We took an hour and a half guided tour of Emily’s home, where she was born and died – and the next door home of her brother, Austin, adulterous husband of one of Emily’s best friends, whose young mistress wound up being responsible for the early publishing of Emily’s previously unpublished poems. A [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Massachusetts’
Emily Dickinson’s Home – Amherst, MA
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Orchard House (Louisa May Alcott) and Thoreau’s cabin, Walden Pond MA
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Concord MA, Little Women, Massachusetts, Orchard House, RV Trip from WI to ME - May 2009, Thoreau's Cabin, Trip 2 Spring 2009 on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This day is for my Mom and Dad. Right up their alley, as they might have put it. They’re gone now, but I feel them at these sites, whispering in my ear, enjoying every minute. I start the day at the home of Louisa May Alcott. I’m alone on this visit (Dick has some [...]
Minute Man National Historical Monument – MA
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We walk into the theatre for the orientation film at the Visitor Center, and before it even starts I’m totally captivated and intrigued. There is a regular projection screen on the right, but the rest of the place has the look of a theatrical stage, a tavern scene on the left, with real table, [...]
Salisbury Beach State Reservation MA
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Massachusetts, RV travel, RV Trip from WI to ME - May 2009, Salisbury Beach State Reservation MA, Trip 2 Spring 2009 on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I really love the campground patrol at this place. The view out the window isn’t bad either. And the sound of the surf. We really lucked out with our campsite – B47 – we’re on the Merrimack River (the name familiar to us from [...]
