Delightful Tea Gatherings: Happy Birthday, Emilie Loring!

September 5, 2024

Thank you, everyone, for joining us here for tea! September 7 Our final installment comes from Emilie Loring’s home state of Massachusetts. An Inspirational Tea in Massachusetts Cindy writes: “Seven of us gathered around the tea table to celebrate Emilie Loring’s birthday and her writing career. Patti Bender’s biography and a stack of Emilie’s books … More Delightful Tea Gatherings: Happy Birthday, Emilie Loring!

Emilie Loring-Inspired Tea: Join Us for a Celebration on September 5th!

August 18, 2024

You are cordially invited to enjoy an Emilie Loring-inspired teaon September 5th (her birthday!) at 4:00 p.m. your local timeat your location.Enjoy your tea however you like, with a nod to Emilie Loring, and please take photos to share.This is not a contest; we will simply have more fun doing this together.Send your photos to: … More Emilie Loring-Inspired Tea: Join Us for a Celebration on September 5th!

Emilie Loring and the Legacy of Children’s Magazines

August 14, 2024

Highlights for Children Highlights magazine was the magazine for children in the 1960s. Billed as “wholesome fun,” regular features emphasized reading, manners & conduct, health & safety, moral values, music and the arts, nature and science, our country and other lands and peoples, thinking and reasoning, and creativity. I read Highlights in the doctor’s or … More Emilie Loring and the Legacy of Children’s Magazines

Discover 1889 Summer Reading: Emilie Loring’s Literary Inspirations and More

July 8, 2024

Greetings from rainy Wisconsin! I write this from my family’s lakefront cottage, currently in a deluge. This is where I first read many of Emilie Loring’s novels, purchased at Schultz Bros. and read on the lazy days of summer. On rainy days now, I poke through trunks and boxes in the basement. I must get … More Discover 1889 Summer Reading: Emilie Loring’s Literary Inspirations and More