my ex husband's grandmother died about 10 years ago, age 103. My children had known their great grandmother well-- her father was a one legged surviver of Andersonville prison, who returned to norther NH-- (about 60 mile /1 hour's drive) north of Mt Washington-- and resumed a live as a farmer, and father another 6 or 7 children..(for a total of 13) This area of NH has hard rocky soil, and as short a growing season as any where in US.. with frost recorded as late at July.

my kids grew up hearing from great grandma, stories of her father, and her childhood..for them, the civil war didn't seem so long ago though at first, they where confused-- Great grand ma spoke of "Pa" losing his leg in the WAR, and didn't know which war.


my other obsession