I have committed the cardinal sin of bloggers.  That is, I have neglected my blog for months.  In my defense, I have been spending time with some of my other avocations, notably, I have indulged my preoccupation with 18th century America by giving tours at the American Independence Museum in Exeter, NH. My children have also kept me busy with their comings and goings during the summer.

However, I am back and ready to rock.  One of my local interests here at the beautiful NH Seacoast is the wonderful Tuck Museum,  home to the Hampton Historical Society.  The society very graciously invited me to lead book discussions on books with topics in history.  Last November, on Veterans Day, we did the very emotional Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand.  Last month, we did Dead Wake by Erik Larsen.  For those of you who have not read it, I highly recommend this narrative of the sinking of the Lusitania.  Like me, you will be astounded by all your misconceptions of World War I from high school history.  We had a very lively discussion fueled by scones and clotted cream.  In January, we will be discussing Joseph Ellis' The Quartet which is the story of America's second revolution in which the Founding Fathers needed to construct a government and persuade the individual states to ratify the Constitution.  It is a fascinating work describing the back room wheeling and dealing that took place.
We almost did not make it as a united country!

Happy Reading and I hope to see some of you in January!