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Mini-Post | Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House
On this day in 1888, the author Louisa May Alcott passed away. In her life, she wrote more than thirty novels and short stories and poem collections. Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts, is where she lived with her family from 1857 to 1877 – and a visit to Orchard House is like stepping into the read more
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Happy World Book Day!
I was thinking of what to share for World Book Day this morning, and the first thing that came to mind was this line from my favourite book of all time, Pride and Prejudice: I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a read more
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6 Books to read if you like “The Gilded Age”
Sharing my to be read pile specifically dedicated to “The Gilded Age” HBO… read more
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Mini-Post | “Hello, I’m Johnny Cash!”
Today would have been Johnny Cash’s 90th birthday, so I’m sharing some treasures from a visit to the Johnny Cash Museum in Nashville. Handwritten lyrics to “Folsom Prison Blues”, recorded for Cash’s debut studio album “Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar!”. Photos of Cash and his second wife, June Carter Cash, taken for read more
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Mini-Post | Miami Art Deco District
The Art Deco District, otherwise known as the Miami Beach Architectural District, entered the National Register of Historic Places on 14th May 1979. It was thanks to the determination of Barbara Baer Capitman (1920-1990), who founded the Miami Design Preservation League with industrial designer Leonard Horowitz in 1976. Capitman was highly committed to saving the read more
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Vintage Valentines
Happy Valentine’s Day! A day to celebrate everybody we love in our lives, I thought I’d share some vintage valentine cards. Valentine’s Day is often said to have originated with the Roman feast of Lupercalia, a festival of fertility that took place between the 13th and 15th February, that was then taken over by the read more
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Review & Blog Tour | “Jane and the Year Without a Summer” by Stephanie Barron
Happy Sunday! Today’s post is something exciting to share with you all – I was so glad to be asked to participate in the Blog Book Tour for Stephanie Barron’s new novel, Jane and the Year Without a Summer. It’s my turn to host and share my review, so without further ado, let’s chat about read more
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Mini-Post | Toulouse-Lautrec’s Dinner with the Natansons
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec sketched this when he was being hosted by Thadée and Misia Natanson for dinner. Misia commands the scene in the middle: as one half of the ruling couple of Paris’ intellectual elite, she was painted by many artists and even inspired several characters written by Marcel Proust. She was a wonderful pianist read more
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What’s in my to be read pile | February 2022
I wish I could have a whole day or two (or three… or four…) a week just to read. There is always a pile of books I have my eye on, and I’m always searching for new recommendations. They don’t even have to be new releases – and in fact, a lot of them aren’t. read more
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Visiting Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire
Join me for a brief jaunt through the whirlwind history of Baddesley Clinton manor house, one of my favourite National Trust properties. read more
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Dr. Lizzie Rogers 