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“If I had a rose for every time I thought of you, I’d be picking roses for a lifetime.” –An Old Swedish Proverb I had fun sharing some Valentine stories on Sunday and I have just a few more to share today. Then I will share my own “how we met” story. First Betty found her special Valentine at a young …
“To love at all is to be vulnerable.” ~C.S.Lewis One of my favorite secondary characters in Along a Storied Trail is definitely Perdita Sweet or Aunt Perdy as most of the mountain people in the story called her even if as she said, she wasn’t an aunt to any of them. She was as prickly as a cockleburr and seemed to enjoy …
The rose is red, the violet’s blue, The honey’s sweet, and so are you. Thou are my love and I am thine; I drew thee to my Valentine: The lot was cast and then I drew, And Fortune said it shou’d be you. (From Gammer Gurton’s Garland, a 1784 collection of English nursery rhymes) I always have fun when I …
I enjoy celebrating Valentine’s Day. It’s a nice way to say you’re thinking about your family, someone special, or dear friends. ~Camila Alves Perhaps romance is in the air on this Valentine’s Day. Perhaps it’s just family love or fun with friends. Perhaps this is just another day to you. Or an excuse to eat a little chocolate and bring …
Romance will be in the air this week with Valentine’s Day on Thursday. People will be searching for cards with hearts and guys will be carrying flowers and candy to their sweethearts. But do you know the origin of Valentine’s Day? Actually there are several different legends, but I like this one. Long, long ago, around 268 A.D. in the …
I have found that if you love life, life will love you back. ~Arthur Rubinstein Happy Valentine’s Day! Facebook today has been filled with pictures of flowers and candy and cards as many have shared their romantic gifts. Such fun to see so many happy posts. But some people don’t like Valentine’s Day because it makes them feel lonely. Perhaps …
February 1, 1966 Jocie Brook here reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky. I’ll have to keep Dad from seeing that headline. He would sit me down and give me a long talk about hating any day. He’d tell me that every day was a gift from the Lord and one to be glad to face. He would say he learned how precious …
On Valentine’s Day I sent out a newsletter with a Happy Valentine’s wish and a giveaway contest. To enter readers sent me an e-mail. (The contest is still open and if you haven’t entered, you still can by sending that e-mail or leaving a comment here saying you’d like to throw your name in my giveaway drawing hat. Deadline for …
Happy Valentine’s Weekend! Here’s a natural valentine I spotted on one of my walks some time last year. I’ve been saving it for this day. A day late, I know, but we can celebrate love any day, can’t we? As far as I know, nobody carved this heart in this tree. It just happened. A gift of nature. But then …
February 17, 1965 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky three days after Valentine’s Day. It’s been snowing and snowing. That’s given me lots of time to think about all the different kinds of love and back to some of the things that happened in those Heart of Hollyhill books I’m in. You know it’s funny that last Hollyhill …