New England Reflections: Platypus Travels Part XXIV

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Be mindful of these bones...  Be mindful of these bones...

 My wife and I were in New England this week on Family business.  Along the way, we did quite a bit of sight-seeing including Boston, Sturbridge, Essex, Middlebury, Shelton, and Trumbull.  This is my home turf, and I was glad of the opportunity to go back and revisit old haunts.  In many cases, very little has changed.  Some small changes (a little needed urban renewal) have even been for the better.  So as the series on my old-world travels comes to an end, let me take you on a tour of my favorite places in some of the oldest parts of the New World.

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