| Notes from the Heart... The Heart of New England's Weekly Newsletter Issue #132 ~ November 5, 2006 |
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Greetings from The Heart of New England!
Feature of the Week:
Acadian Heritage, Preserved
Mail Order Christmas Trees
In Season Recipe:
Braised Lamb Recipe
(from the South of France)
Mark Your Calendar:
Home for the Holidays (Vermont)
Don't Miss November's Prize of the Month
Win Your Own Copy of "Farm Stays" Ebook
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Worth Quoting
Theoreau: "Simpify, simplify, simplify."
Emerson: "Simplify. Once is enough."
More New England proverbs & quotes
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Visit Our Sponsor: Vermont's Thatcher Brook B&B
Click below for our listing of more B&Bs/Inns & Cottages:
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
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Print of the Week
Feature of the Week:
Acadian Heritage, Preserved
Mail Order Christmas Trees
In Season Recipe:
Braised Lamb Recipe
(from the South of France)
Mark Your Calendar:
Home for the Holidays (Vermont)
Don't Miss November's Prize of the Month
Win Your Own Copy of "Farm Stays" Ebook
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Worth Quoting
Theoreau: "Simpify, simplify, simplify."
Emerson: "Simplify. Once is enough."
More New England proverbs & quotes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Visit Our Sponsor: Vermont's Thatcher Brook B&B
Click below for our listing of more B&Bs/Inns & Cottages:
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
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Print of the Week
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Notes from my back porch... Veterans Day is the day I start my holiday planning -- no, not for Thanksgiving, but for Christmas. I make my Christmas lists, start shopping the sales. Yup, I'm one of THOSE people who gets her shopping done before the middle of December. Before you peg me as someone with all her sweaters stacked perfectly and the contents of all her drawers color-coded: this is the one -- only one -- aspect of my life where I am completely organized and Martha-like -- only because I love the season so much that this is my attempt to make it more peaceful, and, well, Christmas-like. It is, however, a tad too early for me to start thinking about a Christmas tree, BUT, if you live far from New England and "pine" for that sweet irresistible scent of a freshly cut tree, it is not too early to start thinking about ordering one. Yes, you can mail-order a New England Christmas tree! This week I have compiled a list of the Christmas tree farmers in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont who will carefully pack up a six or seven foot balsam, spruce or fir tree and have it UPS delivered to your doorstep in time for Christmas. Read story here... More Stories This Week: Acadian Heritage, Preserved Northern Maine is like a patchwork quilt of small towns with unique history. After the British deported the Acadians from Nova Scotia, some of them traveled as far as Louisiana and others settled in an area that is now northern Maine. The Acadians were farmers and like other colonists were a resourceful group who developed skills for survival and comfort including weaving, blacksmithing and shoemaking. Click here to read more about the Acadian culture... Braised Lamb Recipe, South of France-style Charlie is back from the south of France with a delicious new recipe for you to try. Click here for Braised Lamb... And Mark Your Calendars for: December 16, 2006 Home for the Holidays Festival (Barnard, Vermont) A tiny town in almost-rural Vermont will turn a periscope on village life in Barnard (near Woodstock, VT) circa 1840-1870 with a participatory, multi-faceted Home for the Holidays festival offering in-dwelling staged and costumed vignettes, themed music and food from 2:30-7 p.m. Saturday, December 16, 2006. Click here for more information on the Home for the Holidays Festival... 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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