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My great grandfather built a house in Pownal, Vermont, in the southwest corner of the state, in 1890.  I am standing in front of it ringing the doorbell hoping for an answer from the owners,

I am waiting for Jonathan to snap my picture in front a giant wall of water that is about to engulf me.  If that doesn’t sound smart, I can’t argue, but I foolishly turned my back to the ocean only … Continue reading →

I am standing in the Boston graveyard of John Hancock and Samuel Adams listening to the best tour guide I’ve ever heard tell me about the very first American episode of CSI, circa 1775. .