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Heart, have no pity on this house of bone: Shake it with dancing, break it down with joy. No man holds mortgage on it; it is your own; To give, to sell at auction, to destroy. ~ Sonnet 29 from Fatal Interview Those four lines of poetry are the best ever written, in House Crazy... Continue Reading →
This very old Concord Massachusetts dwelling named Orchard House has a literary history indeed. The widely beloved book Little Women was written here! The fictional characters of Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March were partly based on author Louisa May Alcott's real-life family and the setting was based on Orchard House, her family home. In... Continue Reading →
There's just something creepy about a Poe-boy. And where he once lived. Edgar Allan Poe was known for his literary mastery of the macabre and his contribution to the mystery/detective genre through his terrifying short stories and poems. He lived in various east coast cities throughout his lifetime including Boston, Richmond, Philadelphia, and New York.... Continue Reading →
Word on the Water is a floating bookstore built on a vintage 1920's Dutch barge. You can find it moored in various places in London, most recently in Regents Canal in King's Cross. This novel idea was brought to fruition in 2011 by book loving creatives Paddy Screech and Jon Privett. Even if you don't... Continue Reading →
Have you heard the big news? Stephen and Tabitha King will be turning their infamous creepy Victorian home in Bangor, Maine into an archive and writer's retreat! This is bittersweet news for House Crazy Sarah because she has always loved the idea of Stephen King typing away frenetically in his attic office behind that ghoulish... Continue Reading →
An antique barn filled with vintage books? Why yes, my friends, there exists such a fairy-tale place! Baldwin's Book Barn is located in the enchanting Brandywine Valley area of historic Chester County, Pennsylvania. And this place is the unicorn of all book lover's fantasies! It looks like a movie set, but this place is the real... Continue Reading →
House Crazy Sarah visited the homeland (Canada) a couple weeks ago and she's already homesick 🙁 It was a quick visit so she didn't get to make her usual pilgrimage to St. Joe's Island, about an hour from her hometown. St. Joseph Island, Ontario, as it's officially called, is a large island in the northwestern... Continue Reading →
House Crazy Sarah is obsessed with writer's houses. And they don't have to be big fancy ones either. In fact, her favorite kind are the tiny cottages where writers hole up in smoky stupors creating works of genius, like this cozy studio once owned by the famed American author John Steinbeck (The Grapes of Wrath).... Continue Reading →
Look at this charming little place that House Crazy Sarah stumbled upon on the interwebs! This distinguished book selling establishment pays homage to the late writer Edgar Allan Poe, master of the creepy and macabre. Don't his eyes just pierce your mortal soul!? Anyway, NeverMore Books is located in the quaint antebellum coastal town of... Continue Reading →
