Tag Archives: Oliver Wendell Holmes

Word of Inspiration – for Writers and Others

Posted on May 19, 2016 by mainecrimewriters

Lea Wait, here. Twenty-five years ago I wasn’t a published writer living in Maine. I was a corporate manager living in New Jersey, vacationing in Maine, caring for four teenaged daughters, one granddaughter, my mother, and, at work, the up to 125 people … Continue reading →

Posted in Lea's Posts | Tagged Edmund Burke, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, inspirational quotations, Joseph Wood Krutch, Justin Kaplan, M.H. Anderson, Marilyn French, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, May Sarton, Oliver Wendell Holmes, William Allen White, William Stafford | 9 Comments

Do Women Commit As Many Crimes As Men? (1858)

Posted on June 19, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Lea Wait, here. A few days ago I was doing a “Lea Wait thing,” as my husband would say .. I was paging through some old issues (well, technically they’re all old) of Godey’s Lady’s Book, and the headline … Continue reading →