Author Archives: Gigi

🌸The Spirit of Creativity: Featuring Handmade {Lovelies} by Lacey 💕

“I still believe that somewhere in the heart of most of us is a little girl who longs to be a lady. I also believe that today’s world is hungering to be transformed by the spirit of femininity. What better antidote for an impersonal and violent society than warm, gentle feminine strength? What better cure […]

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Smile Over the Cradle

“Woe to him who smiles not over a cradle, and weeps not over a tomb. He who has never tried the companionship of a little child, has carelessly passed by one of the greatest pleasures of life, as one who passes a rare flower without plucking it or knowing its value. The gleeful laugh of […]

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Donut Day {On the Cookstove}

        “There!” said the lady when all the ingredients were mixed. “Just wait till you taste these doughnuts!” Homer got down from the chair and pushed a button on the machine marked ‘start’. Rings of batter started dropping into the hot fat. After a ring of batter started dropping, it was cooked […]

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Little {Red} Apples

“And I wake up in the morning With my hair down in my eyes and she says hi And I stumble to the breakfast table While the kids are gonna to school goodbye She reaches out and takes my hand And squeezes it and says how you feeling hon And I look across at smiling […]

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Family Ties

    “I do think that families are the most beautiful things in all the world!” ― Louisa May Alcott     With wild winds and drizzling rain, Autumn has entered our lives quite with force this year. We have been working hard to quickly to plant next year’s garlic, close up the garden, put […]

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