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
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 But I have been … More Unpublished WWI Photos by Selden Loring
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
Today’s post is for you who follow this blog and tell me how much you’d love to see Maine yourself. In Blue Hill this year, I visited friends, made little discoveries, and snapped photos that speak of the place, of Emilie’s times and ours. If you’ve read Emilie Loring’s descriptions of Maine for years, you … More Welcome to Maine. You’re Already Here in Your Mind
“History is not only an accounting of past events, but also a reflection of the thoughts and feelings which accompanied those events…” … More Friends Along the East Blue Hill Road
Think back to the place where you grew up. Remember the sights and sounds, the characteristic smells and tastes, plant life and animals. Think about how you went from place to place–on foot? in a boat? on the subway? Did your town change a lot as you were growing up? Did you move from that … More Geo-Biography: The Importance of Home
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