The familiar story of the First Thanksgiving in Plymouth Colony was created in the 19th century and the myth is so charming we cling to it even though we know it’s a distortion of the historical facts. While the New England colonists occasionally celebrated days of thanksgiving, fast days were more common. These days, we […]
The New England Puritans were a remarkably contentious people. It doesn’t take much digging to discover that they argued over just about everything. Their early town records are full of reports of extended disputes over everything from the location of the meeting house to acceptable hairstyles. Many of the most heated quarrels were over religious […]
Our winter’s been unusually mild here and it was strange to celebrate Christmas without any hint of snow on the ground. But we’ve known since Thanksgiving that the white stuff will get here. In fact as I write this, we’re expecting our first winter storm to hit us overnight. I look forward to curling up […]