A journal of rediscovery
Loss can be a terrible thing, but not always. In some cases, “gone” is good. After all, absence makes the heart grow fonder. People who lose weight are happy.
But it’s not only what we lose that changes us. It’s what we keep, as well. … Continue reading“An Eternal Light” by Mara Fein
A poem about the war and remembrance. … Continue readingThe Late Unpleasantness
The roundabout road that led me to start digging deep at the Woody Guthrie Archives began well over forty years before the site opened… … Continue readingWhy Marjorie? by Laura B. Hayden
By Beth D. Man “Why am I sad? Oh! lonely ever / Mourn I all afar from me / The foreign land is fair, but never / like my pleasant home can be.”1 This lonely verse is part of a poem titled “A Song of Home,” by Sarah Tabor.
Continue readingRediscovered Stories: Mrs. Tinkham and Her Sister Sailors
The most vivid memory of my first visit to The Wood Memorial Library & Museum is of the 103 ½-inch-x-89-inch quilt that caught my eye when I walked in the main entrance and glanced toward the staircase that leads to the second floor. The South Windsor Bicentennial Quilt was