The Family Grows
A daughter Elizabeth Rose was born to Winslow
and Amy Tudor October 3, 2009.
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Traces of Frederic Tudor Can Still be Found at Nahant,
Massachusetts
In recent months we've written about Tasha's
ancestral connections to the peninsular town of Nahant, Mass. Her great-grandfather Frederic Tudor
purchased an old home there from his mother about 1820. Following his death, his widow Effie Fenno Tudor remained active
in the community. She built a wharf to accommodate the ferry from Boston.
Sunday October 18 was a stormy day along the New England coast, an invigorating
time to visit the sea. Jill and I moseyed
over to Nahant to test a new GPS, and to admire the force of the ocean at Lynn
and Nahant. There was a light rain most
of the day, but by nightfall it changed to a first fickle snow of the season. Pretty early, even for these parts. It disappeared the next day.
Here is a picture of Mr. Tudor's stone
house. It was expanded years ago to
serve as the Nahant Country Club, a social venue for this social
community. The clubhouse is on the
property where Tudor developed his working farm in the 19th century. Tudor Street and Fenno Street are both near by.
This is Tudor Wharf as it looked last month. Remember, it was a blustery day. 
The tour was a nice one. We recommend it and a restaurant - The Tides
- at the head of the peninsula. Do try
this drive if you happen to be in the coastal neighborhood just north of Boston. And for those touring downtown Boston, the Tudor tomb can be
found at the historic King's Chapel.
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Tasha's Ashes Interred beneath
the Mystery Rose in her Garden
Tasha Tudor's four children and her grandson
Winslow gathered at her former home in Marlboro, VT, on Saturday
October 17, 2009. This was the family's private memorial service. Her cremated ashes were divided into two
portions by court order. Winslow had
crafted two small wooden caskets for the remains. He and Seth took half to the Seth Tudor
property to be interred near the Tasha Tudor & Family business.
Bethany, Tom and Efner scattered the other half
with a brief remembrance at The Mystery Rose at the wall in front of Tasha's
house. This was in keeping with
instructions in her Last Will and Testament.
They also placed a brass plate on the wall to remember the spot and
spirit of Tasha Tudor. We wrote of The
Mystery Rose and its importance to Tasha in last month's Newsletter.
Bethany mentioned the sad
feeling of walking into the cold and unkempt home without her mother
there. The warmth of the fire and the
smell of food cooking which had been so large a part of the house were now
poignantly and demonstrably missing.
The
house has been without heat since Tasha's death. It has become the domain of mice and birds and
other creatures.
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 The Tasha Tudor Cookbook pg. 37
Welcome to the (Tardy) November issue of
Tasha Tudor Newsletter.
Thanksgiving is here. We
send you our best wishes for your family gatherings and through the
remaining end-of-the-year holidays.
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 Tasha Tudor's Heirloom Crafts pg. 90 Photo by, Richard Brown.
Thanksgiving at the
McCready/Tudor House
Tasha
spoke and wrote lovingly of the wonderful tin kitchen she used to roast a holiday
turkey (or goose or chicken) before the large hearth. Glowing embers slowly coaxed the juices and
tenderness that made the bird the delectable centerpiece of the holiday meal.
In
the 1940s and 1950s when the McCreadys lived in Webster, NH, and the family was
young, Tasha did indeed create wonderful meals. Her brother lived in Milton, Massachusetts, but visited with his
family, as did other family and friends. As
her own children grew and went away to school and eventually to their own
lives, the holiday took on a different feel.
The children remember gathering with their mother for Thanksgiving, but often
with the "request" that they perform one chore or another around the farm. Tasha's advice to them was that
this "would help them to work up a good appetite."
In
later years, November became a month for travel. The gardens were done for the season. Manuscript text and art for next year's projects had been delivered to the publisher.
This was the "free" time when Tasha could venture to Michigan or North Carolina or Virginia and once to Utah to deliver a series of
talks. You may have been fortunate
enough to attend one of them. She mimicked
her father as raconteur in Williamsburg, Kalamazoo, Ogden and Nashville.
Two of her last grand performances were the
Metropolitan Book and Toy Fair in New York City, November 1995, and the
opening of the Rockefeller Museum retrospective in Williamsburg, November 1996. Following these strenuous engagements, Tasha
returned home and celebrated a much smaller Thanksgiving.
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Holiday Shopping in a Recession
The January White Sales starts early this year !!!
We know that this has been an especially hard
year for many families. People have
lost their jobs. People have lost their
homes.
We want to assist you who still admire
Tasha Tudor's art and books and wish to give gifts of beauty this
holiday season. You may even want to add
to your own collection. We are cutting
our prices to help you stretch your dollars. Perhaps there's something that you have been
wishing to buy and saving for. We want to assist you in your goal and help your dollars go farther. So we are
holding our annual sale before the holidays.
Act now for your best opportunity at adding
choice items at reduced prices. This Sale is effective immediately. Browse through our web site. The following discounts will apply. (Selected
items* are excluded from our sale.)
Books 50%
Signed
books 10%
Prints 50%
Signed
art prints 10%
Single
greeting cards 50%
Packaged
greeting cards 50%
Rare cards 20%
Calendars 30%
Lefton Figurines 50%
Porcelain and glass 30%
Toy Shop Window Tins 50%
Tea time 30%
The
Golden Key (DVD) 50%
*Original
art, "special books," needlework and other media will not be
discounted.
All items subject to prior sale.
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SPEECHES
AND PRESENTATIONS
Is your club or group searching for a
program speaker?
John Hare has been
giving illustrated talks about Tasha Tudor for a number of years.
A typical PowerPoint talk will last about an hour. Our topics range from Tasha Tudor's art, her
life in art, her use of borders, children, dolls, antiques, flowers, animals
and other motifs. Christmas
Cards form a topic by themselves.
We also bring a selection of unusual merchandise for sale.
Ask
about scheduling and details.
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Wm John Hare
61 Borough Road
Concord, NH 03303-1833
Toll free: (800) 818-8419
Entire contents © 2009 Cellar Door Books
Visiting New England? Plan to stop by Cellar Door
Books by appointment. We are an hour and a half east of
Marlboro VT, and an hour and a half north of Boston.
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