| Notes from the Heart... The Heart of New England's Weekly Newsletter Issue #131 ~ October 29, 2006 |
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Greetings from The Heart of New England!
Feature of the Week:
Season's Last Paddle
Gardening Tips
In Season Recipe:
Corned Beef Harvest Supper
Mark Your Calendar:
Annual Inn-to-Inn Cookie Tour
Don't Miss November's Prize of the Month
Win Your Own Copy of "Farm Stays" Ebook
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Worth Quoting
"Live you life, do your work, then take your hat."
Henry David Thoreau
More New England proverbs & quotes
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Print of the Week: Central Square, Keene, NH
Feature of the Week:
Season's Last Paddle
Gardening Tips
In Season Recipe:
Corned Beef Harvest Supper
Mark Your Calendar:
Annual Inn-to-Inn Cookie Tour
Don't Miss November's Prize of the Month
Win Your Own Copy of "Farm Stays" Ebook
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Worth Quoting
"Live you life, do your work, then take your hat."
Henry David Thoreau
More New England proverbs & quotes
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Visit Our Sponsor:
Click below for our listing of more B&Bs/Inns & Cottages:
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
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Print of the Week: Central Square, Keene, NH
| Notes from my back porch... The Keene Pumpkin Festival has come and gone (no, we didn't beat our own Guinness World Record, in fact, Boston beat it!). But the talk of the town here is not the fact that we didn't get over 28,000+ jack o'lanterns required, but how we beat our record of having the most people EVER assembled in our downtown (80,000 people on our Main Street). Those of you who have never been to Keene can take a look HERE to see what that looked like. Think: Times Square. What started as a little humble community celebration of the pumpkin (with 600 pumpkins in 1991) has turned into an event that has our community reeling. What does this all mean to our beloved little city? By the way, we did head downtown during the festival with another family, and joined the shoulder-to-shoulder crowd...but we ducked into a local eatery to escape the crowds, and to lament that we had not seen a single person we knew. A strange phenomenon to us residents when we are walking along Main Street. Does this mega-event belong in a small city like ours? Sure, its fun, it brings in a lot of visitors and visibility. But...sometimes too much of a good thing, well, may not be so good after all. More Stories This Week: The Season's Last Paddle "Foliage is long past peak, many trees already barren. The graying leaves that hang on shake with age and inevitability. I push my kayak into the water and paddle over and around the stumps revealed each October when Highland Lake (New Hampshire) is peeled back to show things unseen in summer." Read story about Lori Hein's last paddle before winter... Gardening Tips to Remember in the Spring The 30th Common Ground Country Fair in Maine this summer offered yet another chance for old and new friends to gather and share tricks of the gardening trade. Read on for lots of gardening tips... Corned Beef Harvest Supper (with Horseradish Cream) Along about October, signs start appearing outside church halls and community centers: "Harvest Supper Tonight. All Welcome!" Harvest suppers, which serve as fund-raisers for organizations of all kinds, celebrate autumn in Maine and the bounty of the season. Click here for story and recipe... And Mark Your Calendars for: Inn to Inn Cookie Tour in NH's Mt. Washington Valley When innkeepers from the Country Inns in the White Mountains wish their guests sweet dreams on the second weekend in December, they can guarantee that visions of sugar plums and holiday cookies will dance in their heads. Click here for dates and more info... For more Northern New England events for this month visit: Calendar of (Uniquely-Northern New England) Events Thanks for stopping by The Heart of New England & see you next week! PS -- Don't forget to enter November's giveaway: the ebook, "Farm Stays" (a $12.95 value). Click here to enter today! Marcia Publisher & Editor This newsletter has been brought to you compliments of The Heart of New England online magazine, a Backporch Publishing site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Buy an ad in this newsletter (distributed to over 900 subscribers weekly) $150 per year for 50 issues (that's just $3 per issue!) Click here to send an email to the publisher to reserve your space today! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit The Heart of New England Web site to get more recipes, northern New England travel info, news, bed & breakfast/inns listings and more! Just visiting? Why not subscribe today & get weekly recipes, travel tips, giveaways and more! The subscription price is just right for the frugal New Englander at heart... it's free! Just send a blank e-mail to From the Heart. |
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