Commonplaces is inspired by the centuries-old practice of commonplacing or recording wisdom and ideas for later recollection in notebooks that bear the name “commonplace.”

Mary Lee Partington & Ed Sweeney tell stories of migrants, farmers and factory workers during 19th & 20th century America, where self-educated mill girls earn their own

Commonplaces is inspired by the centuries-old practice of commonplacing or recording wisdom and ideas for later recollection in notebooks that bear the name “commonplace.”

Mary Lee Partington & Ed Sweeney tell stories of migrants, farmers and factory workers during 19th & 20th century America, where self-educated mill girls earn their own keep, an orphan endures to tell her tale, where old ballads have taken root and where migrants go further west.