I live in Connecticut, also known as the “Nutmeg State.” It finally occurred to me to look into how our state earned this moniker. It turns out the history of nutmeg is fraught with drama and horror. And what does… Read More
The first stanza of the poem that begins “There was a little girl, /Who had a little curl,/right in the middle of her forehead…” has been attributed to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.