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There’s a part near the beginning of C. S. Lewis’s Perelandra in which the narrator speaks of the terror which the word “haunted” inspires:
“Haunted”…”haunting”…what a quality there is in that first syllable! Would not a child who had never heard the word before and did not know its meaning shudder at the mere sound if, [...]

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Two “home work” assignments completed today: 1. Help Mom freeze corn; 2. Bake bread.

Delicious sweet corn! Mom did the shucking and boiling, while I cut the kernels from the cobs. We froze it in four-quart zip-lock bags, ready to pull out next January for a little reminder of summertime.

Oh, the smell of homemade bread, just [...]

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