Friends Along the East Blue Hill Road
September 14, 2022
“History is not only an accounting of past events, but also a reflection of the thoughts and feelings which accompanied those events…” … More Friends Along the East Blue Hill Road
Author: Patti Bender
Author of "Happy Landings: Emilie Loring's Life, Writing, and Wisdom," the uplifting, first biography of this best-selling author, coming March 2023. I enjoy kayaking, traveling, and all things Emilie.
Emilie Loring’s World-Wide Appeal
September 4, 2022
A recent communication from a reader in Greece got me thinking about Emilie Loring’s popularity around the world. Fay wrote: Her novels are really an oasis, a delightful way to travel back in another time, yet they are still appealing to the modern reader. That’s such an important message. “Now, more than ever, we need … More Emilie Loring’s World-Wide Appeal
My Thoughts on Biography and Emilie Loring
August 27, 2022
When the last chapter was written, the story “put to bed,” as it were, there was more I wanted to say. Happy Landings is Emilie’s story, but it is my work, the result of choices made for reasons that matter to me. … More My Thoughts on Biography and Emilie Loring
“Dress and the Girl,” an Emilie Loring Short Story
August 21, 2022
The year was 1915. Emilie Loring and her husband, Victor, had taken an apartment at the Riverbank Court Hotel overlooking the Charles River in Boston. Their sons were at school, and Emilie had time to write without distraction or interruption. Under her pseudonym, Josephine Story, she had already written articles on homemaking and motherhood. Now, … More “Dress and the Girl,” an Emilie Loring Short Story
Photographs and Reveries
August 8, 2022
The room is empty only of people. It is, in a sense, an archive of a moment. If we understood it better, what would it tell us? … More Photographs and Reveries
Mystery Photo: Today, We Find Clues
July 29, 2022
In my last post, I shared a photo from the Loring archives and asked our community to help me figure out whose room it might have been. Thanks to everyone who has contributed! Today, we’ll take the photo apart and consider its clues. Please share with any experts you know. We don’t have our answer … More Mystery Photo: Today, We Find Clues
Still a Mystery: Can We Crowd Source a Solution?
July 15, 2022
After two decades of research with an ever-growing quiver of tools, you wouldn’t think it could be true, but there are still mysteries to solve in Emilie Loring’s life from the clues she left behind. Here is one. This photo is in the Loring family’s collection. Whose room is this? By the furnishings mixed in … More Still a Mystery: Can We Crowd Source a Solution?
The Emilie Loring Collection 