Like the post that precedes this, the following is a scene the genesis of which is a manuscript written by Courtney Coffing who was...

The following is a scene the genesis of which is a manuscript written by Courtney Coffing who, in 2004, was writing a memoir of Malcome...

According to Wikipedia, Northampton Massachusetts has a population of roughly 28,000, if you count its outer villages of Florence and...

He walks down Boylston Street. It is early evening, the sidewalk is wet, though for the moment the cold rain has abated. Passing cars...

With a few minutes to go before the starting gun, runners jockey for position. Pete heads to the front of the assembled mass. He’ll...

I heard that Karen’s cousin, Nick, was building an airplane. Not just an airplane, a Sopwith Camel – one of the first and most...

For years Casey Clark has mentioned the Lincoln Sparrow, named in some manner, after one of her relatives on the Lincoln side of her...

“So, you’ve done some sailing?” I consider the question posed by my 70-year-old neighbor, Paul, as he stands in my driveway. With his...

When man makes a major technological leap the rapid innovation that follows is astounding. Consider where we have come in personal...

(Photo credit - Tampa Bay Times) Craig’s List Missed Connections I heard you coming a mile away. Tremont Street in Hingham. Def Leppard...

Early Spring 1967 The 1402 pulls into Concord at 9:05 AM. Right on time. The train slows to a stop. A man on the train lowers his...

Two parents. Four grandparents. Eight great grandparents. My great grandparents include Harry Butcher, Violet Mitchell, Frank Shipp, and...

A hot day’s drive to the Dude Ranch yields to respite in the shade of Ponderosa pines. Having helped my parents with their bags I sit...

December 11, 1941 The captain sits with half a raw potato in one hand, a small slice of lemon in the other. How quickly fortunes change....

In 1923 twin brothers, Eugene and Ed Hotchkiss and their friend Edgar Gordon went on a summer’s long road trip in an old Chevrolet. They...

Alice sits on the hard wooden bench seat and looks out the train’s window. Edith, now four, stands in front of Alice and takes in the...

Camp Sumter, better known as the Andersonville Prison, was a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp constructed toward the end of the Civil War....

In the 1700’s the Sauk Trail extended across a broad stretch of land that would later be called the state of Michigan. If Michigan’s...

“Gents: This year I propose some cathartic suffering.” So started Ed’s email in 2011 suggesting that in honor of Christopher, his five...

The following is an extract from Charlotte Turgeon’s draft biography of her father, Frederic Snyder. Like other Snapshots, this one is...