Massacres and Mondays
March 5, 1770: Sound familiar? The Boston Massacre. Happened on a Monday, by the way: how ironic is that? But here’s …
Tag Archives: Massachusetts
Shoot meat, win a target
That’s almost literally true: shoot a target, win a target would be a more accurate description of Saturday’s frivols in …
Packing Meat
Sometimes you end up doing things for reasons you don’t entirely understand. Remember that brief flirtation with the 1830s? Well… …
Afternoon in Cambridge
Cambridge. We’ve been there before to cause some mild lawn-based havoc and this year was much the same. We were …
The Boarding Party, or, Trip to the Wrong Ship
L’Hermione, remember her? That French ship? We were asked back in January if we wanted to be part of a …
Breaking Up By Letter
Mr S and I joined other members of the 10th Mass and National Park Service staff and volunteers at the …
Fashionable Friday: Floral Embroidery Galore
On Tuesday evening, sensibility won over sense as my friend and I boarded the T for Boston to make a …
History is Not a Competition
Saturday was my first post-operative foray into costumed interpretation, up to Paul Revere House on Flag Day. This went much …
