About Me

I'm an educator and a sometimes watercolor artist and writer. I am interested in history, conservation, and social issues.

Marlow, N.H. - Lyme, Connecticut History

Marlow, N.H., chartered in 1761, is not unique because its early settlers came from Connecticut. That is true of many New Hampshire towns. Marlow is unique because its first seventeen families, and twenty-eight all together, came from one Connecticut...

New Hampshire Humor

There's nothing funny about living in New Hampshire. Survival here is serious business. That's why New Hampshire humor is often grim. It's shaped by mud season, black fly season, swamps, stony fields, and acres of granite. In fact, New Hampshire is o...

Henry Sinclair, Knight Templar in Massachusetts

Who is that mysterious man pecked into the granite bedrock in Westford, Massachusetts? How long has his image been there? Beside a main road, right on the library lawn in the small town of Westford, Massachusetts is an amazing artifact. I first saw...

Glenn A. Knoblock: New Hampshire Historian of Gravestones, Covered Bridges, and More

Glenn is a historian, author and frequent speaker under the sponsorship of the New Hampshire Humanities Council. He does his research on site and uses antique photographs to document and illustrate his insights into each topic. One of his favorite to...