I troll a lot on eBay (ok, I buy too--is there a 12-Step program yet for eBayers?) and one thing I collect, among other things, are old farm...

THE SPARE SIMPLICITY of the SHAKER MEETINGHOUSE (and service) in SABBATHDAY LAKE, MAINE APPEALS TO ME NOW Lately I've been thinking a lo...

Today it is raining and quite tropical in southwestern New Hampshire. It has been a cool summer, with mostly dry, warm (and sometimes hot) d...

A 19th CENTURY FIRKIN from an OLD MAINE FARMHOUSE When I was a child, summers in New Hampshire were not complete without a country auction o...

Polcari's Coffee in Boston's North End has all manner of ingredients––and coffee, of course––packed into a corner store. A mon...