Quote of the day
And thus they give the time, that Nature meant for peaceful sleep and meditative snores, to ceaseless din and mindless merriment and waste of shoes and floors.
Howard Mansfield

Born: June 14, 1957 (age 67)
Bio: Howard Mansfield is an American author who writes about history, preservation, and architecture. He was born in Huntington, New York, and graduated from Syracuse University in 1979. He lives in New Hampshire with his wife, writer Sy Montgomery
Known for:
- In the Memory House (1993)
- The same ax, twice (2000)
- The Bones of the Earth (2004)
- Turn and Jump: How Time & Place Fell Apart (2010)