Hey! Paul Revere took my relative’s horse!

OK, so Paul Revere’s horse – which may or may not have been called Brown Beauty – was commandeered by the owner’s son, Deacon John Larkin. So not quite a theft. But … the good deacon apparently did so without his father’s permission, the thought being that his father, Samuel Larkin, would eagerly support the …

Our travel bills were all over the map

It's not often I can amuse myself by sorting through a stack of bills. But these bills were part of a stash of old travel material, a would-be packrat’s excuse for why certain items should never, ever be trashed. If nothing else, sorting through this drawer helped me while away a grey morning by reliving …