

In Her Own Hand: What Book Treasures Came to the 1893 Chicago World's Fair?
Credit: Charlotte Brontë by Evert A. Duyckinck, courtesy of the University of Texas at Austin The Possibilities of a Handwritten Name...

Linda Borromeo
4 min read


Is Captain Jim's Lighthouse Real? Discover L.M. Montgomery's Lighthouse of Dreams
(New) Cape Tryon Lighthouse, Prince Edward Island. Credit: William Li CC BY-SA 4.0 When L. M. Montgomery published Anne's House of Dreams...

Linda Borromeo
5 min read


Take a Summer Tour of These Beloved Literary Gardens
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need . — Cicero Lush gardens and books are delights that never grow old. The...

Linda Borromeo
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Sleuthing the Books: An Autumn Adventure
My husband and I can never resist a sign that reads “Library Book Sale.” On an autumn afternoon filled with brilliant colors and...

Linda Borromeo
6 min read


They Never Wearied of Stories: Discover a Surprising Children's Library
Painting by Helen Allingham What can the height of a table tell you? If you walked into a special children's library of long ago, a...

Linda Borromeo
4 min read


Butterflies, Orange Blossoms, and Mary Stewart
Mary Stewart (1916-2014) Mary Stewart Moment # 1 I had a delightful and unexpected “Mary Stewart" moment this week—a perfect way to...

Linda Borromeo
4 min read


Twice Upon a Time: 3 Ways You Can Treasure Rereading a Book
A Story Without an End Have you heard this beautiful song , a favorite of mine, performed by teacher and musician Earl Grant? As the...

Linda Borromeo
4 min read


A Narnian Christmas Treasure, a Professor, and Africa
Discovering Narnian Treasure I walked into the fragrance of a hundred Christmas trees. On my way to my cluster mailbox about a half-mile...

Linda Borromeo
4 min read


From the Valley to the High Places: A Journey and a Book
Please welcome Mary Elizabeth Brown, our guest blogger today. Mary is a musician and writer who is currently working on an historical...
Mary Elizabeth Brown
3 min read


A Sense of Place and the Imagination: 5 Beloved Authors and Their Homes
The heady scent of wisteria mixed with orange blossoms . .. When I opened my window as a child, those are the fragrances that greeted me...

Linda Borromeo
5 min read


Hermenia by the Sea: Meet an Intrepid Lighthouse Keeper's Wife
A lone figure walked along the beach after a fierce storm. With her long skirt twisting in the steady wind, she put up a hand to keep her...

Linda Borromeo
3 min read


What Hidden Manuscript Would You Most Like to Discover?
Ann Sotheran, stained glass window. The World of James Herriot, Thirsk. Image Credit: Amanda Slater Creative Commons Attribution-Share...

Linda Borromeo
3 min read


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 read


Hat Box Dreams: 4 Ways "Anne of Green Gables" Can Help You Achieve Your Creative Goals
On an early spring day, Lucy Maud Montgomery felt a chill when she opened the door to the clothes room. Although the frost had started to...

Linda Borromeo
5 min read


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...

Linda Borromeo
3 min read


Sojourn at the Lighthouse: Experiencing Life By the Sea
New Dungeness Light Station Would you pay money to spend a vacation washing windows, mowing the lawn, weeding, polishing brass, and...

Linda Borromeo
3 min read


A Dancer, a Poet, an Historian, and a Surprise: Books and Movies to Enjoy on the 4th of July Holiday
In between picnics, fireworks, and being out in the midsummer sunshine, the 4th of July weekend is a great time to relax and enjoy a...

Linda Borromeo
4 min read


A Most Mysterious Room: Revisiting a Childhood Classic
The Velvet Room is a surprising and wonderful book I never wanted to read again. When I discovered the book at the age of ten, its...

Linda Borromeo
4 min read