Our nation is the enduring dream of every immigrant who ever set foot on these shores, and the millions still struggling to be free… this idea called America, was and always will be a new world. President George H.W. Bush I doubt that any child says he or she wants to be a refugee or immigrant when asked about their adult aspirations. Yet millions of people find themselves in those categories. Technically the first Pilgrims we […]
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Historical Stories Inspire Change
This week’s article, “Historical Stories Inspire Change,” is a guest column by Arlene Westcott, who offered to provide it as I was packing to head to the 2023 Historical Novel Society conference. It was a huge help to have it waiting for me when I returned from several days of discussing the power of historical stories to inspire change. That was my hope when I wrote Mayflower Chronicles: The Tale of Two Cultures and Mary […]
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Land of the Free?
Tomorrow is Earth Day 2023. We need more than one day a year to remember the impact homosapiens have made on the earth, but a day is better than nothing. I’ve been away this week with a few friends on a getaway to Ohio’s wonderful Amish Country. This blog is from Phoebe Morad, Executive Director of Lutherans Restoring Creation. Her passion for caring for creation is contagious and worthy of a large audience. She speaks […]
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The Brewster Trail
I recently sort of met a Brewster cousin, Luke Anderson. He is 13 generations removed from William and Mary Brewster, making us very long-distance cousins. He posted photos on Facebook of his recent trip along the trail taken by Elder William and Mary Brewster. He got into places I was unable to see on my research trip along that same trail. With his permission, I am posting a couple of his photos, along with the […]
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What Did Mary Brewster Wear?
What did Mary Brewster and her family wear? To celebrate the release of Mary Brewster’s Love Life, I thought you might enjoy learning a bit about how people of her class and time period dressed. The Brewster family’s clothes most likely resembled those of other common folks; they had to be sturdy and practical. The most common material for clothing was wool, which people spun into yarn. First, they sorted the wool, then carded or […]
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