View Susan Cole Kelly’s slide show on YankeeMagazine.com/! Foliage season is more than half over, and the color is slowly migrating from northern to southern New England. The maples turned golden early enough so that there was a buzz about an early season, but it just didn’t happen. This year’s warm weather continued into October, […]
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History
About Historical Trivia
Welcome to the November 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. About Historical Trivia But some “trivia” is important history! I learned years ago that New Englanders have always been slightly annoyed with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s […]
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To Blog or Not to Blog
I have been blogging now for almost two and a half years. As a writer, I wasn’t sure about this thing called a “blog” (short for “web log,” something like an online diary) and I’m still not sure. It’s really no different from a weekly column but my editor urged me not to make it […]
In a recent four-part series, Kristen Laine, who writes the blog “Great Kids, Great Outdoors” for the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC), featured ten of the 25 towns that made Yankee Magazine’s “Top 25 Foliage Towns” list in the September/October 2010 issue. The series, called “Great Kids, Great Outdoors Top 10 Towns for Fall Hikes,” focused […]
Excerpt from “The Best Darned Ice Cream in the Whole State of Maine,” Yankee Magazine August 1981. Three years ago, the Cote family, who own one of the largest dairies in southern Maine, had a unique problem with leftovers, something every family has to deal with. “Everybody’s on a diet,” Bill Cote explained. “It’s gotten […]
Wreath escort is underway: wreathsacrossamerica.org. The next wreath-laying ceremony will take place on December 19, 2020. Come with me into the center of the major media event of this day, Thursday, December 14, 2006. It’s 7:30 in the morning, and we’re at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, just outside the nation’s capital. The sun has […]
Whether you give or receive these holiday gifts from the kitchen, bursting with flavor, the joy will last all winter.
New England
Fall Craft Fairs and Fun Outside
I love brilliantly colored fall foliage, but what matters most to me is the color of the sky. If it’s blue and the sun is shining, then foliage could be peak, post-peak, almost peak and I’d still be perfectly happy. Luckily for us weekend warriors, the last few fall weekends have been perfect examples of […]
From Pilgrim feasts to today’s holiday tables, cranberries burst with color and flavor.
Magazine
Angels Among Us 2010
Yankee Magazine proudly recognizes the “Angels Among Us” of” 2010. Congratulations to these dedicated New Englanders who are making a difference everyday!
Connecticut
The Crèche at Regina Laudis | Local Treasure
If the crèche at the Abbey of Regina Laudis strikes you as a little out of place, there’s a good reason. The austere Yankee barn that houses it is a world away from its previous home. Handcrafted by artisans in Naples, the intricate nativity scene was presented as a coronation gift to Victor Amadeus II, […]
There are two temperature ranges that will determine what you can grow in a given location. … The low temperature range would be a night reading of just above freezing and a daytime reading in the mid-40s Fahrenheit. In that range, you could winter over geraniums and delicate perennials. … The second temperature range is […]