New England Diary

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What we have

The house of the late poet and essayist Donald Hall (1928-2018) and his wife, poet Jane Kenyon (1947-1995), at Eagle Pond Farm, in Wilmot, N.H.

“New York has people, the Northwest rain, Iowa soybeans, and Texas money. New Hampshire has weather and seasons.’’

—Donald Hall in Here at Eagle Pond.

Circa 1910 postcard