What to do with what we know?
Such as knowledge of the not-quite infamous barrel at the bottom of the Mount Waldo quarry pond, an alligator reported in Marsh Bay in 1833, and finding the labor we love.
Here’s an idea:
Since I started filling my brain with information about the area around me (and writing about it) my quality of life has greatly improved.
This research takes many forms. Sometimes it’s poking around the genealogy room at the local library and dropping my jaw at the treasures contained therein while accompanied by the incredible human who runs the historical society, Bonnie Veinote. Sometimes, it’s cold calling people for interviews. Sometimes it’s scouring historical newspaper archives for mentions of an alligator in the marsh or a specific person’s ships between 1857 and 1865.
