The Summer Before the War
Need something for your “Downtown Abbey” withdrawal? “Major Pettigrew” author Helen Simonson has just the right medicine.
Purls of Wisdom
Ann Hood’s new anthology “Knitting Purls” helps explain why knitting is so often the life sport of the literary set: Novels and Norwegian mittens require hours of sitzfleisch, and provide proof that small amounts are cumulative…
Our Pilgrims’ Progress
I’m at work on a project about America’s growing fascination with geneaology, and this travel story in the May 2015 Family Fun (“The Secrets of Happy Travelers”) is one of the byproducts.
Are We Having Fun Yet?
The trouble with youth hockey.
Skeletons in the Closet
Halloween seems like a good time to reveal the skeletons in the closet, and we’ve got a doozy: our 8x great aunt Bridget Bishop was the first victim to be executed during the Salem Witch hysteria of 1692. I’m working on a travel story tracing the progress...