ACCENT: SIX WOMEN OF SALEM by Marilynne K Roach

I used to live in a colonial house in New England.  Our home was built in 1786, by a Revolutionary War veteran.  For a time we also lived in an old fishing village on the south shore of Boston.  So, needless to say I grew up with a healthy respect (and fascination) for the colonial…

31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN – Day 17

I moved quite a bit when I was younger, but during those years we often lived in New England.  As a kid it was easy to imagine that Halloween was invented in New England.  It just seems so suited for it.  Old cemeteries, tall, reaching trees with with rattling leaves, and creeping darkness that starts…