The folks at Yankee have asked me to blog about photo contests. They asked me to do this because of the great amount of tact I use when critiquing images posted on the New England Photography–Yankee Magazine Facebook site. In the spirit of tactful, supportive feedback, let me offer some constructive suggestions for entering photo […]
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History
So Long, Dark Months
Welcome to the January 2011 edition of “Jud’s New England Journal,” the rather curious monthly musings of Judson Hale, editor-in-chief of Yankee Magazine, published since 1935 in Dublin, New Hampshire. So Long, Dark Months Yes, the amount of daylight is finally increasing. Hooray! I love the arrival of January. The holidays are over; a bright […]
New Hampshire
Dartmouth Winter Carnival | Photographs
Experience the frozen fun of the annual Dartmouth Winter Carnival in Hanover, NH from photographers Christian and Jonathan Kozowyk.
When we first heard about Fetchstix, the initial question that came to mind was: “Is this an example of Yankee ingenuity or a sign of the apocalypse?” Wagatha’s, a small company in Manchester Center, Vermont, that produces organic dog biscuits, has started selling bundles of maple sticks as boutique dog toys for $12.95 a pop, […]
Food
Braising Recipes
Braising, a cooking technique that uses a combination of moist and dry heat, is simply the process of browning a tough cut of meat; placing it in a pot with liquids and spices; covering it; and letting it cook slowly on the stove or in the oven for a few hours. Try these bonus braising […]
Recent college graduate and former Yankee intern Josh Allen, spent last summer as a sea kayak guide in Maine, and then was accepted into the ski patrol training program at Okemo Mountain in Ludlow, Vermont. Each week he will take us behind the scenes at one of New England’s most popular and busy mountains. The […]
Magazine
2010 Fall Photo Contest Winner
This blog is a first for me in a couple of ways: I haven’t written for a blog before, and I’ve never entered a photo contest before. That’s mainly because there are so many great photographers out there, and I didn’t think I had any chance of being a finalist, let alone a winner! The […]
After much deliberating, the judges have chosen Tahir Malik as the winner of Yankee Magazine‘s 2010 Fall Photo Contest for his photograph of Glen Ellis Falls, NH! Congratulations, Tahir! What’s it like to win a magazine photo contest? Find out in Tahir’s blog. View the photographs that made it into the finals for our 2010 […]
New England
2011 Winter Photo Contest
Our 2011 winter photo contest is now closed! Check back for our finalists and stay tuned for details on our next photo contest! The winning photo will be published in the January/February 2012 issue Yankee Magazine. Read photographer Susan Cole Kelly’s tips on entering a photography contest. Rules for Photo Contest 1. Submit […]
Welcome to the December 2010 edition of “Jud’s New England Journal,” the rather curious monthly musings of Judson Hale, editor-in-chief of Yankee Magazine, published since 1935 in Dublin, New Hampshire. Memories of a Certain Christmas Eve How could I ever forget what I saw out the window that night? When I was growing up on […]
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The Ghost of a Dread Past
The return of my Lyme symptoms was an unwelcome realization. It came on one morning, just as my original Lyme symptoms had, when I woke up and could not bend my left knee. This was how it happened when I first had Lyme but it was a long time before I knew that what was […]
In 2010, we asked Tom and Ray Magliozzi, NPR’s popular “Click & Clack, the Tappet Brothers”… After all these years, how do you keep yourselves inspired?