The following is a story by Steve Hoyland, Sr. in Sea Breeze in Bayside, Texas, sent to me by my friend Sevie Ashley, editor of 008 Magazine in Lafayette, Louisiana: Two weeks ago a group of four men, Steve Hoyland Jr. with friends Bruce, Ken and Erik, set off on […]
I want to continue blogging about some books I’ve started: Letters of a Civil War Nurse by Cornelia Hancock, The Lobster Coast by Colin Woodard, Maine Memories by Elizabeth Coatsworth, and Arundel by Kenneth Roberts. But after my trip to Chicago and my mom’s memorial service, I’ve been working at […]
We held a wonderful memorial service for my mom this weekend where those who loved her shared their remembrances of a remarkable woman who spent her life making the world a nicer place. I think everybody there, myself included, learned a lot that they didn’t know about Sally Hartshorne, and […]
I just came back from a really fun and interesting trip to Chicago for the Orbitz First Annual Blogger Day — I’m calling it that because I hope it becomes an annual event. Bringing bloggers together for real-time conversations is a good cause, and one of the things we learned […]
Had a great time at the Orbitz first annual Blogger Day at the company’s headquarters in Chicago. It’s great to see a corporation with a conscience. Met the president and CEO Barney Harford and learned about the company’s commitment to equal rights for all Americans, and their support for lifting […]
Here is another excerpt from Letters of a Civil War Nurse, by Cornelia Hancock, who arrived in Gettysburg three days after the battle. She is seeking the hospital of the 12th New Jersey regiment in which her brother is serving: “As we made our way to a little woods in […]
I went up to Montague last Saturday for some flea markets and an auction. There was a bookstore there with books three for a dollar. I had the feeling that if they didn’t go for that price they might be… disposed of. So I went through them carefully. I picked […]
I’ve always enjoyed looking at the standing stones behind the UMass football stadium, but I never knew who put them there or what their purpose was. Tuesday I met astonomer Judith Young, the driving force behind the sun wheel, as it is called, who explained why the stones were placed […]
I’ve found a lot of great reading this summer, more than enough for several winters. For one thing, I found a box of American Heritage — about forty volumes — for eight bucks, and, you collectors out there will appreciate this: it’s bone dry. You find boxes like this all […]
Maine Memories (1971) by Elizabeth Coatsworth is a real treasure. Besides the great stories I mentioned before, there are personal recollections of her life in Nobleboro with her husband Henry Beston. One afternoon while they were out canoeing on Damariscotta Pond, they saw what they thought, in glaring sunlight, was […]