Glory in the highest, peace on earth!
Let your voices ring;
Sing about the blessed Savior’s birth–
He is Lord and King.
Bringing light and gladness, peace, good cheer,
To earth’s lonely dells;
Over all the land today we hear,
Merry Christmas bells!
- From the hymn, Listen to the Bells

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Not one, but two blog awards have been given to me by young women from whom I feel honored to receive them.

Emme, from Songs I Sing, presented me with this “Silver Linings” (i.e., “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!”) award. Thank you, Emme! I enjoy your blog very much, indeed. It never fails to [...]

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Nearly two weeks ago, I was tagged by Caroline from Standing in the Sunlight in a game of, uhh… let me count ‘em… Seventeen Questions! I’m breaking the official tagging-game “Rules” by not tagging any new friends (seeing as most of my friends have been tagged already), but the questions were just too [...]

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The Bible stands like a rock undaunted,
‘Mid the raging storms of time;
Its pages burn with the truth eternal,
And they glow with a light sublime.
The Bible stands, though the hills may tumble,
It will firmly stand when the earth shall crumble;
I will plant my feet in its firm foundation –
For the Bible stands!
– from the hymn, The [...]

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Nearly two weeks have slipped by without my making a single entry in my weblog. This calls for some sort of explanation, doesn’t it? My face takes on a martyr-like expression, my voice employs a wheedling tone, and I begin…
… “Well, I have been very busy lately!” …

…Getting in my exercise, ice-skating on Midge Lake…

…Attending [...]

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Laurie: “What do those girls do all day long?”
Mr. Brooke: “Over the mysteries of female life there is drawn a veil best left undisturbed.”

from the film, Little Women

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