“Into the Memory Hole”

    I. The weeds need pulling—for the sake of the crop.  The little two-by-five foot plot at the edge of yard, in the only section that gets any dependable light, is overrun after another week of neglect.  Grasping handfuls of the unwanted shoots I wonder the purpose of weeds, if they are knowingly belligerent,…

A River Ran Between Them

February 28, 2016   Sunday I found something very interesting as I entertained myself late in the night at the Whitney Turning Point house.  Remember that John Peckham–your John Peckham, first Peckham in America–as best as it is understood, married first to a Mary Clarke that was the sister of John Clarke.  John Clarke was…

“John Winthrop the Younger and Less Remembered, but a Founder and Governor of Connecticut Colony Nonetheless”

Pencil and Charcoals