The November landscape features visible structures: as deciduous trees shed their leaves, the basic structure of each plant once again becomes readily visible—trunk, branch, twig—as colder weather approaches...

Devens is a repurposed Army base, as you probably know, and the core of Parker’s facility was the elementary school when Fort Devens was open. Once in a while—and this tends to happen in the summer or fall—a car with out-of-state plates will pull up and the occupants—former…