by Lanier Ivester | Dec 28, 2005 | Journal Entries
“But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.” Luke 2:19 My...
by Lanier Ivester | Dec 23, 2005 | Journal Entries
"Many merry Christmases, friendships, great accumulation of cheerful recollections, affection on earth, and Heaven at last for all of us!" Charles...
by Lanier Ivester | Dec 21, 2005 | Journal Entries
Through the clear wintry sunshine the bells this morning rang from the gray church tower amid the leafless elms, and up the walk the villagers trooped in their best dresses and their best faces—the latter a little reddened by the sharp wind: mere redness in the...
by Lanier Ivester | Dec 17, 2005 | Journal Entries
A very dear friend of mine has made the distinction this Christmas season between ‘Bustle’ and ‘Huffing About’: the former bearing pleasant connotations of bright-cheeked shoppers and cheerful productivity, and the latter something quite...
by Pip and Wemmick | Dec 11, 2005 | Journal Entries
Mamma has been so busy around here that she hasn’t had time to post, so we thought we’d just pop in and let you know what she’s been up to. The house is full of wonderful smells, and there’s greenery and ribbons everywhere for us...