Had a fun discovery this week while visiting Historic Deerfield in Deerfield, MA. Lovely New England fall day, nostalgia in the air, ...

I have made a strategic decision to put aside my main project of book writing, to be somewhat involved with America 250 and...

On a hot Sunday in June, 250 years ago one of the most ferocious battles of the whole American Revolution took place on Breed's Hill in...

Very early Dutch map of Lower Manhattan. Notice the curved lanes and streets. Bowling Green is located at the beginning of Broadway. Wall...

I thought I was going to NYC this week to look at C. P. and Maria Perit Huntington's youngest son's important collection of Founding...

The preserved colonial amenities of this Surry, NH Georgian farmhouse (see Part I) are impressive. The mellowed pumpkin pine floors and...

Classic New England kitchen hearth New Hampshire style! This room appears to have never been painted , however, at some point a wood...

What was nineteenth-century New England farmlife like?

Went to Connecticut in early August. I had a packed agenda including a presentation at the historic Samuel Huntington Homestead Museum...

Some people say that if you want to be a serious writer you have to say "no" to friends, parties, family, etc. I just can't seem to do...

"Norwich" was the traditional land inhabited by Eastern North American indigenous groups, including the Mohegan tribe. They struck a deal...

Recently I had the chance to go down to Connecticut to do some more research at the newly-re-branded Connecticut Museum of Culture and...

MARGARET BARET HUNTINGTON STOUGHTON (1595-1665) GREW UP AND RAISED HER OWN CHILDREN HERE. After waiting through the pandemic, I finally...

The Norwich, CT area is extremely historic, geographically beautiful, but challenging at the same time. Lots of hills! Recently I had a...

Recently, I had the pleasure of visiting The White-Ellery House, c. 1710, located at the end of Route 128, right off the rotary, across...

I feel so blessed to live in the history mecca that is New England. Although I am more familiar with all things New London County (CT),...

Motherhood continues to take priority over my research and writing. It frustrates me, but I feel my young adult children do need me...

Recently, on a damp and cloudy New England winter day (typical!), I decided to pay a visit to the Peabody Essex Museum's (PEM) exhibit on...

*Originally posted November 25th 2019* First floor reading room at NEHGS. What better way to spend a classic New England dreary and damp...

*Originally posted November 18th 2019* Photo courtesy of Mark Lorenz. Last night I dragged my husband to a well-developed play about one...