The holidays are over, and for many of us, this means a return to healthy eating (just let me finish this tray of cookies and chocolate-covered peanut butter Christmas tree). One of my favorite ways to get back on a healthy track in January is to return to a roasting routine. Roasted winter vegetables like […]
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Massachusetts
Cape Codder Resort & Spa, Hyannis, MA
It is 17 degrees outside, with a north wind snapping at anything that moves. The windchill makes it feel like zero. No worry. Here, the kids belly up to 2-foot waves, whip down an 80-foot waterslide, and dash under cascading falls. No, we are not at Disney World or in Maui — we are tucked […]
Main Dishes
Yankee Pot Roast
This classic Yankee pot roast recipe isn’t just delicious, it’s the essence of the New England kitchen. Learn more about the dish’s history.
They were stranded on a pile of rocks 200 yards from shore. The wind chill was 53 degrees below zero. There was no help in sight. And the tide was rising.
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Celebrating the Dartmouth Winter Carnival
For more than 100 years, Dartmouth students in Hanover, NH have embraced winter in their own unique way with the Dartmouth Winter Carnival.
Yankee Classic from January 1996 If only you had come to Acadia National Park in winter when less than one percent of the year’s three million park visitors pass through. It would have been colder then, but at least you could have had the illusion that all this beauty was yours alone. I drove through […]
Winter is the perfect season for completing indoor home projects. If cabin fever is settling in for you, these string lights are a quick and easy project that can add charm and character to a room. There are two reasons I love this project– you can custom design the color or theme of these lights to […]
“Wow—look at all that blue sky! You didn’t put in any of our grey winter clouds,” June Pichel Cook, the local reporter noted as she assessed the new mural, its paint still wet. “Yes, this is an idealized version,” Sarah Mutrux, the Art House’s executive director replied, “but we feel it celebrates the best aspects […]
Massachusetts
Winter Wonderland
First winter snow in the greater Boston area. The snow and the holiday lights created the winter wonderland.
Whether you celebrate winter holidays or not, the underlying theme of the season is love, peace and joy. You can easily create handmade ornaments based on these words using a small branch and basic craft supplies. The branches can be hung directly on a wall or set on a shelf (which allows the words to […]
Learning how to make an ice lantern takes a bit more time than constructing a lantern made of snow, but they last a long time if you don’t get a thaw. These sparkling ice lanterns cast a lovely light and are worth the extra work. Materials to Make an Ice Lantern a five gallon bucket […]
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Christmas Revels | The Sounding Joy
May our Christmas Revels not be ended–for their music is indeed ‘such stuff as dreams are made on.’