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New England Home & Garden: February 9, 2010
Antiques: Sleds
Edith Wharton got it all wrong in Ethan Frome. That tortured farmer from Starkfield, Massachusetts, took a suicidal sled run down an icy slope and, tragically, lived to regret it. Perhaps most tragic was that Frome's thinking on sledding was flawed from the start. He looked at it as a way to end his days.
The rest of us surely remember it as part of a life just beginning: your mother lovingly bundling you into your snowsuit; tingling cheeks, a runny nose, glints of sunlight, crunchy snow underfoot; then an exhilarating whoosh, bump, bounce, followed by a long, graceful glide. If you were lucky, there was even hot chocolate apres sledding. I have to believe it's this memory in part that makes collecting antique sleds so popular.
January/February 2010 Home & Garden
Antiques: Sleds
Look for vibrant colors and normal wear
Display Memorabilia at Home
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