Anna’s Swans, 1905 My brother remembers a silk pillow prominently displayed on the living room couch in our grandparents’ home at 21 Hawthorne… Continue reading “Anna’s Swans, 1905”…
Charlotta’s Wedding Shawl, 1875 Give to either Yale or Historic Museum. Augusta “Guttie” Lindquist (c. 1970). Augusta Ottila Lindquist, my Great-Aunt Guttie, knew that… Continue reading “Charlotta’s Wedding Shawl, 1875”…
National Parks Visited Wherever I go, I like to visit significant natural areas and historic sites. I have memories from visits to more… Continue reading “National Parks Visited”…
Norberg, 2018 During a 10-day visit to Sweden I visited Norberg, the home parish of my paternal grandfather Carl Albin Jacobsson. The… Continue reading “Norberg, 2018”…
Västergötland, 2018 My paternal grandmother, Anna Vitalia Lindquist, and her sister Augusta Ottilia Lindquist–my great aunt “Guttie”–emigrated from southwestern Sweden in 1901… Continue reading “Västergötland, 2018”…
Gone, But Not Forgotten . I come here occasionally to visit old “friends.” Continue reading “Gone, But Not Forgotten”…
Stigmanspasset, Tivedens Nationalpark Tivedens nationalpark is located in southern Sweden’s wildest forests. The area is strewn with glacial erratic boulders and cut by… Continue reading “Stigmanspasset, Tivedens Nationalpark”…
Allagash Wilderness Waterway It has been my pleasure to collaborate with Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation (AWWF) and Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands… Continue reading “Allagash Wilderness Waterway”…
Country Dance I began square dancing when I was age 11, at the invite of David Maciorowski, and danced regularly through high… Continue reading “Country Dance”…
Boston Harbor Islands I’m proud of my work with many partners and friends at Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park. One of… Continue reading “Boston Harbor Islands”…
Friends in Maine Acadia. Baxter. Allagash. These are places of wildness and beauty where visitors seek renewal. They are the premier wildland recreation… Continue reading “Friends in Maine”…
Walk in the Footsteps at l’île Sainte-Croix Located in the ancestral homelands of the Wabanaki, Saint Croix Island International Historic Site commemorates the 1604 site of the… Continue reading “Walk in the Footsteps at l’île Sainte-Croix”…
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