I am truly blessed by the mail that I receive. It all seems to me to come out of the blue. A letter from a member of the National Guard, telling me how much he loves Yankee, how it used to be the perfect size to fit into the pocket of the cargo pants of […]
Excerpt from “This New England: Mount Desert Island, Maine,” Yankee Magazine, August 1981. When Samuel De Champlain named Mount Desert Island, he did so because he was so struck by the barren, deserted summits of the stretch of mountains that give the island its soft, rounded profile. Though the mountains’ summits remain deserted, the island […]
Welcome to the July 2009 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. Old-Time New England Humor: Is It Still Funny? Here’s an example from the famous19th-century humorist known as Artemus Ward. You decide … The use of […]
Yankee Magazine’s July/August issue features the ultimate lighthouse guide. In keeping with the spirit of everything lighthouse I thought I would share with you my own lighthouse adventure in the hope that my excursion will inspire one of your own. On a recent (beautiful!!) Sunday afternoon, I found myself in the seacoast area of New […]
Yankee Classic from April 1999 by Susan Shetterly The Gulf of Maine narrows at the south of the Bay of Fundy, separating Maine from Nova Scotia and stretching, like the head of a herring gull with its bill slightly open, up into New Brunswick. For six of every 12 hours, tides expose miles of rock […]
Normal Rockwell Museum: The artist’s studio in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, reveals details that show the man behind the paintings.
For more information, Yankee food editor Annie B. Copps recommends these books on preserving: The Beginner’s Guide to Preserving at Home, by Janet Chadwick (Storey Publishing 2009) The Big Book of Preserving the Harvest, by Carol W. Costenbader, (Storey Publishing 1997)Delivered Daily: New England Recipes and Tried & True Kitchen Tips from the Editors of […]
Project: playhouse and swing set When Richard Svopa moved his family from Florida to Halifax, Massachusetts, three years ago, his three young kids quickly realized that something was missing from their new life. And it had nothing to do with white sandy beaches and sunny February weather. Nope. Instead, the Svopa home was missing its […]
While growing up, I shared a room with my very neat and organized sister. I was the bane of her existence. Artsy and disheveled, I provided the perfect foil to her tirade of tidiness. “A place for everything, and everything all over the place” was my motto. I favored pretty; she liked practical. I liked […]
Helene Harbage’s fingers nimbly pick over the quart of raspberries, selecting only the plumpest, most perfect of the lot, setting each one, bottom down, to dry on a clean towel. She turns next to the blueberries, choosing the biggest. Helene is making her one-crust “Star-Spangled Berry Pie,” a favorite of hers that once won first […]
From Yankee July 1975 Haymaker’s Punch, also called switchel, came along before the introduction of Gatorade or any kind of discussion of the need to replenish electrolytes. Hardworking farmers in the young New England colonies knew what to turn to when they needed a refresher. Switchel, or haymaker’s punch, as it came to be known, […]
Video: Interview with David Carroll 1993 Yankee Classic: Turtles Studies by David Carroll Excerpted from Following the Water: A Hydromancer’s Notebook (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, August 2009; $24)Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe Blazing sun on sand, midday August heat. I head for the deep shade of a tall stand of […]
