Welcome to the July 2014 edition of “Jud’s New England Journal,” the rather curious monthly musings of Judson Hale, the Editor-in-Chief of Yankee Magazine, published since 1935 in Dublin, NH. The Difference Between Men and Women Several years ago, we asked readers of The Old Farmer’s Almanac to address this subject. Dozens wrote us their […]
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One of the prettiest little ponds in New Hampshire belongs to the people of Peterborough and their happy, barking companions.
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Sand Castles | Beach Memories
The drive to build such fleeting structures as sand castles must satisfy some ancient urge. Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny, which is a fancy way of saying that children are barbarians. I see this every summer at the beach when my kids build sand castles. The younger the child, the more primitive the architecture. Joel, who is […]
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Welcome to New England, home of culinary creativity … and more than a few oddities.
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Podunk | Lexicon
According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Podunk can refer to any “small, unimportant, and isolated town.” But according to Indian Place Names of New England, “Podunk” is literally translated as “a place where the foot sinks in” and is a real place — a former village and pond in Worcester County, Massachusetts. East Brookfield now owns […]
The relationship between cats and tulips may seem obscure, but gardeners who are cat lovers would instantly understand…
Every June 1 since 1950, Dave Webster and his boat have confirmed the start of another season for residents of Great Pond, Maine. Excerpt from “The Summer Mailboat,” Yankee Magazine June 1988 In 1943, the summer Dave Webster turned 15, he began delivering mail by boat on Great Pond, an 8,000-acre lake about 15 miles […]
When Yankee’s editor-in-chief, Jud Hale, decided it was time to sell Liberty Street, the family lake house, his three sons came together to share their special memories of the place.
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Moby Dick Card Game | Whale’s Tale
By the time you’re back home from Yankee’s “Maritime Trail” adventures, you may be saying to yourself, “Call me curious, but I’m hooked on those 19th-century whaling expeditions!” The folks at King Post Productions may be able to help. Although hundreds of whaling voyages launched from New England ports such as New Bedford and Nantucket, […]
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How to Resize Digital Photos
You took that shiny new camera out of the box and started using it. Maybe you went through the user manual once, set the camera the way you want it, and forgot it. Picture size? Who cares, they look great, right? Well, maybe. Photos should be sized to fit the way they’re going to be […]
Sheep shearing and counting the lambs on an isolated Maine island honors both legendary matriarch Jenny Cirone and a tradition of caring for the land and its four-legged inhabitants. [slideshow post_id=”556434″] “One ewe!” shouts Alfie Wakeman over the din of shrieking gulls and the baa-ing of nearly 200 sheep, as he cradles a lamb in […]