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Weatherfield Chronicles
Here you'll find our Inn updates and more.


Marilee Spanjian
Jan 10, 2021
Hand written notes are priceless.
Dear Thomas, Hand written notes are priceless. To this day, I value them more than any gift. I think you were like minded as you didn't...


Marilee Spanjian
Feb 26, 2020
Finally, Thomas writes back...
Saturday February 22, 2020 Dear Marilee, Don't be upset or frightened, but I thought after over two years of you writing to me, With the...


Marilee Spanjian
Feb 26, 2020
Talk about making my heart race!
Friday February 14, 2020 Dear Thomas, Happy Valentine's Day! Do you remember that feeling when you meet someone who makes your heart...


Marilee Spanjian
Oct 8, 2019
Surprise visits feed my heart!
Tuesday Oct. 8, 2019 Dear Thomas, There's a saying that old friends can pick up where they left off. Recently, Don and April flew up from...


Marilee Spanjian
Feb 7, 2019
Getting used to my new partner
Wednesday, February 6, 2019 Dear Thomas, Last night, I explored my new travel mate, poking here and there, trying to learn his language....

Marilee Spanjian
Feb 1, 2019
No room for Vinegar Valentine's.
Dear Thomas, In honor of Valentine's Day, we launched the "14 days of Valentine's" to give people ideas of ways to celebrate. Take off...


Marilee Spanjian
Jan 25, 2019
Love is in the air....
Friday, January 25, 2019 Dear Thomas, We’re getting ready for Jillian and Chris’ wedding tomorrow. It will be sweet, romantic (I know,...


Marilee Spanjian
Jan 3, 2019
The next three weekends are jammed....
Dear Thomas, I can't imagine writing a letter then hoping someone gets it within a week or even a year. I've got to get the word out...


Marilee Spanjian
Jan 2, 2019
It's a new year.
Monday Jan 1, 2019 Dear Thomas, It’s 2019. It’s a wonderful time of fresh starts and promises to yourself, to diet, exercise more,...


Marilee Spanjian
Dec 30, 2018
"Thomas, we may be hidden, but..."
Dear Thomas, Over six years ago, we bought your house. From the minute we took ownership of The Inn at Weathersfield, we haven't stopped....


Marilee Spanjian
Nov 14, 2018
Our Lucky Penny
Wednesday October 14, 2018 Dear Thomas, We’re so excited to introduce guests to our lucky Penny. We didn’t realize how sad and stressful...


Marilee Spanjian
Sep 25, 2018
George never chose the hospitality business.
(We're sharing the news that George died through a letter to Thomas Prentice, the original owner of this house because, well, it seems a...


Marilee Spanjian
Jul 21, 2018
"We cook the way you cooked....only it tastes better."
Saturday July 21, 2018 Dear Thomas, A travel writer visited the inn yesterday. "Tell me what makes you different," he asked. "In Vermont,...


Marilee Spanjian
Jul 18, 2018
"It seems odd to write to one man about another..."
Wednesday July 18, 2018 Dear Thomas, It seems odd to write to one man about another but today is Richard and my 32nd wedding anniversary....


Marilee Spanjian
Jul 18, 2018
Granny's Clean Plate Club
Sunday July 14, 2018 Dear Thomas, Did I ever tell you about my “Granny,” my mother’s mother? She was Hungarian, immigrated from Romania,...


Marilee Spanjian
Jun 11, 2018


Marilee Spanjian
Jun 9, 2018
Help! I hate cute freeloaders.
Saturday June 9, 2018 Dear Thomas, I need your help. I hate freeloaders, especially when they’re cute and their children are even cuter....


Marilee Spanjian
May 26, 2018
You never heard of Memorial Day
Saturday, May 26, 2018 Dear Thomas, It’s Memorial Day weekend. That won’t mean anything to you as it didn’t become a national American...


Marilee Spanjian
May 13, 2018
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