It’s that time again, and this year, we have Emilie Loring’s published biography to celebrate! Enjoy your tea, fancy or casual, indoors or out, and take photos to share. Send to me at: contact@pattibender.com I will open a blog post that morning and update it throughout that day and the next with your photos. As … More You Are Cordially Invited to Tea
“You never can tell at sunup what you’ll bump into before sundown…” Here Comes the Sun Since my last post, I have torn out carpet, rejuvenated wood floors, patched and painted walls, scrubbed just about anything that would sit still long enough, cooked meals, hung curtains, sorted books, rescued an antique dresser, shopped for furniture … More Emilie Loring: Bookstores and Secret Drawers
The pearl. The prize. The event I had imagined since first I stepped into the library where Emilie Loring wrote twenty-five of her thirty novels: the Boston Athenaeum. … More Happy Landings at the Boston Athenaeum
Two weeks ago, bags and books packed, I set out on a 3000-mile journey from Kansas to the east coast and back again. My next book talk was in Barnstable, but there’s a lot of country between Kansas and the Cape, and I took advantage of the opportunity. Virginia and Maryland I stopped at the … More Happy Landings from Kansas to the Cape
The introduction of Happy Landings to the world has begun. Five weeks in, we have a feature article, two reviews, and one book talk accomplished. You will find links to all reviews and articles on the “Book and Events” page. I am especially glad for these published lines: And so, 20 years, 45 notebooks and … More Book Talk: Emilie Loring’s Biographer, Patti Bender
Greetings from Wisconsin, where spring still has a ways to go! As expected, it’s been a busy time here, getting my mom settled back into her lake house (“ice” house at the moment!) In this last hour or two of Women’s History Month, I want to express appreciation for some of this year’s featured women: … More Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories
Happy Landings is published. The quest that began, oh, so long ago, is completed. There’s no parade, no shooting of fireworks, no special greeting card, when a biography is published. It just isn’t one day and is the next. Eager to celebrate, I convened the first meeting of the “Happy Landings Book Club” on–what else?–Zoom. … More Fortune Favors the Brave
The Emilie Loring Collection 