New England Graves: The Garden of Eden.

The Puritans fled England as an act of Christian devotion. Christianity filled their lives, and at life’s end, they saw Continue reading →

Peace!

Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Woodstock festival, “three days of peace and music” at a farm in upstate Continue reading →

Reflections on the Moon Landing.

Today marks fifty years since men first visited the moon. It is a moment for all people, and surely all Continue reading →

New England Graves: Phipps Street Burying Ground.

Phipps Street Burying Ground, in Charlestown, Massachusetts, was established in 1630, a mere decade following the arrival of the first Continue reading →

The Dog and the Fire.

I keep taking the same picture!  Dog and fire, fire and dog, each winter a repeating and repeating still life. Continue reading →

Christmas 1916.

Hanging among my bookshelves, I have an unusual letter.  It was written one hundred years ago, Christmas Day 1916.  The author Continue reading →

My Old Friend.

Tonight marks three years that my dog Hank died.  Though it’s strange to admit, there hasn’t been one day that I Continue reading →

A Terrifying Tale of Halloween & History.

Halloween must qualify as our strangest holiday: children don outrageous costumes, plead for candy, and threaten mischief if denied.  On Continue reading →