Diary of a Ski Patrolman: Week 6
MondaySkiing a patient down in a toboggan is no easy task. It often times involves some pleasant, fiery burning in my legs and reduces my biceps to wet noodles. But it’s all worth it, to make sure my...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleHow to Photograph Architecture | Steeples, Sugar Shacks, and Skyscrapers
I love winter. I follow the storms, arriving in recently-snowed-upon towns before they’re properly plowed, shooting winter villages through a lace of fresh fluff on branches, picturing woodlands and...
View ArticleCreate a Professional Photography Portfolio
You have some great work. How do you show it to people and how do you get people to look at it? The editors at Yankee have asked me to write about creating a portfolio of your work…and I’m embarrassed...
View ArticleNew England’s Avian Superhighway
The Connecticut River links four of New England’s six states along its 410 miles, starting at the northern tip of the New Hampshire/Maine border, from where it flows south between New Hampshire and...
View ArticleWhat The Heck Is A Garden Hod?
An unusual-looking contraption with an equally odd-sounding name, the origins of the word “hod” are uncertain; however, I think it’s a translation for the term “workhorse.” Not necessarily a...
View ArticleBrimfield Fair Finds
The Brimfield Antique Show kicked off its 2011 season on Tuesday, May 10th, and we were on hand to take in the festivities. Yankee communications manager Heather Atwell and I headed down from New...
View ArticleBut Wait, There’s More…
Environmentally-conscious Way Out Wax isn’t only for buggy outside situations; Way Out Wax’s Clean Air product line for indoors does an equally excellent job – naturally. Using a scientifically proven...
View ArticleA “Way Out” solution to black flies and more…
Finally! It’s spring (sort of) in our neck of the woods. And let’s face it, after what seemed like an endless winter here in New England, we all want to spend as much time outside as we can....
View ArticleStarving off the Land: Figuring out first-hand food
I always thought of myself as a city mouse, but it wasn’t until I left Manhattan for a very rural part of Cape Cod that I realized I didn’t know jack about mice. Three years ago my husband Kevin and I...
View ArticleTop Five Favorite Places to Photograph in New England
New England is a beautiful and interesting region for photographers. The six states provide cultural and scenic variety along with history, wilderness, and small town appeal. I have a spreadsheet with...
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Finding Spring
The varieties of flowering trees and bushes found in cities, public gardens, and cemeteries are chosen to provide color from early April through October. Landscape designers often pick species that...
View ArticleTrash the Trash
My fiancée Samantha Smith and I recently became one of three finalist couples for Clay Hill Farm’s Green Wedding Giveaway. This yearly event provides a complete wedding package to a couple that...
View ArticleDiary of a Ski Patrolman: Week 15
Monday “So last week I discussed the meaning of life. This week I’ll go even deeper and answer the burning question: “What does a ski patroller eat?!” It makes sense that ski patrollers must eat super...
View ArticleIntroductions
Hello Yankee readers! Since this is my first blog entry, I’d like to take a moment to introduce myself. Or reintroduce myself. If you’ve subscribed to the magazine for a while, you may have noticed my...
View ArticleRunning of the Brides
Amy Bidder shares her first-hand experience at The Running of the Brides event—a unique, annual bridal sale held in Boston by Filene’s Basement. My fiance and I will be taking flight to Montego Bay,...
View ArticleDiary of a Ski Patrolman: Week 14
Monday I’ve been feeling philosophical lately. I don’t really know what that means because it means something different to everyone. But that’s okay. So bear with me as I try to figure out a few things...
View ArticleRemedies for Common Houseplant Ailments.
Try these houseplant remedies when your plants start to wither and droop. Houseplant ailments fall into three main categories: Fungal, Viral, and Pests. Fungal Diseases: Fungal diseases are usually due...
View ArticleDiary of a Ski Patrolman: Week 13
Monday I skied on silk today. My skis nearly silent as they propelled me across the snow, the impenetrable fog of drizzle holding me in an isolating grasp, the thin glaze of ice on my goggles, and the...
View ArticleDiary of a Ski Patrolman: Week 12
Monday It’s holiday vacation week. Vacation week means a flood of action for us patrollers. There was rarely a dull moment today, and the voices on the radio were continuous, sometimes unsettled, and...
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