 Blogging about the future of history and using new tools to ensure the preservation of local history. |
 The Samuel Witt House, built in 1780 and pictured here in the early 1900s, is shown on an 1803 hand-drawn surveyer's map. |
 Organizing the first meeting of representatives from historical societies throughout New England. |
 Serving as a Trustee of the Marlborough Historical Society. |
 Patriot's Day at Minuteman National Park. |
 With Katherine at Mount Rushmore during our drive through the West. |
 In the Boston Globe talking about the challenges faced by local historical societies. |
 The Samuel Witt House is all that stands of what was once the 100-acre Grasslands Farm, complete with barn and out buildings. |
 Invitation to the "barn warming" in November 1918 celebrating the new barn, which was rebuilt after a fire that spring fire destroyed the barn and many out buildings that spring. |
 Co-chairing the first historic home tour in years. |
 Wild turkeys in our front yard--and on our money and national seal if Franklin had had his way. |
 Recommended reading to understand choices and sacrifices people made during the Revolution. |
 Newpaper article reporting that hundreds of people came to the barn warming. |
 Lillies and hydrangeas in one of our flower beds. |
 Splendor in the Grass: Maggie, our surprise Border Collie mix, who got as a pup from a shelter. |
 Japanese Anemones, blooming in September and adding spring color to our fall landscape. |
 Member of the Old House Association. |
 Christmas Day on Cape Code as night falls. |
 Nikko Blue hydrangeas in front of our house in Dallas--and in Massachusetts, too. |
 Letter in the Journal following a article reporting that the military's lawyers, who had been assigned to defend those held in Guantanamo, felt that they weren't being given the resources and access they needed to prepare even the most basic defense. |
 The best parents anyone could ever have. |
 The Iowa State Capitol Dome, recently refurbished. |
 Fall in . . . New Hampshire, near a wonderful bed and breakfast. |
 Christmas at home in New England, with Katherine's beautifully-decorated tree. |
 On a drive through the Painted Desert in the fall. |
 New Years with good friends Merja and Jouko in San Francisco during a stop on another of their 'round-the-world trips. They also happen to have extensive experience with their own very old historic building in Finland. |
 Bryce Canyon blanketed in snow, one stop on a New Year's drive in the West. |
 A plaster cast of my dad's hand "holding" an antique rake, as explained in this Instructable |
 Coral bark Japanese maple in the fall in our garden in Dallas. |
 Our contemporary house in Dallas. |
 Toyo Nishiki flowering quince, in our gardens in both Dallas and Massachusetts. |
 Chuck, a long-time friend from Des Moines, and his wife and daughter. |
 The acclaimed "McGuigan Urban Life Study #4 at MOMA" shown in situ. |
 Koi feeding among the waterlillies in the pond we built in Dallas. |
 Gracia, a friend from college, and her family. |
 Winter in New England: Our backyard and beyond. |
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The Samuel Witt House, built in 1780 and pictured here in the early 1900s, is shown on an 1803 hand-drawn surveyer's map.
The Samuel Witt House is all that stands of what was once the 100-acre Grasslands Farm, complete with barn and out buildings.
Invitation to the "barn warming" in November 1918 celebrating the new barn, which was rebuilt after a fire that spring fire destroyed the barn and many out buildings that spring.
Newpaper article reporting that hundreds of people came to the barn warming.
Letter in the Journal following a article reporting that the military's lawyers, who had been assigned to defend those held in Guantanamo, felt that they weren't being given the resources and access they needed to prepare even the most basic defense.