Chantel 4 Minute Read Just over two years ago, Scott and I hiked to a beautiful waterfall here in Tennessee and sat up together under the trees — talking, soaking up the view, and enjoying being together again at long last. It was then that Scott put into words what our hearts had been saying for a while, and…
Elisabeth Allen 6 Minute Read Once upon a time, I greeted every new morning with a bright rendition of a song I learned way back when I was tiny: “Good morning, good morning, good morning, it’s time to rise and shine!”
Not only was it time to rise and shine, but I was ready to rise and shine. Not now. Now my first words are usually, “Oh … I’m sorry, but I’m tired, Lord.”
Chantel 4 Minute Read I have a confession to make. I was 22 years old before I read Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women from cover to cover. Then I wished I’d read it years before. I’m not even sure how I didn’t manage to read it sooner. Of course, I’d heard enough about over the years. I read about Louisa…
Ashleigh Baker 5 Minute Read “So… what do you do?” The question has been presented in various forms over the two years John and I have been married. I heard it again last weekend at the wedding we attended. Before I answer, I ask myself, what do I do? Thinking over my days I remember the many little things that…
Lanier Ivester 4 Minute Read It’s the day before Thanksgiving. One of my very favorite days in the whole year. My kitchen, like so many others across the country (and around the world—I have friends in England, France and Sarajevo celebrating this year) is a scene of happy industry, the loved and familiar scents of sweet potatoes and simmering cranberry…
Jeannie Pederson 4 Minute Read Tuesday morning, 8 am. It’s pouring down rain, and I mean buckets. Little rivers of water are running down the driveway. I can’t complain, because we’ve been praying for rain for weeks, but it is Farmer’s Market day, and none of the produce is picked yet. Not only is it hard to harvest lettuce in…
Gretchen Louise 3 Minute Read “Too many women jump to some rather unfortunate conclusions when it comes to the concept of homemaking. They seem to associate it solely with child-raising, forgetting that in his divine order the Lord calls us to be wives before He calls us to be mothers. It is a wonderful thing to encourage women to be…
Lanier Ivester 3 Minute Read Here are some simple ideas for making the ceremony of afternoon tea a special occasion. Homemade scones, or ones from the bakery, are delicious served with fresh strawberry jam and a dollop or two of this decadent cream. Mock Devonshire Cream: Whip ½ cup heavy cream with 2 Tablespoons powdered sugar till stiff peaks form….
Lanier Ivester 2 Minute Read It’s deliciously cloudy out–and suitably chilly–and I’m relishing to the prospect of a day in my kitchen full of happy bustle and preparation for Thanksgiving. We’ll be going to my parents’ tomorrow, and we’re looking forward to a day on the farm with Philip’s family on Friday. But today is ‘at home’ day and I…
Lanier Ivester 1 minute I love summer! I love the cool, still mornings, the firefly-lit gloamings, and even–most of the time–the long, hot afternoons which give us Southern girls the ‘dewy look’. 😉 Here are two of my favorite ways to cool off that lend an air of celebration to an ordinary summer day: Here’s one that people either…
Lanier Ivester 2 Minute Read We have a big flowering cherry in our backyard that dazzles us each spring with its profusion of pink blooms. I’ve been monitoring its progress in recent weeks, from bare twigs to buds to tightly-furled blossoms. It seems now as if the slightest breath of a south wind would cause it to burst into life…
Lanier Ivester 3 Minute Read I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Day after day of dour February weather makes me sullen and cross. I hardly realize it’s…
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