One Beethoven

May 19, 2023

During this trip to Bonn, I’ve visited the house where Beethoven was born (Beethoven-Haus Bonn), his baptismal font (at St. …

The Idyllic Island (#ReadingLanternHill)

May 12, 2023

At first, Jane doesn’t want to leave her mother to travel to Prince Edward Island—even though she dislikes living in …

April 28, 2023

I’ve just finished reading Maira Kalman’s beautiful book Women Holding Things. (My friend Lisa recommended it to me, and we …

April 21, 2023

My friend Susan Kerslake told me recently that she feels sorry for the books she’s bought. I asked if she’d …

April 14, 2023

Today I’m delighted to share a poem by my friend Sandra Barry, entitled “Old Rusty Metal Things.” Sandra is a …

December 9, 2022

I’d love to hear your suggestions about a title for a new blog series celebrating Sense and Sensibility, please. Laurel Ann …

October 7, 2016

Inspired by Christy Ann Conlin’s guest post on “The Sweet Exhilaration of Solitude,” I spent some time in the Halifax …

October 22, 2015

“She’ll feel awful bad if her flowers get frosted, especially them dahlias. Octavia sets such store by her dahlias.” In …