Emilie Loring’s Cozy Christmas: An excerpt
December 23, 2015
An early present for you: this excerpt from Emilie Loring’s biography … More Emilie Loring’s Cozy Christmas: An excerpt
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Lighted Windows and Home
December 14, 2015
Snow has fallen and chilled the air. Even with hats, gloves, scarves, and wool coats, we walk quickly to stay warm as we trek through the neighborhood and view Christmas lights. When it’s cold like this, homes look warmer than usual, lights glowing in windows, lawns dappled with reflected color. Lighted windows… Emilie Loring loved … More Lighted Windows and Home
a.k.a. Josephine Story
November 18, 2015
Emilie Loring published her first book under the pseudonym “Josephine Story.” The source of the name was said to be her husband’s middle name. Simple enough, right? Emilie’s husband was Victor Joseph Loring. Did Emilie add “Story” through artistic license? When she started her book column, did she already intend to write stories? Her … More a.k.a. Josephine Story
A mouse in my tea
November 17, 2015
I didn’t grow up eating scones. We had toast, biscuits, doughnuts, the occasional muffin, but no scones. The only scones I knew were Emilie’s. Flaky and toothsome, oozing jam and butter, I could almost smell and taste them. That’s why, when I read Emilie’s first book, For the Comfort of the Family: A Vacation Experiment, … More A mouse in my tea
“I love your grandmother.”
November 10, 2015
Meeting the Lorings was serendipity. The Wellesley Hills Historical Society holds several items that belonged to Emilie Loring, including her orange-blossom wedding veil and a fringed shawl. When I told the director, Don Chaffee, that I was researching her life, he offered, “I went to high school with her granddaughter. Would you like her phone … More “I love your grandmother.”
Meet Emilie Loring
November 10, 2015
“To the readers of my stories who . . . have recognized beneath the magic glamour of romance and adventure the clear flame of my belief that the beautiful things of life are as real as the ugly things of life, that gay courage may turn threatened defeat into victory, that hitching one’s wagon to … More Meet Emilie Loring
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