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Linda Borromeo
- Mar 16, 2021
- 6 min
Kate Greenaway: Staying True to Your Own Style
How do memories transform creativity and imagination? For artist and poet Kate Greenaway, childhood memories created a swirl of color,...
Linda Borromeo
- Oct 17, 2020
- 4 min
In Her Own Hand: What Book Treasures Came to the 1893 Chicago World's Fair?
The Possibilities of a Handwritten Name My sister was born almost three years ahead of me. When we were children, that age difference...
Linda Borromeo
- Jun 9, 2020
- 3 min
The Hope Rose and a Wondrous Old Rose Garden
My husband and I looked down at our sad miniature rose. "I don't think it's going to make it," Peter said. When Peter gave me the little...
Linda Borromeo
- May 6, 2018
- 4 min
They Never Wearied of Stories: Discover a Surprising Children's Library
What can the height of a table tell you? If you walked into a special children's library of long ago, a small table could tell you a...
Linda Borromeo
- May 2, 2018
- 3 min
Surprising Lights on the Wooded Island
For behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice...
Linda Borromeo
- Feb 2, 2018
- 5 min
Mary Cassatt and the Vanishing Mural
On a bright Chicago morning, Christie Edwards faces a life-altering decision. She is attending an awards ceremony at the 1893 Chicago...
Linda Borromeo
- Aug 5, 2017
- 5 min
A Spanish Princess, a Glass Dress, and a Creative Gamble
Cinderella's fairy godmother created glass slippers with just a flick of her wand. She would have needed to work overtime, however, to...
Linda Borromeo
- Oct 21, 2016
- 4 min
A Lighthouse Fights Bureaucracy at the Chicago World's Fair
Driving down the highway, I'm always intrigued when a moving house rolls by me. Propped on the back of a trailer-truck, with a sign...
Linda Borromeo
- Jun 17, 2016
- 3 min
When a Viking Ship Invaded Chicago
A Shimmering World of Illusion One of the delights of writing historical mysteries is the ability to explore different times and imagine...