Mantle Clocks and First Drives
John Betjeman once wrote that “Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.” He may have been right. I had an opportunity to reflect on distinctive sounds and sights of a part of my childhood recently, courtesy of an antique mantle clock which now keeps time on a shelf in our living room. The clock, which dates back to the late 1800’s, was recently given to me by my Grandma Hansen. Recently, she sold the home she and my late
