Yankee 1996 - Abstracts

Yankee 1996
TitleSubjectAuthors
A bug in his ear. (moth)General interestWilbur Willey
Across the roof of New England. (old US Route 2)General interestChristine Schultz
A hankie is nothing to sneeze at. (handkerchiefs)(includes related article on collecting handkerchiefs)General interestPolly Bannister
A home close to home.(Loch Lyme Lodge, Lyme, New Hampshire)General interestW.D. Wetherell
A light in the window. (abandoned wife)General interestJohn Monahan
'And remember to look up at the hills.' (New England autumn)General interestNick Howe
An oasis in Boston. (the Tiniest House)(House for Sale: If you love one, you surely won't love the other)General interest 
Anybody got a 'no stamp act' teapot? (political pottery)General interestPolly Bannister
A place where gentlemen are made. (Avon Old Farms School in Avon, CT)General interestSteve Buckley
Aquidneck's green jewel. (Norman Bird Sanctuary on Rhode Island's Aquidneck Island)General interestJohn Monahan
A real Cape Cod treasure.(Cape Cod Natural History Museum, Brewster, Massachusetts)General interestPat Mandell
A Shelburne Falls shopping safari. (western Massachusetts artisans)General interestSuki Casanave
A treat for Labor Day. (honey cake recipe)General interestSusan Butterworth
Chambers of melody. (music box store)General interestLynda Morgenroth
Chez nous. (Maine's St. John Valley)General interestMark T. Sullivan
Crackerbarrel diplomacy.(general store owner George Stone)General interestGeorge Kendall
Detonation days. (fireworks)General interestNick Howe
Diary of a leaf peeper. (fall foliage tour)General interestTodd Balf
Do they really fly? Really? (Peary caribou)(excerpt from 'Flight of the Reindeer: The True Story of Santa Claus and His Christmas Mission')(The Season of Miracles)(The Miracle of Reindeer)General interestRobert Sullivan
Early on an April morning: if you want to see how the American Revolution really started, you have to get up before dawn.General interestRobert Sullivan
Faithful and true: Keewaydin, the oldest summer camp in America, is happily out of step with the times.General interestAlexander Wolff
Feline heaven on the Ducktrap River.(cat boarding business and home for sale in Lincolnville, Maine)(includes related advice for cat owners)General interest 
Fiscal responsibility. (part 1: Brigadier General Edwin H. Stoughton)General interestJon Vara
Francis's folly. (canal gate built by James B. Francis)General interestJohn S. Trant Sr.
From Saunderstown to Point Judith... again. (Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island)(House for Sale)General interest 
God never made a better berry. (strawberries)(includes recipes)General interestKathy Neustadt
Governor for a day.(Hiram Bingham of Connecticut)General interest 
Grandma's fluffy ruffles. (lemon Jello dessert; includes other old family recipes)General interestVickie S. Losey, Judith D. Grimes, Janet Morse Dean
Hats off to Harriet! (Massachusetts Audubon Society founder Harriet Hemenway)General interest 
Ho say can you see? (controversy over a painted gas storage tank supposedly resembling Ho Chi Minh)General interestRichard Romeo
How to become a morning person. (sleeping and waking)General interestJay Heinrichs
If it's Monday, it must be jazz. (Hartford, CT, jazz festivals)General interestSteve Kemper
In praise of slow food.(winter cookery)(includes recipes)General interestNancy Harmon Jenkins
In search of the perfect cider. (apple cider)(includes recipes)General interestKathy Neustadt, Steven Latorre
Inside baseball. (recollection of a game played at the Main State Prison)General interestE.B. Mills
In the valley of Bear Mountain. (secluded country home)(House for Sale: If you love one, you surely won't love the other)General interest 
... It wouldn't be Christmas without it. (Christmas cookies, desserts and soup)(includes recipes)(The Season of Miracles)(The Miracle of Food & Family)General interestMarian Tietz Anderson, Linda L. Atkins, Brooke Baysinger, Nina Kareyeva, Kathryn Sheehan, Susan Sauter, Janet Stiff, Joan Olsen Brown, Jennie Ashlock
Jumping from heaven. (quarry diving)General interestJames Sullivan
Living in a legend. ('Ocean-Born Mary House' in Henniker, NH)General interest 
Living the good life in the most photographed village in Vermont. (Peacham, Vermont)(House for Sale)General interest 
Making peace with the Battenkill. (Vermont river, trout fishing)General interestWilliam G. Tapply
Making the rounds with Newport's pineapple lady.(Adelle Taylor, publisher of The Pineapple Post in Newport, Rhode Island)(includes information on housing in Newport)General interest 
Man, woman, child, star. (reflection of a star in the ice evokes Biblical images)(The Season of Miracles)(The Miracle of This Moment)General interestLaura Ricard
Mert and my bear. (resident who shot a wayward bear in a Vermont village)General interestAlison Freeland
Month of the iguana.(lizards loose in New England)General interest 
Mount Deserted.(Acadia National Park in winter)General interestMichael Burke
Mr. Carkin's classroom. (sixth-grade teacher)General interestHoward Mansfield
Neighbor Tryon. (Maine personality)General interestStephen Hyde
Onguit, half off. (small town in southern Maine)General interestElissa Elly
Out of this world. (Hancock Shaker Village, Massachusetts)General interestMary (English Founder) Potter
Perfectly grand in Prouts Neck. (artist Winslow Homer)General interestCraig Fisher
'Please don't let us kill someone.' (out of control automobile)General interestDon Weafer
Putting plants in their places. (New England nurseries)General interestEliot Tozer
Real gardeners grow houseplants.(The Great Houseplant Debate: To Grow or Not to Grow?)General interestTovah Martin
Remembering Camp Stark. (World War II prisoner-of-war camp)General interestJon Vara
Return of the Barbarians. (rock group)General interest 
Rural rescue: there's more to providing first aid in a small town than just fiddling with high-tech rescue gear.General interestDavid Goodman
Scientist in a treehouse. (childhood memory)General interestRobert Lanza
Sledding on thin ice.(Ice Rescue Sled)General interest 
Steamed cheeseburgers.General interestMatthew Lubanko
Straight to the plate: Vermont chefs and farmers are teaming up to produce fresher, more flavorful meals. (includes recipes and a related article with cooking tips)General interestBen Watson
Sweet and wild. (Martha's Vineyard fruits and berries)(includes recipes)General interestJean Wexler
The best of Bennington.(Bennington Museum in Bennington, Vermont)General interest 
The butterfly's song. (butterflies in New England)General interestCastle Freeman Jr.
The care and feeding of antique pans. (cast iron pans)General interest 
The comfort of beavers.General interestNicholas Howe
The compassionate assassin. (1960 incident involving Pres Kennedy)General interestJames Chenoweth
The first gold medalist. (athlete James B. Connolly)General interestRichard Romeo
The hardest-working river in New England. (Deerfield River)General interestBen Watson
The heavier the pan, the lighter the muffin. (cast-iron baking)(includes recipes)General interestBeth Kidder
The honey-dipped are still hot. (donut shop)General interestMichelle Seaton
The impossible nightmare. (1986 World Series)General interestSteve Gilbert
The Italians at Amato's. (Italian sandwiches sold in Portland, Maine)General interestJohn Lovell
The long silence of Lizzie Borden. (famed murder suspect)General interestDon Weafer
The making of a mensch. (aftermath of fire at Malden Mills Industries Inc.; Malden Mills Industries President Aaron Feuerstein)(The Season of Miracles)(The Miracle of Justice)(Interview)General interestLynda Morgenroth
The new woman. (1896 valedictory address)General interest 
The night the dam broke. (Alton, New Hampshire, disaster)General interestBob Trebilcock
The owl man of Logan Airport.(amateur naturalist Norman Smith)General interestPatricia Mandell
The price of the presidency.(Calvin Coolidge)General interestRichard Norton Smith
The Rockefellers owe me. (anecdote from 1930)General interestThomas Scammon
The salt ponds of Rhode Island.General interestCheryl Lyn Dybas
The simplest way to totally change your life. (New Hampshire inn)General interest 
The skate box. (ice skates)General interestPaul Brigadier
The stern pleasures of New England golf.General interestJim Didson
The theoretical nature of Nantucket surf fishing.General interestW.B. Park, Bob Clawson
The toy that says "I love you."(Raggedy Ann dolls)General interest 
The Vermont island famous New Yorkers adored. (Neshobe Island)General interest 
The warm light of welcome. (includes related information on making snow lanterns and ice lanterns)(The Season of Miracles)(The Miracle of Fire & Ice)General interestDorinda Beaumont
The wealth of Wadsworth.(Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut)General interest 
Traveler's journal: advice, wisdom & lots of fun things to do all across New England in December 1996.General interest 
Traveler's journal. (New England activities)General interest 
Travis Ford does the weather. (conductor of the Metro-North train in the southwestern corner of Connecticut)General interestSteve Kemper
Treasures waiting to be found.(cookbook collecting)General interestJan Longone
Two families, two truths. (1939 midair collision)General interestE.B. Mills
Welcome to Essex, the best small town in America! (Essex, CT)General interestRichard Conniff
When the telescope nuts come back to Stellafane.(amateur astronomers convention, Springfield, Vermont)General interestHoward Mansfield
Where you can have a fresh bagel with a future president of the United States. (New Hampshire restaurant)General interest 
Who are 'The Donkey People?' (eastern Connecticut home)(House for Sale)General interest 
Why did the tenants paint the evergreens blue? (renting property) (includes related article with tips for prospective landlords)General interestSusan Dooley, George Corey
Why my Mom is a great New England cook.General interestPenny O'Connor, Susan Zotto, Avery Greenhalgh
Yankee awards for 1995. (for poetry and art)General interest 
You can get there from here. (long bus trip between Portland, Maine, and Belfast, Maine)General interestGerard S. Walker
"You give me supper. I give you strawberries." (Robert Frost)General interestPeter M. Hewitt
You've come a long way, Fannie.(100th anniversary of Fannie Farmer's 'Boston Cooking School Cook Book')(includes recipes)General interestDave McFeely
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