tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post8370179835584616085..comments2024-03-28T14:33:26.011-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Touring Rose Carroll's Haunts, a Guest Post by Edith MaxwellJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-34684404456965474252023-04-20T06:26:08.211-04:002023-04-20T06:26:08.211-04:00How great you live amid history, Kim. We'll mi...How great you live amid history, Kim. We'll miss you next month!Edith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-12239671187678500242023-04-20T06:25:21.273-04:002023-04-20T06:25:21.273-04:00Thank you, Debs! It's not quite London, but......Thank you, Debs! It's not quite London, but...Edith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-47572369348219486972023-04-19T21:32:32.482-04:002023-04-19T21:32:32.482-04:00I've never been to Amesbury, Edith, and I'...I've never been to Amesbury, Edith, and I'd love to be at your book launch in May, if only I weren't going to be in Bern. As for favorite historical buildings, I live a ten-minute walk from a medieval city, so I have a surplus of choices! But I do have a favorite--the Münster, a magnificent Gothic church built in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. KimHaysBernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02726133115831908758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-77130517996757274472023-04-19T20:24:51.807-04:002023-04-19T20:24:51.807-04:00Wow, Edith, what a fun photographic tour! I love s...Wow, Edith, what a fun photographic tour! I love seeing the places where stories are set.Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-60516619766380583922023-04-19T20:01:38.003-04:002023-04-19T20:01:38.003-04:00Good luck!Good luck!Edith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-80401581583521261692023-04-19T20:01:22.767-04:002023-04-19T20:01:22.767-04:00Thank you so much, Sally. Where is that mansion?Thank you so much, Sally. Where is that mansion?Edith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-77197716822906023612023-04-19T18:32:24.092-04:002023-04-19T18:32:24.092-04:00Congratulations on your book of short stories. Th...Congratulations on your book of short stories. Thanks for the chance to win it!Linda Heroldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09988385643154235201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-75738266406078804542023-04-19T18:02:00.510-04:002023-04-19T18:02:00.510-04:00I love all of your books and read a few of the sho...I love all of your books and read a few of the short stories. I would like to read the rest. When I traveled, seeing historic places was a big part of the attraction for me. My senior club may tour the John Harris Mansion this summer. I've seen the Alamo, various presidents' houses but not the house of our city's founder. I don't have a favorite. All were very interesting.Sally from PAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649707016754971847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-7378182631941511962023-04-19T17:43:24.903-04:002023-04-19T17:43:24.903-04:00Ya can't beat research! And thanks, Jenn.Ya can't beat research! And thanks, Jenn.Edith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-66700290478911039592023-04-19T17:36:49.196-04:002023-04-19T17:36:49.196-04:00Fascinating, Edith. I do think my fave part is the...Fascinating, Edith. I do think my fave part is the research. Congrats on your short story collection!Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-47591802242983097762023-04-19T16:12:34.365-04:002023-04-19T16:12:34.365-04:00Thank you, Pat. I just drifted east, with five yea...Thank you, Pat. I just drifted east, with five years in southern Indiana earning a now-dusty doctorate in linguistics, and then I landed a post-doctoral fellowship at MIT in 1982. I just never left the Commonwealth to live elsewhere permanently.Edith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-27130141702160336932023-04-19T16:03:51.368-04:002023-04-19T16:03:51.368-04:00Edith, I am already a fan of yours through your al...Edith, I am already a fan of yours through your alter ego, Maddie Day’s Country Store Mysteries. Congratulations on your new release which I look forward to reading! <br /><br />Having been a history major in college, I love visiting all kinds of places (Civil War battlefields, DC monuments and memorials, California missions) and don’t have a single favorite. But I do have a question for you Edith: how did you get from your youth in the Los Angeles area to Massachusetts? —Pat S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-60732443633669104872023-04-19T14:40:04.316-04:002023-04-19T14:40:04.316-04:00That is chilling, Kathy. I was delighted you loved...That is chilling, Kathy. I was delighted you loved my collection - what a great review you wrote. Thank you!Edith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-28868330870802652122023-04-19T14:38:02.869-04:002023-04-19T14:38:02.869-04:00Thank you, Julia! Our house (which is the house Ro...Thank you, Julia! Our house (which is the house Rose lives in) is 140 years old, and in Ipswich our house was built in 1718. Treasures.Edith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-52803545181672945192023-04-19T14:36:44.025-04:002023-04-19T14:36:44.025-04:00Very cool, Libby!Very cool, Libby!Edith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-91694178806350805192023-04-19T14:25:09.816-04:002023-04-19T14:25:09.816-04:00Edith, congratulations on the new short story coll...Edith, congratulations on the new short story collection, and you already know that I thoroughly enjoyed it from my review. Each one of the stories gives readers a full, satisfying, and complete story to engage in. I'm rather in awe of how much you can do in a short amount of time in a short story. But, it's a talent for sure. Thanks for the pictures of Amesbury. I love historical towns.<br /><br />One place where I feel the presence of history surround me is on a battlefield. Gettysburg, Bull Run/Manassas, Fredericksburg, and Perryville (in Kentucky) are all Civil War battlefields I've stood on and closed my eyes feeling the lives lost. The Battle of Blue Licks site in Kentucky is contained within the Blue Licks State Park, close to where I grew up. It's considered the last battle of the American Revolution. The battle actually occurred ten months after Cornwallis surrendered and was won by the Loyalists (around 50 Loyalists and 300 Native Americans) versus 182 Kentucky militiamen). Growing up I visited the park, and I remember that from a teenager I'd look at the names on the monument and wonder about the men who lost their lives that day. <br /><br />Visiting historical places around D.C. was a favorite part of my husband being at the Pentagon for two years. I especially liked the lesser known or visited places, like the Mary Surratt house/tavern in Clinton, Maryland. Mary was one of four people hanged for conspiracy in the assassination of President Lincoln, and she was the first woman executed in the United States. While Mary lived in D.C. at the boarding house she owned during the time of the assassination, she had arranged for guns to be available at the Clinton tavern for John Wilkes Booth when he stopped there after he killed the President. The tavern was his first stop after his dastardly deed, and the guns were there waiting for him. I got to see the hiding place where the guns were kept, and it was chilling to think of that very place having been there all that time ago and being a moment in history. Kathy Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004247271452356577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-11511513644871488992023-04-19T13:24:22.067-04:002023-04-19T13:24:22.067-04:00Congratulations on the release of A QUESTIONABLE D...Congratulations on the release of A QUESTIONABLE DEATH, Edith! I love all the photos of historical places that still bear witness to the past today. You remind me of one of the reasons I love living in New England (in my own 200 year old farmhouse!) Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553268569509053159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-5561690912064129872023-04-19T13:14:30.505-04:002023-04-19T13:14:30.505-04:00I went to college at Bucknell University in Lewisb...I went to college at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA I attended Quaker meeting there. One of the regular attendees was Euell Gibbons. Sunday meetings were an informative time.Libby Doddnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-15371763012196407862023-04-19T12:48:25.314-04:002023-04-19T12:48:25.314-04:00You are welcome, Mark!You are welcome, Mark!Edith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-39554326811371585122023-04-19T12:48:02.909-04:002023-04-19T12:48:02.909-04:00It is very exciting and dangerous, and it also pow...It is very exciting and dangerous, and it also powered Mills for a couple of centuries.Edith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-29631777058619547272023-04-19T12:47:35.286-04:002023-04-19T12:47:35.286-04:00I have still never been there, Hank. It's on m...I have still never been there, Hank. It's on my list!Edith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-75237912982113115732023-04-19T12:18:54.271-04:002023-04-19T12:18:54.271-04:00Thanks for the tour of the real places. Congrats ...Thanks for the tour of the real places. Congrats on the collection!Mark Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567392254011373198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-51091937196625834972023-04-19T12:02:20.062-04:002023-04-19T12:02:20.062-04:00Congratulations on your new collection! Thank you ...Congratulations on your new collection! Thank you for the photos. The area around the Powow River falls may not be lush with greenery but the white water from the spring run off looks exciting and dangerous. Rhonda Lanehttps://rhondalane.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-84575398499554000892023-04-19T11:58:29.927-04:002023-04-19T11:58:29.927-04:00I love Edith Wharton's The Mount, in Lenox. Fu...I love Edith Wharton's The Mount, in Lenox. Full of wonderful ghosts. And inspiration.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-73244377584623219362023-04-19T11:57:42.563-04:002023-04-19T11:57:42.563-04:00Sometimes Blogger is cranky! It happens. They are ...Sometimes Blogger is cranky! It happens. They are all back now! Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.com