1 of 3 — Have Scythe, Will Mow Valley News photo courtesy - Granite State News Collaborative 2024 This story was originally produced by the Valley News. NHPR is republishing it in partnership with the ...
The morning sun beat down as Antoine Waithe sharpened his scythe. He knelt in the grass, carefully handling the tool. Its long, handsome blade caught the light. It was a hot Thursday in August, and ...
When I was a child, I had a print of Winslow Homer’s 1865 painting “The Veteran in a New Field” tacked to the floral-papered wall of my bedroom in the colonial farmhouse where I grew up. In the ...