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on witchcraft & female solidarity
I saw Goody Cole turn into a cat
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Helen Armstrong

January 2024

on silence & its opposite
a consideration of the project and a Missouri settler
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September 2023

shelter island, then and now
on 'the spanker of shelter island'
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August 2023

no one expects the Normans
on england, a long long time ago
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April 2023

voices from the past
on Grandma's travel diary, 1955
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life on Manhansack-Ahaquatuwamock
a peek into the world of Shelter Island before the colonists arrive
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January 2023

urban and rural life
on amsterdam, shelter island, and barbados
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the past, present, and future
a struggle with theories of time
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grizzell brinley sylvester
from england to long island in the 17th century
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December 2022

The Gold Bracelet
on inheritance, Isabella Milne, and Philadelphia in the 1830s
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Comfort in the Cave
on dancing figures and a tale of many Grizzelles
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digging up the bones
an introduction
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