LETOURNEAU: 'Owed' (Ode) to Augusta

LETOURNEAU: 'Owed' (Ode) to Augusta

“Down the hill and around the corner.” Whenever someone asks where I’m from, I proudly answer: Dublin, New Hampshire. Their puzzled looks remind me to translate it into local shorthand: Knollwood Manor—the stately home of our dear late Augusta Petrone. I live just down the hill and around the corner from that sprawling estate, so every reference to it feels like a warm welcome home. My first summer job was weed-whacking Mrs. Petrone’s vineyard—q…