"You don't have to claim any particular ethnic heritage, have seven generations on the ground, or even have been born in New England to be shaped by this rough, rocky landscape.  'Yankee' is an attitude, built on the bone-deep optimism of that old, true saying: 'Could have been worse.'"

Rule is known for her writing, storytelling and humor, which led New Hampshire Magazine to name her "Thalia: the Muse of Comedy."

We have adjusted the opening bid higher to reflect her mythic status.  (Just kidding.)