The calendar on the day these words will first appear will read January 27, 2012. But in our Yankee editorial offices here in Dublin we are already deep into the winter of 2013. Our colleagues at the Old Farmer’s Almanac, … Continue reading
What a Difference a Word Makes
During the last several months, I’ve been proofreading some of the copy for advertisements, newsletters, and Yankee stories. This task has made me even more sensitive than usual to the importance of proper language usage. Recently, while dining at a local … Continue reading
Sunlight Prints
One of my favorite gifts I found for my daughters this past Christmas was a sunlight print kit at a wonderful local bookstore, The Toadstool Bookshop. I’ve been hoping to do this project with them for quite awhile now and … Continue reading
Loving Winter in New England: Creating a Special Jan/Feb Cover
I’ve always found the production cycle of a magazine to be fairly odd. My last blog entry on YankeeMagazine.com was to be entitled, “Christmas in July,” but I got sidetracked and failed to complete it among all the other tasks … Continue reading
The Future Calls
Here’s an interesting little secret about magazine editors: We’re time travelers. Yes, it’s true. Okay, it’s not the kind of time travel Hollywood gushes over. We’re not armed with flux capacitors or sleek looking DeLoreans. I have no idea how the stock … Continue reading
The Yankee Archives: Christmas Dinner for Horses
With a history as long and colorful as Yankee’s, poking through the archives can easily swallow up an hour of your day, or if you’re not careful, the whole darn thing. During my first month at Yankee, I’ve happily thumbed … Continue reading
Getting to Know Provincetown
There is no better way to know a famous tourist town than arriving off season, when the tourists have left, and the locals reclaim their streets, their beaches, their way of life that brought them here in the first place, … Continue reading
Choosing the Best Yankee Stories of the Year
Each November the City and Regional Magazine Association asks editors of its nearly 70 member publications to choose the best stories, photo essays, designs, covers, and Web content produced that year. I love doing it — it’s a chance to … Continue reading
Country Mouse Comes Home
My first few weeks as both a New Hampshire resident and an employee of Yankee Publishing officially mark my transition from city-mouse office worker to semi-country-mouse assistant editor, and a simultaneous return to vehicle ownership, packed lunches, and the kind … Continue reading
The Power of Blogging
A few years ago, Yankee’s editor, Mel Allen, wrote a comprehensive guide outlining the steps to follow if you’re a writer looking to get published in the magazine. And as the online media world continues to evolve, bloggers who are … Continue reading