Christmas Past...the Written Word

'Tis the season to see how Christmas was done long ago in magazines...From "The Ladies World" magazine, December 1896 and 1905.

Cowboy Up!

My little Boo has been struggling when it comes time to leave for his new Early Intervention Preschool. On Friday, after just two weeks, he put on a happy face and ran to his teachers joyfully. I am so proud and I also need to learn from his courage!



"Courage is being scared to death - and saddling up anyway."
- John Wayne

Seeking Hope

I am just having one of those days....




"Hope" is the thing with feathers
by Emily Dickinson


Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,

And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.

I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.

Fall Snapshots from the Australian Bush

I took the little Boo out to the NASA Deep Space Center here in Australia. It was a beautiful drive because Autumn has arrived.

Skipped the Dishes

“The women one meets - what are they but books one has already read? You're a library of the unknown, the uncut. Upon my word I've a subscription.” 

― Henry James, The Wings of the Dove

Instead of cleaning while my little boy napped, I watched a beautiful film, "The Wings of the Dove. It is definitely worth having the house remain messy for awhile. I think I loved it for the costumes and for the memories it brought me of being in Venice when I was a little girl.

After watching period films, I definitely think that fashion has NOT progressed but regressed into something rather uninspired.

The Charm of a Doll

"Dolls ought to be intimate friends."
- Sara, from "A Little Princess"

I am surrounded by all things boy. The theme of our home is Star Wars. I decided to be crafty this month and create a new arch nemesis for Darth Vader.

Hints of Easter

While the Fall weather is upon us in the Australian Capital Territory, I am striving to bring Easter indoors.