The Salem Witch Trials began in 1692, over an exceptionally raw Massachusetts winter, when a minister’s daughter began to scream and convulse. They ended less than a year later but not before the execution of 19 people and the unfolding of a mystery that shaped the future American republic. In 1692 the Massachusetts Bay Colony […]
The Trappist Monks of St. Josephs’s Abbey feed their souls with prayer and meditation while facing a future filled with questions without answers.
Tucked away in the Nutmeg State’s Litchfield Hills, Salisbury, Connecticut, is a lovely town where it’s possible to take flight.
Yankee Classic: December 1987 If an entire town can be said to share one ghost, then Newbury, Vermont, has held clear title to Orville Gibson ever since he disappeared 30 years ago this month. It wasn’t until 85 days after he vanished that the town, and then the nation, learned the grim fate of Newbury farmer […]
It’s not unusual for live Christmas trees to need to be trimmed a bit before they’re decorated. Whether it’s to help fit the tree through the door and into the house or merely to tidy up the branches, clipping some boughs leaves you with a pile of heavenly-scented tree trimmings. Before tossing them into the compost pile, consider these five fun and […]
The traditional white-clapboard exterior of Kristin Nicholas’s 1751 farmhouse betrays no sense of the merry and bright holiday decor within.
Every autumn we at Yankee pore over what seems like billions of foliage photos. Okay, maybe that number is a little high, but it’s a lot of photos. And so many of them are fantastic, including a number of reader submissions. That’s why when we pushed our recent hashtag #mynewenglandfall on Instagram, we weren’t surprised […]
With winter coming, there was one more short drive to take. Putting the truck away for the winter is a ritual, just as is getting it out in the spring. I don’t use the truck in the winter, one way to extend its already long life. The truck is a 1997 Ford Ranger, white with […]
In northern Vermont, “stick season” is the time between the leaves’ dropping and the first snow that sticks— a time that brings its own stark beauty and rituals.
Doug Flutie, one of the most famous athletes to come from New England, has always credited his parents, Richard and Joan, with giving him the support and confidence to excel, no matter the obstacles. On Wednesday, November 18, 2015, Flutie’s father passed away from a heart attack after a period of poor health. An hour […]
Our 9th annual appreciation of Angels Among Us, celebrating ordinary New Englanders with who are making an extraordinary difference in others’ lives.
Many communities put on a show for the holidays, but Christmas celebrations in Manchester and Woodstock, Vermont, are especially festive.
