During the Gilded Age, the equipage, the livery and the horses as well as the skill in driving were sources of great pride. A local newspaper even gave a whole column for the length of the page to recounting the teams and mounts of local cottagers.
Ghosts in all parts of Berkshire County have made it clear by their actions that they do not wish to pose: they disappear with a pop if you pull out a camera.
"We find a lot of strength in the traditional foods of Europe, although we give them an American sensibility.”
-- Adam Zieminski, chef/owner of Café Adam
Yes, indeed, there are rules of ghost etiquette; who knew. They are predicated upon the human/ghost social hierarchy that states without apology that the living are superior to the dead.
Before the first white men settled in Berkshire County, the 500 acres in the northeast corner of Stockbridge that would one day be the Tanglewood Music Festival, were common ground -- land set aside by the Housatunnuck for the benefit of the whole tribe.
