
Fifty years ago, when my father was teaching me to drive, he said, "Go in reverse as little as possible." It's good advice for conducting one's life in general. Try not to look back; avoid focusing on the ground you've already covered. Look forward into the future.
In reading about Andover and writing this personal history of the town, I am intently focused on its past. But that's very different from mulling over my own past.
In reading about Andover and writing this personal history of the town, I am intently focused on its past. But that's very different from mulling over my own past.