by Lanier Ivester | Dec 30, 2015 | Journal Entries
I’ve been looking forward to this day all year long. After a blessed week of merrymaking with my loved ones, of comings and goings, of a constantly running dishwasher and overflowing rooms, of precious family and friends-like-family under my roof and gathered around...
by Lanier Ivester | Dec 19, 2015 | Farm Life, Journal Entries
I am so sick of death. It’s been a year of bereavement. Even before Daddy died we were mourning the cruel progress of disease, hearts fainting before the horrors of each new stage. There were bright moments of sweetness and light, to be sure, little triumphs of love...
by Lanier Ivester | Dec 15, 2015 | Journal Entries
It is my great pleasure to announce that the winner of “The Art of Tasha Tudor” giveaway is none other than… Elyce Westby! Congratulations, Elyce! If you will send me your mailing address via the Contact Form on the web journal or the bookshop, or a...
by Lanier Ivester | Dec 10, 2015 | Journal Entries
I have such happy news today: after weeks of work (mostly on my husband’s part), the Bookshop has received a massive update and overhaul! I am so excited to introduce all the changes we’ve made. One request I’ve consistently heard over the five years since I launched...
by Lanier Ivester | Nov 20, 2015 | Journal Entries
I appropriated Daddy’s old hunting jacket for my barn coat. It still smells like him; every time I put it on it’s like he’s putting his arms around me. Some days, this fills me with a warm, gentle joy; others, it makes me want to pound my fists and rail against death....
