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Monthly Archives: November 2012
Antiques for Readers and Writers
Lea Wait, here. As many of you know, I’m a born and bred (fourth generation, actually) antique dealer. My great-grandfather immigrated to Boston from Edinburgh and imported antiques, Irish linen, glass, and Belleek, Scottish embroideries and other upscale furnishings for his (short-lived) shop … Continue reading
Posted in Lea's Posts, Uncategorized
Tagged antiques for readers, Beacon Hill, book boxes, inkwells, John Dunning, Lea Wait, Maggie Summer
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Emergency Food
During the next few weeks, just getting ordinary food onto the table may be a challenge. There will be shopping, card-sending, decorating, parties, caroling, (have I mentioned writing?) guests of all kinds, and of course, cooking, too. But the cooking will … Continue reading
Research: How Much is Too Much?
Vicki Doudera here, happy to have watched an episode of WCSH TV’s 207 a few nights ago that featured author Dennis Lehane. I like Lehane’s writing, and I enjoyed meeting him back at New England Crime Bake a few years … Continue reading
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Tagged dennis lehane, Live by Night, research, the old farmers almanac, Vicki Doudera, WCSH 207, writers and research
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Figuring out the Why Dunit
Next year’s Liss MacCrimmon novel has been turned in and accepted and it’s time to start thinking about the next book in the series, the one that will be out in 2014. I’m in the fortunate position, after writing seven … Continue reading
It wouldn’t be the holidays without . . .
Cranberry Relish? Every family has special food that “must” be on the holiday table, or the meal just won’t be the same. At the Clark household, it was stuffing. Or dressing, as my grandmother called it. And it could NOT … Continue reading
Holiday Music from the Sublime to the Ridiculous
Hi, Kate Flora here. I was just in the kitchen stirring the oatmeal while my unusually energetic toaster tossed bread onto the counter, thinking about holiday music. First, because soon it will be time to start cooking for my annual holiday … Continue reading
Out of the Kitchen and Through the Woods
Kate Flora: This is a “ghost post” from my late mother, A. Carman Clark, from her book of collected country living essays, From the Orange Mailbox. This takes me back to childhood Thanksgivings, when the women bustled around in the kitchen, … Continue reading
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Tagged A.Carman Clark, From The Orange Mailbox, Norman Rockwell, Thanksgiving
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