Archive for December 2016

Pepper Pot Soup is also called the “soup that won the war.”  That would be the Revolutionary War.  On December 29, 1777, the Continental Army was freezing in camp at…

GIVING GREEN You can give a gift to the National Heritage Corridor this year by reducing your carbon footprint during the holiday season.  Consider these suggestions: Purchase recycled gift wrap. …

December 21st is the winter solstice but it is also the 413th birthday of Roger Williams (1603).  Known for founding what would become the State of Rhode Island and Providence…

On night flights into Green Airport from the south and west, the contrast is amazingly clear.  How the glow from urban centers, shopping plazas, industrial parks and suburban housing projects…

I always think of my Mom this time of year.  She used to start writing notes to friends and addressing Christmas cards the first week in December.  She had the…