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Field Notes for Winter 2019

What to see, do, try this winter.

Nov 22, 2019
Janice Quirt

A One-Horse Open Sleigh

In the haymow I found a red sleigh built by the McLaughlin Carriage Company about 1910, and I took it home to my own haymow 30 miles north where it sat forgotten for another 27 years.

Nov 22, 2019
Dan Needles

Meet the Maker: Jessica Giovanatto

A local florist leans into the holiday season with artful wreaths of foraged greenery.

Nov 22, 2019
Elaine Anselmi

Local Buys: Winter 2019

Shop local for cozy woolens, gifts that sparkle and DIY stamps.

Nov 22, 2019
Janice Quirt

Food + Drink Winter 2019

Winter’s savoury side: mobile sushi, chic tipples and go-to gourmet gifts.

Nov 22, 2019
Janice Quirt

Winter Whisky Sour

’Tis the season: The retro tipple.

Nov 22, 2019
In The Hills

Birds of a Feather: Badminton

Fast-paced, action-packed and sociable, badminton converts a longtime tennis player.

Nov 22, 2019
Nicola Ross

Not So Fast

Will we ever return to a time when mending, reusing or not buying in the first place is the norm?

Nov 22, 2019
Bethany Lee

On Stage Tonight!

Live entertainment flourished in these hills a century and more ago. Before new technologies like the cinema changed everything, the stages of our local town halls were filled with performances that appealed to every taste.

Nov 22, 2019
Ken Weber

Male Friendship

Are men as good at long-term friendships as women?

Nov 22, 2019
Gail Grant

At Home with Deborah Shortill of Hannah’s

How the retail maven and her husband, Morley, nestled their new dream home into the rolling Mono landscape.

Nov 22, 2019
Tralee Pearce

Johnny Berger

For octogenarian Johnny Berger, aging only means heli-skiing with a slower group.

Nov 22, 2019
Gail Grant