by Henry Davis Nadig New England elders never worry About December’s snowy flurry. Prophets of all varieties, They never cater to or please With sage prognostications of The whims of things that hang above. Rather the Yankee sits alone Beneath the winter monotone, Content to save his comments till The New Year shines upon the […]
by Gordon F .Tolman MASON GADD WAS a little man with stooped shoulders and a fringe of gray hair showing beneath his battered felt hat, and eyes of faded blue like the sky near the horizon on a cloudless winter day. He seemed even more diminutive than usual as he stood behind the huge red […]
TIME ENOUGH FOR many changes to take place has elapsed since the ordination of young Timothy Walker in a blockhouse in the wilderness. There, in 1730, the Reverend John Barnard of Andover, Massachusetts, who had come on horseback over the rough trail to the Plantation of Penny-Cook which he firmly believed to be the former […]
How did this year’s foliage season stack up? Where can you still find peak color? Read on for our 2018 fall foliage recap, in our final post of the season.
Have you ever noticed Ping-Pong-sized balls dropping from oak trees? Find out how these “oak apple galls” form and if they’re a threat to the tree.
Old-time cocktails were made with the materials on hand: apples, honey, sugar, molasses, wild berries, and hops. Learn more, plus 2 recipes!
A collection of images celebrating the wild beauty of Maine’s Acadia National Park from authors and photographers Jerry and Marcy Monkman.
Celebrating New England’s best cheeses, chocolates, jams, coffees, and other gift-worthy edibles in Yankee Magazine‘s annual food awards.
When the paper mill that had defined Bucksport, Maine, for eight decades shut down just before Christmas 2014, the town, like others before it, could have withered away. Instead, something else happened.
Being the town Santa is not all ho-ho-ho and Merry Christmas! A report from the other side of the beard in this 1992 Yankee Classic from Donald Hall.
From tours of decked-out historic houses to holiday parades and bazaars, these New England holiday events are worth the drive.
Celebrating New England’s best cheeses, chocolates, jams, coffees, and other gift-worthy edibles in Yankee Magazine‘s annual food awards.
