Who is too fond of books?
I live in Concord, Mass., a town about 20 miles west of Boston. Rich in revolutionary and literary history, it has been home to Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne and the...
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On the road to Louisa May Alcott’s *Orchard House*
When out-of-town friends come to visit for the first time, one of the places on the “must see” list is Orchard House. This is where Louisa May Alcott’s family lived for about 20 years in the mid- to...
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Where did I come from?
Did you think this post would be about the birds and the bees?! Sorry to disappoint you, it’s about the book and the blogger! The name of my blog is taken from a line in a novel by Louisa May Alcott,...
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Concord celebrates 375 years
It has been a busy weekend in our little town! Concord, Mass. was incorporated on September 12, 1635, and the townspeople are pulling out all the stops to celebrate our 375th birthday. I know that...
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Author Event: Susan Cheever and *Louisa May Alcott*
Two weeks ago, on November 14, I had the great pleasure of attending an event with Susan Cheever and her latest book, Louisa May Alcott: A Personal Biography. Full disclosure: the event was at our...
View ArticleGiveaway: Harriet Reisen’s *Louisa May Alcott* and PBS documentary DVD
You may know that I am “too fond of books” and too fond of Louisa May Alcott. Are you also curious about this author? Check out this short video of “five things you may not know about Louisa May...
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Winner of Harriet Reisen’s *Louisa May Alcott* (book and DVD)
Did you enter to win this set – the new paperback edition of Louisa May Alcott by Harriet Reisen and the PBS documentary (DVD) of the same name? Pop over to this post on my Giveaways page to see if...
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The Sunday Salon: On the Road to Louisa May Alcott’s Fairyland
Yesterday I joined my 8-year-old Brownie, others from her troop, and Concord-area Girl Scouts of all ages as we “pulled together” to rid Fairyland (the Hapgood Wright Town Forest) of garlic mustard, an...
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“An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving” by Louisa May Alcott
“An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving” is a Louisa May Alcott short story that was originally published in the Aunt Jo’s Scrapbag collection "Orchard House" - the Alcott home in Concord The first paragraph...
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