

Linda Borromeo
4 min read
In Her Own Hand: What Book Treasures Came to the 1893 Chicago World's Fair?
The Possibilities of a Handwritten Name Sunlight streamed into the children's room as the librarian handed my older sister her first...


Linda Borromeo
5 min read
Is Captain Jim's Lighthouse Real? Discover L.M. Montgomery's Lighthouse of Dreams
When L. M. Montgomery published Anne's House of Dreams in 1917, she was far from home. She lived 1,675 km from Prince Edward Island. In...


Linda Borromeo
3 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
6 min read
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
4 min read
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...


Ruby Mae O'Dell
6 min read
Hidden Treasures: a Guest Blog by Ruby Mae O'Dell
Howdy, Y'all! I'm Ruby Mae, and it is such a pleasure to be here today. Thank you, Linda, for having me as a guest blogger! Today, I'd...


Linda Borromeo
4 min read
Butterflies, Orange Blossoms, and Mary Stewart
Mary Stewart Moment #1 I had a delightful and unexpected “Mary Stewart" moment this week—a perfect way to celebrate the author’s...


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...


Mary Elizabeth Brown
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...


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


Linda Borromeo
3 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?
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 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
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
5 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
3 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
Would you pay money to spend a vacation washing windows, mowing the lawn, weeding, polishing brass and painting objects high above the...


Linda Borromeo
4 min read
Great Books and Movies to Enjoy for 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...