A Brontë Pilgrimage

A couple of weeks ago, I lived my dream of visiting the Brontë Parsonage and walking the moors Emily, Charlotte, and Anne walked. It almost didn’t happen. Visiting this sacred literary site has always been number one on my bucket list. I finally got a trip to England on the books, with a weekend in Haworth (home to the Brontës) sandwiched between days in London. … Continue reading A Brontë Pilgrimage

Ellen ByronOctober 12, 2026October 12, 202630 Comments

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My parents almost bought “The Gatsby House”

(gratis image courtesy of Pixabay) When I was nine, my parents decided to move from the NYC boroughs to the ‘burbs for a better school system. This is a migration as common to New York as the wildebeast migration is to the plains of East Africa. The search began in a Long Island suburb called Great Neck, which was next to our Queens community, Little … Continue reading My parents almost bought “The Gatsby House”

Ellen ByronMarch 27, 2017August 1, 202038 Comments