Musings about Louisa May Alcott's Little Women and what might have been…
The courtship chapters…there are engagements, elopements, weddings, reunions, and grand plans. Plenty to laugh at, plenty to love, and plenty that unexpectedly broke my heart this time. Written for the Louisa May Alcott Reading Challenge. Continue reading Little Women Reading Journal: Good Wives (Part 2, Chapters 20-24)
For all who are beloved. Hope these are helpful this coming Valentines’ Day as you plan surprises for loved ones! (For those who haven’t yet read Little Women or the Courtship of Jo March, I haven’t made a note of who said these lines to whom so as not to spoil the stories :)) Continue reading How do I love thee: 14 novel declarations of love
From a failed dinner party, missing out on the adventure of a lifetime and receiving a proposal from my best friend, these are the things I share with the March sisters from Little Women. Continue reading Things I share with the Little Women sisters
How a book comes to take such a shape of significance in anyone’s life does so slowly – almost like it does because one doesn’t expect it to… Because we read it, we made different choices. We saw the world differently. And we lived a different life to one we otherwise might have. For me, Little Women was one of those books. Continue reading All Little Women means to me
“Your reading list this summer – any Little Women related titles on it?” There are indeed Little Women-related titles on the list! What is funny is that even the titles that are not so directly linked to Little Women are connected to folks here at Orchard House. Continue reading Little Women summer reading with Orchard House
To all the staff at The Blend Café, thank you for the way you have enriched our lives in more ways than I can say, in more ways than I even know. Continue reading Farewell to a haven: of writing, of coffee, of friends
Do you think that Beth could have married and started her own family? I wonder too if she would’ve been able to share her music outside of the family. Susan Bailey, Louisa May Alcott is my passion Continue reading The potential lives of Beth March
