October 1999 – visit with Nancy and Louis Vermond

A Visit from Louis and Nancy Vermond During October, 1999 Louis and Nancy Vermond paid us a visit from their home base in Toronto. We took one jaunt up the coast of Massachusetts to give Louis, a first time visitor to the New England coast, a taste of the rocky shores. Along the way we…… Continue reading October 1999 – visit with Nancy and Louis Vermond

Nantasket Beach Weekends

August 1997 brings all of the Ortons to W Street on Nantasket Beach. Start of a summer tradition lasting into the 2020s. Here is a video by Karen covering 2003 to 2012.

The Marshall Plan and Jane Jacobs’ Cities and the Wealth of Nations – book review

The Marshall Plan and Jane Jacobs’ Cities and the Wealth of Nations Book Review/Essay 3/97   The recent celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the start of the Marshall Plan was more than just a bit of self adulatory puffery for this generation of politicians. Speeches flowed with congratulations all around for our forefathers’ cleverness…… Continue reading The Marshall Plan and Jane Jacobs’ Cities and the Wealth of Nations – book review