I sit beside the fire and think
Of all that I have seen,
Of meadow-flowers and butterflies
In summers that have been;
Of yellow leaves and gossamer
In autumns that there were,
With morning mist and silver sun
And wind upon my hair.
I sit beside the fire and think
Of how the world will be
When winter comes without a spring
That I shall never [...]

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With a “Happy Belated Valentine’s Day” to you all!

Favorite Jane Austen Novel:
Pride and Prejudice

Favorite Jane Austen Movie:
Pride and Prejudice, 1995 A&E version

Favorite Jane Austen Hero and Heroine:
Henry Tilney and Catherine Morland from Northanger Abbey

[One of My] Favorite Jane Austen Quote[s]:

“Elizabeth, on her side, had much to do. She wanted to ascertain the feelings of [...]

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Shannon from “A Maiden’s Musings” (one of my very favorite blogs, by the way) has “tagged” me, inviting me to participate in a book meme. I’ve never been tagged before, so this will be a new experience — and a pleasant one, considering the subject matter!
Who is your all-time favorite author and why?
“All-time” seems to [...]

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Young Girl Writes on Paper with a Pencil

The best style of writing, as well as the most forcible, is the plainest.
- Horace Greeley
Ye who write, choose a subject suited to your abilities.
- Horace
We have some writers so abstruse and deep that they drown themselves in their fathomless sentences.
- H. W. Shaw
To be accurate, write; to [...]

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Reading in the Morning Light by Carl Holose

There is creative reading as well as creative writing. - Emerson
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. - Burke
How well he is read, to reason against reading! - Shakespeare
Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings. - Longfellow
‘T [...]

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In looking through my many journals and spiral-bound notebooks, I find, here and there, scattered amidst the sporadic story ideas and sketches of “pretty girls”, a list of my “Favorite Books”. Why I wrote these lists, I don’t know. Nobody but I ever read them. But [...]

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