The Old-Time Family It makes me smile to hear ’em tell each other nowadays The burdens they are bearing, with a child or two to raise. Of course the cost of living has gone soaring to the sky And our kids are wearing garments that my parents couldn’t buy. Now my father wasn’t wealthy, but […]
“In the embrace of spring, apple blossoms bloom like whispers of hope.” ~ Anonymous “And it has an old apple tree by the pond,” I remember my husband saying over the phone, as he described our new to us property on Prince Edward Island. He had taken a two day drive to visit the […]
“Laura returned to the front room… She knew it must be the pantry door, but she stood in surprise and then in delight, looking at the pantry. All one wall was covered with shelves and drawers, and a broad shelf was under a large window at the pantry’s far end… One whole wall was […]
“It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.” ~ Louisa May Alcott It’s wonderful to be at home! Do you feel the same way? I have come to love and adore the common, ordinary ways of a simple life. Sitting in my cozy kitchen, I can […]
“Give me a match, Charles, please,” Ma said. She lighted the taper tip of the button lamp. A tiny flame flickered and grew stronger. It burned steadily, melting the axle grease and drawing it up through the cloth into itself, keeping itself alight by burning. The little flame was like the flame of a […]
