My [second] cousin Jim Hornfischer died this month. Far too early: he was just three years older than I am. We were not very close. His family shared the occasional Christmas at Windywalls and he was Dungeon Master in a few well-run campaigns I played in as a teenager. He had an accomplished career asContinue reading “James Hornfischer”
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Winter Fragility
Snow started on Friday, February 12th (2021) and it was a welcome break. My boys and I went sledding down our steep drive. But when the power went out later that night and the internet went down, the gravity of the winter storm hit home. Freezing rain and ice wrecked the transmission lines and weContinue reading “Winter Fragility”
Pineapple Cheese
Goshen, Connecticut was a rather small settlement throughout the 18th century, but in the early years of the 19th century the population expanded. The center of town developed around the “new” turnpikes from Litchfield to Canaan (1799), from Goshen to Sharon (1802) and from Litchfield to Cornwall (1814), which made Goshen a commercial crossroads. Although there were several stores in theContinue reading “Pineapple Cheese”
