Inside New England

Small-town living : we're not quaint and there's plenty to do all winter

The food : making a decent clam chowder and other culinary observations

The humor : is this the road to Freeport?

The weather and the seasons : most people die on the ebb tide

The legends (sometimes confused with the history) : please; anyone know the real name of Paul Revere's horse?

Genealogy (and other forms of one-upmanship) : where Lowells speak only to Cabots

The language : all those in favor say "ayuh"

Love, sex, and such : a bull in the presence of ladies is a "gentleman cow"

The dark side : I have seen, in the moonlight, a latch rise

The six states : Yankee come home.