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Daring to daydream at ‘Stickwork’ in Salem

How long has it been since you allowed your imagination to branch out into an all-out daydream? Maurice Sendak, throughout his lifetime of writing, theorized, "There is no such thing as fantasy unrelated to reality."

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An inventor’s legacy at Hammond Castle

The boy is a genius! So said Thomas Edison after spending a day at his New Jersey laboratory with 12 year-old John Hays Hammond, Jr. The young Hammond would grow up to become the second most prolific patent holder after Edison, with more than 800 inventions ranging from self-launching missiles