I enjoyed reading about the Appledore Cookbook. I have an updated version, but they left out all the charming chapter illustrations. I attached a photo of the Parloa books we have. Those six books were the ones that started our Bethel Free Library in 1909 in rooms above a store — now the Bethel Public Library.  One of them is The Appledore Cookbook. Maria wrote inscriptions in several.

Win Brickmeier, Bethel, Connecticut

[Note, the early 1872 and 1880 editions of the cookbook did not have these illustrations, first appearing in the 1881 edition which is available in The Internet Archive of texts. — Editor.]

Thanks for the link to November's Rye Reflections. I enjoyed the leafy pictures at the country club. Brings back old  memories. Earlier this month we went to Tennessee and North Carolina and did some leaf-peeping along the Blue Ridge. It was spectacular.
Ron Barbutti, Hondo, Texas

Nice job on Fort Stark. I enjoyed the pictures. Keep up the good work.
Bobby Pierce, Ormand Beach, Florida

I enjoyed reading through Rye Reflections as the topics were very interesting and the photography first rate! I was most interested in your article regarding Jack Wysong speaking about the Coast Artillery and Seacoast forts during WW II. I have his book and have been researching the 22nd Coast Artillery myself as I own the 1941 Ford firetruck that was stationed at Camp Langdon (formerly New Reservation and now New Castle Commons) during WW II. I have also been in contact with former New Castle resident and town historian Gene Morrill who actually worked on my truck as a firefighter during the war.
Jason M. Cleary, Durham, New Hampshire

Clearly, you're stranded in too affluent a community, one more likely to be looking for a Cape Cod rocker and who would certainly blush to be caught squeezing you into the back of a BMW.

Time is getting short. Put your shapely plastic leg out and hitch a ride to Manchester. Anything goes over here. Fifteen minutes on trash night and I guarantee you'll be someone's treasure, leaning against the back porch, plastic toys and a few clothes pins for company. It's a new life and you'll love it!
Anne Zachos, Manchester, New Hampshire

[Note: In mid-November, chair disappeared from its observation point on Route 1-A. Rye Reflections has enlisted the support of its readers from all over New England and beyond to try and find out the fate of chair. So far we have no solid leads, only rumors. One of the most persistent rumors is that chair has found a new home in one of the more unseemly sections of Manchester. Rye Reflections urgently requests feedback as to the authenticity of this rumor, or any other news regarding chair, as we contemplate a follow up article detailing chair's new life. — Editor.]