When my daughter Bea was studying at the Yiddish Book Center in Massachusetts, I went to visit her. We zipped down the turnpike to Old Sturbridge Village.

The village is a living museum including 59 restored buildings, a working farm and water-powered mills. There were craftsmen…

…artisans…

…tradesmen…
…and re-enactors.

We were invited to look through a window in time…

We saw village life as it was lived between the 1790s and the 1830s.

I enjoyed the opportunity to see the old buildings from the inside out.



Everywhere we went there were whispers, hinting at the inside story.

Upon reflection, one thing was clear…

Just as we do today, those people worked hard…

…fell in love…or not…

…cherished their children…
…and valued their friends.

Some things never change.

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