by Lanier Ivester | Dec 20, 2017 | Farm Life, Journal Entries
Dear Ones, Just popping in on this early December morning to say that I haven’t forgotten about the newsletter! I’ve been working away on the first installment (which includes a brief history of our house) in the few spare moments this phase of the...
by Lanier Ivester | Nov 23, 2017 | Farm Life, Journal Entries
It’s a most unusual Thanksgiving. Instead of the typical flurry of preparation, I spent the morning scouring the internet for antique slag glass lamps (I’m obsessed) and historic wallpaper patterns. Afterwards, a leisurely ramble through the pasture with the animals,...
by Lanier Ivester | Nov 7, 2017 | Farm Life, Journal Entries
October 26, 2017 Five months ago this night I innocently threw a load of sheets and towels in the dryer, and the next thing I knew, my house was in flames. “Contents fire,” the forensics experts agreed, with clinical detachment. In other words, they had no idea what...
by Lanier Ivester | Aug 27, 2017 | Journal Entries, Uncategorized
This is the year, with fallen faces, we learn we’re not enough, This is the year to hold each other up. ~Eric Peters, “The New Year” The first two weeks after the fire are a total blur to me now. If it weren’t for the incoherent—almost...
by Lanier Ivester | Jul 19, 2017 | Journal Entries
Dear Friends, In purely musical terms, a burden is a good thing: a continual refrain rounding up and affirming the essence of a song. And if the song embedded in this season of life is a bit difficult for me to make out at times, the burden is unmistakable: thank you....
