Author Archives: marjieleigh

Over the autumn season this year I had the opportunity to travel as a Wellbeing Director with a trip that started in Boston, circled the Massachusetts cape, the islands, and finished in Newport RI. It was a tour route that appeals to me — and not because of lobster…I’m sadly allergic to lobster — butContinue reading “Nantucket, 1841”

If you come to the Washington DC area, I will tell you about Mary and Emily — and the largest attempted claim for freedom in American history. Paul Edmonson was a man of Maryland. He met Amelia (sometimes called Milly), fell in love, and they jumped the broom. First came Hamilton, then Samuel. Eventually MaryContinue reading “Mary & Emily”