by Tom Sheehan Three of us were tight as a fist, and Eddie’s call came at 4:00 in the morning. His whisper, not wanting to wake his wife, said “Great storm at sea last night. Want to check the beach?” I knew he had called Ray already. Eddie knew false dawn practically every day ofContinue reading “The Catch of the Day”
Category Archives: Creative Nonfiction
Becoming a “Vermonter”
by Cynthia Close How long does it take before it’s OK to call yourself a “Vermonter”? I am not from here. Not only that, I had always described myself as a “city girl”, born in Manhattan, lived most of my adult life in or near Boston (except for a 5-year stint in Europe) and neverContinue reading “Becoming a “Vermonter””
Farm Boy
by Margaret Hawthorn “Gordon’s eyes are up,” Everett announced. Everett, we would find, liked to be the bearer of news, especially if it was bad. My husband Bruce cracked the last egg into a bowl. First morning on the job, he planned to serve scrambled eggs, pancakes, and bacon. “What does that mean?” he asked.Continue reading “Farm Boy”
Beatrice Trum Hunter, Renaissance Woman
by Stephanie Minteer If you’d been watching public television at WGBH, Boston shortly after Julia Child made cooking shows famous, you might have encountered Beatrice Trum Hunter extolling the virtues and rewards of simple cooking using organically grown, natural foods. She was enlisted by the nascent independent medium to produce a taped show demonstrating healthyContinue reading “Beatrice Trum Hunter, Renaissance Woman”
The Road to Here
by Sue Ellen Snape Starting around 1947 through the early 1960s , for summer vacation my parents often rented a cabin up on Stinson Lake, New Hampshire. We lived in central Pennsylvania, and in that era before superhighways, the trip was well over a day’s drive. With three children along, it required an overnightContinue reading “The Road to Here”
New England Memories 