IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK

meetings, and tours at Historic New England (HNE) properties. Through my work with HNE as both a radio interviewer and as a member of the executive board of directors of the North of Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau, I noticed that while I was fascinated by the antiquities within the homes, I became equally intrigued by the palpable spirit of the properties and developed a curiosity for the history behind the stories you could feel there. The energy of the people who lived, worked, and played on these grounds for centuries before me was deeply felt in the paddocks and stone walls of the Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm in Newbury. I dreamed of clinking glasses and partaking in riveting conversations with interior designer Henry Davis Sleeper and frequent visitor Isabella Stewart Gardner at Beauport, The Sleeper-McCann House on Gloucester Harbor. I became fascinated by the level of unrest in the family battle and bitter divorce within the Phillips House