In 1962, a reporter from the Providence Journal named Neil Oldham visited Block Island to interview an 80-year-old sage of the birding world named Miss Elizabeth Dickens. His journey commenced in the declining city of Providence, R.I. The.
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One of Edie Blane’s many roles on Block Island was that of an early-on telephone switchboard operator. Photo courtesy of George Mott.
“Bound by Blue: A life on Block Island,” a film by Katherine Reaves, presents the life of Edith “Edie” Littlefield Blane through personal narration, capturing Edie’s passion, spirit, and love of Block Island. The film premiered on YouTube on April 13, 2021, which also happened to be
Edie’s birthday.
Ms. Blane begins her story with her birth, off island in the Norwalk hospital. Her father and his fishing boat quickly rectified that, however. Within weeks, Edie was on her way home to Block Island, a six-hour trip in those days on her father’s boat, the