Emilie Loring loved color! “Makes no difference where I see it, in a shop window or a gay gown. Color does to me what the touch of the earth did to the giant Antaeus—sends new life, vitality, courage, initiative surging through me. Sometime the scientists will discover that color is a renewer of life.” (Hilltops Clear) That’s … More Emilie Loring’s Hollyhock Cretonne: A Delightful Century-Old Find
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!
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
While memory is fresh, I want to share my last discoveries during this trip to Boston. Today, I began in Mount Auburn Cemetery which is famous for the remarkable monuments that can be seen there. I’m sure there are many photos of these in books and online. Here are just a few that caught my … More One Last Discovery Before I Leave Boston
Nostalgia was the theme of my first day back in Boston. The Approach I drove in from the west on Highway 2, a winding, tree-shaded road with signs made for old-timers: “Exit 125… Old Exit 50.” The new numbering system corresponds to the nearest mile marker; the old one was sequential, a nostalgic throwback. (The … More Boston Memory Lane
What makes you feel nostalgic? Do you reflect on the past year as the new year approaches? I have a good memory, and I am, by nature, both appreciative and positive, so nostalgia has an easy time establishing itself here. Near me, as I type, is one of my grandpa’s fishing weights, a bud vase … More Nostalgia and Anticipation, 2024
I have another mystery to solve. Can you help? Among the Loring photos is this snapshot of “Baker Cottage, Chester, 1916.” Clue: Baker Cottage Who are the man and woman in the photo? Did Emilie and Victor visit a Baker Cottage in Chester? If not they, then who? Emilie Loring was born a Baker, but … More Moonlight Mystery at the Baker Cottage
