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 [...]

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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. [...]

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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” [...]

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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. [...]

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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 [...]

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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 I just like making lists! And from what I’ve [...]

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