The Power of Place

I am really falling asleep at the blogging switch of late, for which I apologize. This little tidbit should make up for that. Imagine the delight of turning to the online journal of Colonial American studies, www.common-place.org, and finding an essay on my home region of South Jersey? And not just about "Down Jersey", but about the pleasures of doing research in Down Jersey? It's by John Fea, the one other academic alive (or so it would seem) who is interested in Philip Vickers Fithian, an 18th century resident of my home village.

The Monadnock region of New Hampshire is wicked nice, to be sure; but Down Jersey has its undeniable charms. What's particularly nice for a native are all the accompanying pictures, like the one of the New Bridge Road in Salem County, the shot including the New Bridge, which must be about 70 years old.