concord massachusetts – Gwen Hernandez

The study of Mass (Cape Ann, Cape Cod, Concord)

I’m an explorer at heart, so living in such a history- and beauty-rich place as Massachusetts has been fabulous. But now that I only have five weeks (!) until we hit the road for our post-Air Force adventure in California, I’ve been trying to visit a few more places on my must-see list before we leave.

Sightseeing in the suburbs: Thoreau-ly interesting

June 25, 2015Gwen HernandezRandom, Writing Life11 Comments

Living in the Boston suburbs is cool because I’m close to the town of Concord—location of “the shot heard round the world” in 1775—which boasts the homes and gravesites of Thoreau, Alcott, Hawthorne, and Emerson. I plan to see all the authors’ homes while we’re here, but last weekend I visited Thoreau Farm. I had hiked