[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Been to Plymouth Notch a few times. It feels bleak and brooding, dark green hills hemming in the view.

That said it also feels like a time capsule to the way most Americans lived until the 40s.

[rlmorel]

Agreed, except I didn't think it was bleak...I have been there a few times...love it! It looks nearly exactly the same in the video, as far as I can tell.

Thing was, he didn't do this for the cameras...this is just the kind of guy he was. He apparently liked that stuff...pitchfork in hand.

A politician who doesn't like to run his mouth. Even back then, it was a sensation.

My favorite anecdote with a woman sitting next to Coolidge at a dinner party (I am paraphrasing):

WOMAN: Mr. President, my husband bet me that I couldn't get two words out of you! What do you say to that?

COOLIDGE: You lose.

Just brings a smile to my face!