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...

*Originally posted August 13th 2019* A 19th century fancy-painted chair–one of many treasures to be had at the 2019 NH Antiques Show....

*Originally posted June 14th 2019* The famous historian discussing his new book The Pioneers in Hamilton, MA (June 2019) A very...

*Originally posted April 9th 2019* Today I went to Grub Street’s Muse and the Marketplace #Muse19 writer’s convention at the Boston Park...

*Originally Posted April 4th 2019* Last night I attended my first event having to do with my nascent writing “career.” The event was in...