August 6, 2008

August 6, 2008

We took the “T” to Harvard Square in Cambridge, MA and walked to the Longfellow National Historic Site. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was the foremost poet of the country in the 19th century. During our travels we have run across his poems several times, especially “Evangeline”, the epic poem about the Acadians. More recently we learned he also wrote “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere”. We arrive at the site and catch up with a tour of Longfellow’s mansion. It is a very nice house with expensive appointments. Although he earned well as Harvard professor and best-selling poet, he made most of his money the old fashioned way…. by marrying it. It turns out Longfellow’s mansion is equally famous for being George Washington’s headquarters in 1775 when he takes command of the Continental Army and supervises the siege of British-held Boston after the battle of Bunker Hill.

From the Longfellow house, we walk back to Harvard Square where we meet up with a couple of Aimee’s old workmates for lunch at Uno’s Pizzeria. I enjoy the pizza while listening to the three of them tell lots of tales from life at Power Trends.

After lunch I give Aimee the grand tour of Harvard. Even though it was my stomping ground for eighteen months, the memory fog of 24 years has taken its toll. Some things look familiar but yet different. It also doesn’t help that I have to give the tour in pouring rain. We are beginning to loathe New England maritime weather.