A stormy night, the mysterious death of a bitter old man, and an estranged granddaughter arrested for murder—thus the stage is set for one of Augusta Evan’s most thrilling tales. The spell cast upon the prosecuting attorney by the marble-featured Beryl Brentano, who proclaims her innocence with righteous tenacity and a feminine swoon or two, […]
Okay, I never do these…but this was a personality test that I just couldn’t resist!
"Which Jane Austen Character Are You?"
Here is my very predictable result…
Feel free to leave a comment and let me know ‘who’ you are!
Every year or so my husband reads Thoreau’s Walden again. Last Christmas I tucked a pocket version in his stocking, and I honestly think that it was his favorite gift. He keeps it by his chair in the den; I love to see him come in from a long day and an embattled […]
I would like to take this opportunity to promote this wonderful and well-written magazine. Articles range from techniques of creative writing to explorations of great literature to short stories submitted by subscribers. I have been very impressed by the integrity of this publication and would not hesitate to recommend it to book lovers […]
Two more pieces have been added to the Stories category:
As Strong as Death …A sob caught in her throat and she rose, trembling. There was a reason she had kept that chest of memory so tightly locked all these years. It was a Pandora’s Box, full of things she couldn’t bear. And now that […]
Those who know me best would never label me a ‘big camper’–that is, until the Airstream came along…
Here is a little story about our summer vacation with my sister and her husband…
I believe that if my husband and I were limited to one choice of music for the rest of our lives that choice would unequivocally rest on The Innocence Mission. We have very broad musical tastes: 1960’s samba, early English church music, Mozart and Tchaikovsky, classic bluegrass, and a hundred things in between. But nothing […]
The leaves are falling from the walnuts in the backyard today in showers of pale gold; I like it that they shed their raiment before the other trees–it only heightens the sense of anticipation abroad. And though the temperature will undoubtedly top 85 later on, early this morning I caught the unmistakable sweetness of woodsy […]
Kilmeny looked up with a lovely grace,
But nae smile was seen on Kilmeny’s face:
As still was her look and as still was her ee,
As the stillness that lay on the emerant lea,
Or the mist that sleeps on a waveless sea.
I had been in the book stall at our local antique market for over […]
What imaginative girl has not been captivated by the works of Lucy Maud Montgomery? With a loving eye and a ready pen she gave to the world a tiny island off the coast of New Brunswick and a little band of girl heroines that have delighted the souls of ‘kindred spirits’ the world over. How […]