“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” Robert Frost
The first house I owned was built in 1760, located on what is today the edge of the Quabbin Reservoir. As someone who had never lived in a home built before World War II, I was enchanted by all the colonial details: the 12-over-12 windows, the enormous block of local rough-hewn granite that sat above the fireplace (rumored to have taken six men to carry and install). I marveled, too, at the wainscoting in the living room—single boards measuring 3’ x 16’—made from King’s Pines, the oldest, tallest New England 
white pines reserved exclusively for ships’ masts by the Crown in 1691, but frequently nicked by local colonists for their own building purposes.
Discovering the history behind my new home made me curious about the history of the community. Who were these people…
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Cool post. Came to me right at the time I needed to read it. Thanks JD and Amy https://www.amazon.com/author/shawrobert
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Thanks, Roberta. It’s easy to lose sight of reality when writing fiction and reality isn’t always happy, as Amy points out.
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