Boston Aahhh, Boston! First sights let me know I’m really here. I’ve come to work–one day at Boston University’s Howard Gotlieb Center and two days at the Boston Public Library. I can play later. Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center I snap quick photos of Boston-ish sights on my way to the archives, but the rest … More Back to Boston: Archives and a Wish Fulfilled
I got my first library card at the Tempe Public Library, on the corner of 5th and Myrtle. I remember entering that evening with my family, selecting my first books, and celebrating at Dairy Queen afterwards. In a family of readers, it was a rite of passage. At right and left of the fireplace rose … More Libraries, Those Wonderful Places!
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
For most of her career, Emilie Loring lived on Boston’s Beacon Hill and wrote at the Boston Athenaeum, a private library with a long history. This year, her great-granddaughter Kate and I visited. In Emilie Loring’s Footsteps We take the elevator together to the storied fifth floor. The doors open, and we read the sign. … More Found: Emilie Loring at the Boston Athenaeum
Emilie Loring’s son said to her, “I like your parties, Mother. I like the conversation.” I hope you will attend our annual Emilie Loring Tea Party on Thursday, July 7, at 4:00 p.m. your local time. Come and see the cover of Happy Landings: Emilie Loring’s Life, Writing, and Wisdom for the very first time! … More When We Get Together for Tea
I wish I could take you with me on a walking tour of Boston and point out places that have Emilie Loring background stories. But I’ve figured out a shortcut: Boston’s Freedom Trail. The Freedom Trail wanders through old Boston with seventeen stops to view historic sites. You can go with a guide or … More Each Stop on the Freedom Trail is a Memory
The Emilie Loring Collection 