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Archive for September, 2005

A Word from Gene Stratton-Porter

"When I think of the life that we are leading, of the uses to which we have put the bounty provided for us by the Almighty, when I think of the greed and the lust and the selfishness that is crowding everything that is high and holy and delicate, that is kind and loving […]

An Update

This is just to say that I have been updating my site over the past few days, including both the Gallery and Music pages.  Look for more to come in Stories soon…Also, I have added a ‘Contact’ page.  Any comments will be forwarded to me via email.  I prefer real paper letters as a general […]

Farewell to Summer

Aren’t you bursting with butterflies on the fourth of September?Like you’ll have to get on the bus in your tartan  dress, with your lunch box.Though your body is twenty-nine. Though your  mind is an old thing.
Karen Peris Beginning the World
Philip and I had a bonfire last night. The unbearable humidity has given way to […]

Maud Hart Lovelace

Anyone who has loved Maud Hart Lovelace’s ‘Betsy-Tacy’ series will no doubt be delighted to learn that these books were basely almost entirely on her very happy girlhood in a small Minnesota town at the turn of the last century.  Maud grew up in a loving and supportive family that encouraged her in her dreams […]