Saltwater Sheri S. Dollin We all fall into ruts

We all fall into ruts at times

Spean Bridge to Cluanie

And accepting life means coping with ups and downs

When the images of desperate

Mabel discovers different ways to manage Panicosaurus

Saltwater Sheri S. Dollin We all fall into rutsDeath is easy to locate in the archives of early America. Grief is not so easily pinned down. Yet it was a near constant companion for the men and women that settled in what is now New England. Their lives were a kaleidoscope of small scale tragedies that suffused and colored everyday experiences. This pervasive suffering was exacerbated by unfamiliar environments and exposure to the anguish of Indigenous and Black Americans, unsettling well worn