When we bought our lake cottage, we were living in England — happily straddling life as both American and British subjects. This was the dual-citizenship version of having your cake and eating it too. Windsor Castle was an easy drive, and we found ourselves close by every week or two. So when Hubbie hung a sign on our New Hampshire abode that read Windsor Cottage , how many of you assumed we were hopelessly nostalgic for England — or even angling for a royal connection? Go ahead, ponder that. The history of our sliver of lake land begins long ago. Native Americans first inhabited Lake Soo-Nipi or "Wild Goose Waters". Then, European settlers — mine among them (maybe yours too?) — arrived, saw the land, drew up deeds, and declared ownership.