mrs. gloverTomorrow, Sotheby’s will auction the first book printed in the colonies—the Bay Psalm Book. The Old South Church in Boston… |
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wrensA few dandelions are popping out on the lawn and the bees are very grateful for this needed dose of… |
busy day cakeRecently I drove up the nine-mile curvy road to the summit of Mt. Greylock in Adams, MA. Once out of… |
ye olde tyme revivalIt is the time of church fairs, jumble, estate & yard sales here in the Northeast hills. Tables under tents… |
strawberry banke aka Portsmouth, NHIf one needs a bit of time traveling for the final days of summer, plan a visit to Portsmouth, NH. … |
discoveriesI was fortunate to hear Megan Marshall discuss the extraordinary life of correspondent Margaret Fuller at a lecture held at… |
time travelingTime travel back to 1770 and Mary Ambler rightly sums up today, “A Rainy Day (very dull) if it were not… |
‘by a Lady’Perhaps a copy of Flora’s Dictionary would have been found on Emily Dickinson’s bookshelf, posits the scholar Judith Farr. Dickinson’s… |
herbals & floralsGardening by the book–Celebrating 100 years of The Garden Club of America is currently on view at The Grolier Club… |