suspect. For instance, in the vague but nonetheless real social scheme of things, old houses are better than new houses. Old companies are better to work for than new companies. Better to own an old barn than to build a brand-new one. Old wooden […]
