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New England Farm Life: A Field Trip to Old Sturbridge Village and Photo Dump

Maggie Meahl

Nov 231 min read

New England Farm Life: A Field Trip to Old Sturbridge Village and Photo Dump

What was nineteenth-century New England farmlife like?

Field Trip! The Samuel Huntington Homestead Museum, Surrounding Countryside and Misc.

Maggie Meahl

Aug 252 min read

Field Trip! The Samuel Huntington Homestead Museum, Surrounding Countryside and Misc.

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

Field Trip: Three-Quarter Cape Cod House

Maggie Meahl

Jul 81 min read

Field Trip: Three-Quarter Cape Cod House

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's Washington Street, Then and Now

Maggie Meahl

Mar 242 min read

Norwich's Washington Street, Then and Now

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

Field Trip: Connecticut Museum of Culture and History and the Samuel Huntington Homestead Museum

Maggie Meahl

Jul 17, 20232 min read

Field Trip: Connecticut Museum of Culture and History and the Samuel Huntington Homestead Museum

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...

Field Trip: Early Seventeenth-Century Norwich, England (Part I)

Maggie Meahl

May 1, 20232 min read

Field Trip: Early Seventeenth-Century Norwich, England (Part I)

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

Field Trip To Norwich, CT: Day 1, the Geography

Maggie Meahl

May 30, 20224 min read

Field Trip To Norwich, CT: Day 1, the Geography

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

What the Simon Huntington, Jr. House Might Have Looked Like Inside

Maggie Meahl

Oct 9, 20213 min read

What the Simon Huntington, Jr. House Might Have Looked Like Inside

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...

Field Trip: Capt. John Whipple House c. 1677, Ipswich, MA

Maggie Meahl

Jul 7, 20211 min read

Field Trip: Capt. John Whipple House c. 1677, Ipswich, MA

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),...

Field Trip: The Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT

Maggie Meahl

Jan 25, 20212 min read

Field Trip: The Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT

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

Field Trip: Peabody Essex Museum's "The Salem Witch Trials 1692."

Maggie Meahl

Jan 5, 20213 min read

Field Trip: Peabody Essex Museum's "The Salem Witch Trials 1692."

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...

Field Trip: New England Historic Genealogical Society

Maggie Meahl

Apr 13, 20202 min read

Field Trip: New England Historic Genealogical Society

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

Field Trip: “Saltonstall’s Trial” at the Larcom Theater

Maggie Meahl

Apr 13, 20202 min read

Field Trip: “Saltonstall’s Trial” at the Larcom Theater

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

Maggie Meahl

Apr 13, 20202 min read

Field Trip: New Hampshire Antiques Show

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

Maggie Meahl

Apr 13, 20202 min read

An Evening with David McCullough

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

Maggie Meahl

Apr 13, 20202 min read

Field Trip: Muse and the Marketplace

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

Field Trip: Northshore Home Magazine Event at Turner Hill

Maggie Meahl

Apr 13, 20202 min read

Field Trip: Northshore Home Magazine Event at Turner Hill

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

Maggie Meahl

Apr 13, 20201 min read

Always look up in Paris.

*Originally posted March 18th 2019* When in Paris, do not forget to look up wherever you are but be careful. Attention! You also have to...

Maggie Meahl

Apr 13, 20201 min read

I’m Going to Paris. Soon.

*Originally Posted January 26th 2019* I’m ramping up my game for a Paris vacation in February. Thus, I pledge to: practice my mediocre...

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