Category Archives: Around the Home

A Fine Winter

“Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful ev’ning in.” -The Task: The Winter Evening/William Cowper   […]

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Clear & Frosty

“The night was clear and frosty, all ebony of shadow and silver of snowy slope; big stars were shining over the silent fields; here and there the dark pointed first stood up with snow powdering their branches and the wind whistling through them.” –Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery   And just like that … […]

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The Kitchen: A Sacred Place

A true home is one of the most sacred of places. It is a sanctuary into which men flee from the world’s perils and alarms. It is a resting-place to which at close of day the weary retire to gather new strength for the battle and toils of tomorrow. It is the place where love […]

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Noble {Man} Chores

“Labour, honest labour, is mighty and beautiful. Luxuries and conquests are the result of labour; we can imagine nothing without it. The noblest man of earth is he who puts his hands cheerfully and proudly to honest labour. Labour is a business and ordinance of God. Labour pities you, proud fool, and laughs you to […]

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Plenty to be Thankful For

“As the years pass, I am coming more and more to understand that it is the common, everyday blessings of our common everyday lives for which we should be particularly grateful. They are the things that fill our lives with comfort and our hearts with gladness — just the pure air to breathe and the […]

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