| Notes from the Heart... The Heart of New England's Weekly Newsletter Issue #127 ~ October 1, 2006 |
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Greetings from The Heart of New England!
Features of the Week:
Hiking up the White Mountains
Hike Safely this Autumn
In Season Recipe:
Eggplant with Balsamic Vinegar
Mark Your Calendar:------------------->
Art Exhibit: History of Art & Tourism in NH's White Mountains
October Prize of the Month:
New England Curiosities -- Win a Ghost Tour!
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Worth Quoting
"Well-timed silence has more eloquence than speech."
~ New England proverb
More New England proverbs & quotes
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Features of the Week:
Hiking up the White Mountains
Hike Safely this Autumn
In Season Recipe:
Eggplant with Balsamic Vinegar
Mark Your Calendar:------------------->
Art Exhibit: History of Art & Tourism in NH's White Mountains
October Prize of the Month:
New England Curiosities -- Win a Ghost Tour!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Worth Quoting
"Well-timed silence has more eloquence than speech."
~ New England proverb
More New England proverbs & quotes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Visit Our Sponsor: The Bar Harbor Inn, Maine
The Bar Harbor Inn Is One Of Bar Harbor's Premier Oceanfront Locations,
With Great In-Town Convenience. Rated Superior First Class By Official Hotel
Guide. Starting at US $89/Night. Click here for more information...
Click below for a listing of B&Bs/Inns & Cottages:
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
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Notes from my back porch... I love mountains...from afar. You see, I'm afraid of heights. Not good news for a gal living in an area surrounded by mountains. But, I did a rather brave thing one August morning several years ago and went with my family on the auto road to the summit of Mt. Washington. The lack of guard rails up the mountain was unnerving, and finally getting to the top provided little relief as I broke out in a cold sweat and had an unrelenting sense of vertigo, even as I sat safely in the observation station. (Okay you native northern New Englanders, have a good laugh at the expense of this flatlander!) Anyhow, when I put aside my terror (for a moment), I was suddenly awestruck by the beauty and vastly different climate on the summit of Mt. Washington compared to the foot of the mountain. It was at least 30 degrees colder and was flurrying. Yes, snow in summer! I began to understand why so many hikers perish during their hike up Mt. Washington in the late summer or early fall because they are unprepared for this dramatic change in weather. (If you want to see the climate difference from the foot of the mountain to the top in real time see: Mt. Washington Observatory Weather.) This week, we have two stories warning of the perils of hiking up Mt. Washington in this season, when it is often too easy to underestimate the weather at 6,288 feet. One is by writer Cliff Calderwood in his story: Hiking Mt. Washington: The Seven Deadly Sins. The other story was issued by the NH Fish & Game Department with some Hiking Tips for safely scaling any mountain in northern New England (that is, if you're not a 'fraidy cat like me). Other Stories This Week: In Season Recipe: Eggplant Sauteed with Balsamic Vinegar by Charlie Burke "...A friend said she loves eggplant but has only two time consuming recipes for its preparation: eggplant Parmesan and stuffed eggplant. I find no reason to treat this delicious vegetable differently from any other. It can be steamed like carrots and beets or sautéed in oil or butter as are potatoes, zucchini or squash. Its great flavor goes well with lamb, beef, poultry or pork, and vegetarians know it makes a meal with rice, salad and bread...." Click here for Eggplant Sauteed with Balsamic Vinegar Recipe... Mark Your Calendar: Consuming Views The New Hampshire Historical Society is presenting a major new exhibition and publication exploring how artists and consumers perceived the natural wonders of the White Mountains. Consuming Views: Art and Tourism in the White Mountains, 1850-1900, opens at the Society’s Museum of New Hampshire History in Concord and will be on display until May 6, 2007. Click here for more information on this exhibit... 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 October's giveaway -- Win eight tickets to New England Curiosities' "Legends, Ghosts & Graves Tour" in Portsmouth, NH (a $120 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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