“What is home without a mother?” This is the serious question every family faces as generations change hands. As I continue to care for my mom, let’s be entertained by a story in which a mother’s absence is only temporary, and four little children are left unsupervised a wee bit too long. Prudy Keeping House … More To My Young Friend, Bessie Baker
I wondered if Emilie Baker Loring’s second novel would have as many literary and cultural references as her first. Ha! Of course it did! The opening pages averaged two per page, and my paperback copy has 167 pages. Better make a full pot of tea for this one! Here Comes the Sun! begins with two … More Literary and Cultural References in “Here Comes the Sun!”
Greetings after a short trip to Boston and the Cape (yay!) and some weeks afterwards to manage my mom’s hospitalization and recovery. I expect this pattern to continue, so I will write as I am able and invite any of you to submit guest posts for us to read in between times. Let me know … More Remembering Our Revolutionary Heroes: Ancestral Stories for July 4th
Goodness, Emilie! You’d think that after reading Emilie Loring’s works so many times, I would have had a better idea of how many literary references she made in them. But I underestimated her. I started with her first novel, The Trail of Conflict, thinking, in my innocence, that I’d construct a full booklist of her … More Exploring Emilie Loring’s Literary Richness
My focus on this blog is Emilie Loring, and I shared the impact of World War I on her writing in another post (See “When World War I Was Too Close to Bear”). I also included some of her son Selden’s photographs in Happy Landings: Emilie Loring’s Life, Writing, and Wisdom. But I have been … More Unpublished WWI Photos by Selden Loring
And the fiery whirlwind, fierce and vastHurried away in the mouldering past. “Ashes of Roses,” George M. Baker The Great Boston Fire of 1872 started in a six-story granite building and burned through downtown Boston for two days, destroying 776 buildings over 65 acres. Eleven firemen and fifteen civilians were killed. The monetary loss was … More Ashes of Roses: Hope Amidst Destruction
Our Emilie Loring Tea is just days away! Our Emilie Loring Tea is this Thursday, September 5th. Send your photos and stories to: contact@pattibender.com I’ll begin posting at 4:00 p.m. EST and continue until everyone’s photos and stories are in. I can’t wait to see what you come up with this year! For that matter, … More Nostalgia, Fun, and Plans for Tea!
The Emilie Loring Collection 