CMP Review 2025-02-05

February 5, 2025

It might not surprise you that Edith Holden, author of The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady, was homeschooled.

There were seven children in the Holden household, five girls and two boys, with the girls all educated at home by their mother. Four of the girls went on to study and work in the arts. In my latest reading of Edith’s nature journal (granted, I usually just look at her beautiful watercolor illustrations), tucked between Shakespeare and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, I found an original poem by Edith’s sister, Effie Margaret Holden!

Turn audio on to hear “A Song of Salutation” by poet E. M. Holden.

@rbaburina