Before Self-Publishing Had a Button, Ruth Fisher Putnam Had a Pedal Press
There was no upload button, online storefront or worldwide print-on-demand network waiting for her. Instead, Ruth had an old woodshed converted into a workroom, a very large and very heavy manual printing press, stacks of paper, homemade glue, discarded materials that could be given a second life and an apparently endless supply of determination
Seventy Years Later, Groton Still Knows the Value of Tradition
Vendors lined the village, families moved between booths, old friends stopped to catch up, and Route 302 was preparing to give way to the annual parade. The sky was nearly cloudless, the churches were busy, the fire department was out, and the Chicken Pie Supper still waited later in the day.
I grew up in Groton, so Fall Foliage Day has always felt like part of the calendar. As a kid, I did not spend much time thinking about why it mattered. It was simply what Groton did.
