And Then What Happened?: Woe, the change
PARATI
Published: 1/24/2021 3:53:37 PM
The day you walk into any town is the day the region’s history inaugurates for you. This is the way it is here, the way it should stay moving forward, and anything that veers off that track is wrong. Never mind that those who came before you have their own set of righteous memory and tradition; this, here and now is the way it should be, according to me and to my sense of right. Ya heard me?
When I wandered into Ashfield in 2005, the world for me was set. The people who eyed me with suspicion, wondering what I might turn their little Elmer’s Store into were people whose family lines populated the place back to the 18th and 19th centuries. Their hooks were sunk into those who carved the town out of the woods and settled it. They were born to the place fair and square. What credentials did I have among them?