Orchard Mansion memories

I was just taking a break at my work station here amidst a row of Herman Miller cubicles in a building leased by the state of Oregon when, reminiscing of summers past, decided to take a stab in the dark to see if the web contained any references to Orchard Mansion, where my Fall River, MA-based family spent a week or two every summer during the early to mid-60's, and ran across your website.

While some memories are truly distinct (lox and bagels; Janice Peck from Longmeadow MA, whom I met when I was 13, and she was probably 10, and whose parents, several years later, would not let her come to my high school prom; the pool; Mark, our college-aged busboy whom my dad graciously tipped as we left for home), others fade with time. After all, we're talking 40 years ago now.

You've brought chills to my spine, a tear to my eye, and a curiosity about whatever happened to Janice Peck. I'm heading back "home" in the Fall - dropping my son off at Princeton where he'll be a junior, and attending my niece's wedding in Newport. I'll try to peruse the family photo album to see if I can find any pictures of the Mansion, where we spent may a happy time during the summers of my youth. Thanks.

--Kenneth Ryder

See also "What I Learned at Orchard Mansion."