At the Emily Dickinson house! I was only there briefly, and didn’t make it in time to take a tour, so I couldn’t go inside, but I was in Amherst for a conference for work, and I couldn’t resist the opportunity to stroll by. I’ll be back one of these days, most definitely.
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Wow! Nice house – no wonder she didn’t want to go out much. π Hope the conference was good, too.
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Lovely! This is one of those author stops I have always wanted to make but not had the chance yet. My favorite is still Jack London’s house (and house remains) in California. I have some weird connection to the place.
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I’ve seen Kafka’s house and L.M. Montgomery’s in Toronto, but I don’t think any others.
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Ooo, I’ll go back with you if you’d like. I’ve never been, and it looks fantastic.
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Litlove — the conference was fine, on student support, so you might have appreciated it too! Yes, the house was quite nice, at least from the outside, and now I really want to walk through it.
Frances — I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to get there, since it’s only two hours away. Jack London’s house sounds great. I really love visiting authors’ houses!
Lilian — Kafka and L.M. Montgomery — two good ones! I’d love to see both. I’ve seen Emerson’s, Hawthorne’s, and Edith Wharton’s in the last year or so. It’s been great fun.
Emily — oh, that would be great. We could probably drag Debby and Chris along as well, and make a big day of it.
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Wow, thanks for the picture. I don’t know how I got the idea that she remained in a modest little house, but I was definitely wrong.
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Such a big house! For some reason I always pictured a small house.
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I’m with Litlove–it looks like a nice, spacious house–I might live a hermit existence there as well! Lovely photo.
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Smithereens — I think the angle of my photo makes it look bigger than it is, but still, it’s definitely not a modest little house. It looks pretty comfortable.
Stefanie — it may not be quite as big as it looks, but it’s hardly a shack either!
Danielle — it does look like a nice place to live. I wonder what the neighborhood looked back in that time. Surely, it was much quieter and less populated. But still, she’s not far from town at all.
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Yikes! Looks like almost two weeks since I checked in. Sounds like you had a good weekend. I think I might prefer not being let in the house. After all, I wouldn’t want to feel like a stalker. π
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Bikkuri — hmmm … I’d like to see the house badly enough, I wouldn’t mind feeling like a stalker in order to do it π
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