Linda Borromeo
- 4 min
Video: Baby Raccoons, Tolkien and Curiosity
"Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate." —J. R. R. Tolkien Question: What do these baby raccoons have in...
Linda Borromeo
- 3 min
Toughness in a Tiny Package: What We Can Learn From a Kinglet
The temperature had dipped to 7° F, and I was concerned. On winter walks, I always watch for one of my favorite birds—the ones with the...
Linda Borromeo
- 2 min
"Where Are My Sparkles?" Dealing with Creative Comparisons
"Each of us has something to give that no one else has." As I took a walk around my favorite lake, I snapped a quick picture. When I...
Linda Borromeo
- 3 min
The Lake That Became Real: How a Place Can Empower Your Imagination
Do you remember the posters of your childhood? I especially recall the ones I saved up for with pennies, nickels and dimes earned from...
Linda Borromeo
- 3 min
What Hidden Manuscript Would You Most Like to Discover?
The sound of cheering mixed with the emphatic tapping of typewriter keys. Seated at a small table, surrounded by the cheerful noise of...
Linda Borromeo
- 4 min
A Parade of Cats: How a Black Kitten Rescued Mark Twain
It began with a small painting. As legend tells it, Samuel Clemens saw a miniature of Olivia Langdon when he met her brother, Charles,...
Linda Borromeo
- 4 min
The Mirror World of Emily Dickinson and Carlo
Like Alice's adventures through the looking-glass, Emily Dickinson's life is full of contradictions and illusions. I knew very little...
Linda Borromeo
- 3 min
The Island of Freedom: 'Misty of Chincoteague' and the Annual Pony Swim
"...for Assateague belonged to the wild things, and the wild ponies whose ancestors had lived on it since the days of the Spanish...