tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59173313377678359852024-03-15T21:09:47.673-04:00From The House of EdwardPamela Terry and Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comBlogger763125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-46531848160510887432021-01-20T15:47:00.006-05:002021-01-20T15:50:28.396-05:00Come With Me!<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYyjvEZMTNh6vErJluWfealFGIjCEZ0iaSZDxQJ_AyXz6NW-RDV_43bbSdVhXxXt2CI0uNW_N16qBR0Vi1T-DjQdbWa-sbqmv3c5Vs1wo_LfKE7BYLFc5MD3oeVqVEVZ9eumpYXuNf30U/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="539" data-original-width="352" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYyjvEZMTNh6vErJluWfealFGIjCEZ0iaSZDxQJ_AyXz6NW-RDV_43bbSdVhXxXt2CI0uNW_N16qBR0Vi1T-DjQdbWa-sbqmv3c5Vs1wo_LfKE7BYLFc5MD3oeVqVEVZ9eumpYXuNf30U/w419-h640/Pamela%252BTerry%252B-%252BScotOverlook%252BSized%252BCrop.jpeg" width="419" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Come With Me!</span></b></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As the release date for my new book, </span><a href="http://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/625041/?fbclid=IwAR2WZXuzYd_vh7SmNAFWKppekepMGLTZMPX-5X65x34Y8g64uWzcRby8kVE#nogo" style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #e06666;">The Sweet Taste of Muscadines</span></a><span style="font-family: georgia;">, approaches,</span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> I have moved over to my new website </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="http://www.pamelaterry.net"><span style="color: #e06666;">www.pamelaterry.net</span></a>.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="http://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/625041/?fbclid=IwAR2WZXuzYd_vh7SmNAFWKppekepMGLTZMPX-5X65x34Y8g64uWzcRby8kVE#nogo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="558" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu-8_0qLF7_YMW1U-FMYpe3QlAr3izgLFkEUY29I3ODRinfq3XZiQyT9A_tsf6iabSNtBErPaOdToEt8TXvZ1pO_EOpHq1BOXZNwY4JxMLKKLhVi79ulnDfL9_7GI1fH9bMRkm1zroVP8/w579-h640/Pamela%252BTerry%252B-%252BScotOverlook%252BMiddle%252BBST.jpg" width="579" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Here you can find all the information about the book, </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">any upcoming events, and my monthly letter. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> This blog, which I hold dear, will be archived there and linkable from the website. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Remember, you can also find me... and the dogs... on </span><a href="http://www.instagram.com/pamelaandedward" style="font-family: georgia;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">Instagram</span></a><span style="font-family: georgia;">!</span></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfLLQ3I4r5IZQelwyk9WUxQtEsbDL_fkCvLW7UyDPFKw5fHiOzKNBKD8WLhdqGzbI3hgKy47LnlcB90dQbb5Wfq2uhsaH5xoCPTXXqMwkRZut7xao1muY6QIStv5TG61kTSsU8yhdoTJ0/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="538" data-original-width="365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfLLQ3I4r5IZQelwyk9WUxQtEsbDL_fkCvLW7UyDPFKw5fHiOzKNBKD8WLhdqGzbI3hgKy47LnlcB90dQbb5Wfq2uhsaH5xoCPTXXqMwkRZut7xao1muY6QIStv5TG61kTSsU8yhdoTJ0/w435-h640/Pamela%252BTerry%252B-%252BScotOverlook%252BSized%252Bcopy.jpeg" width="435" /></a></span></div><p></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Much love,</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> and see you soon!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">x,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Pamela</span></p>Pamela Terry and Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-3101690106093343492020-11-10T14:22:00.004-05:002020-11-10T14:28:51.888-05:00Books and Better Days<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAaPZDJ3jnUUr16MB0MyyrZeWdWR16koYxlSHkJkkFGgb1FDX2clg90pSA9FxO3xZszWVybphNb94tFa5sVn8jyTLLtshc533crX6KstnmQtqIIkL6ji-GIrikDsbasJOlTJzoe8gITKk/s640/harold-harvey-on-the-sands.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="640" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAaPZDJ3jnUUr16MB0MyyrZeWdWR16koYxlSHkJkkFGgb1FDX2clg90pSA9FxO3xZszWVybphNb94tFa5sVn8jyTLLtshc533crX6KstnmQtqIIkL6ji-GIrikDsbasJOlTJzoe8gITKk/w640-h432/harold-harvey-on-the-sands.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b><p style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Books and Better Days</span></b></div></b><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The woodman came this morning. The Songwriter helped him arrange a hefty load of logs in a corner of our front porch, and another beneath the eaves behind. This is the same woodman we've used for years, accompanied by the same dog - a big, black fellow we are always warned against approaching, an admonition that is easy to obey. We dread the day that dog won't be found sitting proudly in the front seat of the wood truck, and were happy to see him there again this year, even as we only waved politely from a good distance away.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">There isn't much in life that better signifies security and preparedness that a stack of aged firewood. The knowledge that no matter how harsh the winds of winter blow, the fire inside will still crackle and blaze, and we'll stay warm and safe: that is valuable knowledge indeed. Bring your worst, we are ready.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Throughout this ridiculously difficult year, our hands have consistency been slapped whenever we reached for the usual comforts to lift our wounded spirits. A gathering of friends? No. An escape to a faraway shore? No. Even a head-clearing session at the gym? Nope. And probably most painful of all...a big and bearish hug to squeeze out the worry and the fear? Not a chance. Like so many, I tried to see this time as a gift, a time to write clear and consistent prose, a time to reflect, to grow. But my focus was so often inferior to that of a cricket. Little by little I learned to be a bit kinder to myself, for as we all heard ad infinitum..."these were unusual times".</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The skies seem much clearer since this past Saturday, and as newsman <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eMoCW1Pq54" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Van Jones so eloquently stated on that day</span></a>, so many of us feel like we can breathe again. Hope is palpable on my street, and we have so much to be grateful for, even as we mourn all we have lost. Grace and beauty may may wither in bad weather, but they'll never be stomped out, no matter how big the boots that try, and it was grace and beauty that continue to take my hand to lead me through the past months. Cooking beautiful meals. Perfecting chocolate chip cookie recipes. Taking long, long walks through the changing seasons. Knitting Christmas gifts. Talking to friends. Writing a new story. Watching my new novel begin its journey into the world. And reading...lots and lots of reading...wonderful books.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Here are just a few of the books I've read over the past months, books that brought me knowledge, joy, and laughter. Books that planted a germ of empathy, as all good books do. And books that reminded me of my holy responsibility to work at making the world a better place. I hope you'll find something here to life your spirits. Better days are coming, my friends! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">xx, </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Pamela</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">PS.... I've linked each book to an independent book store across the country.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> They need our support. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> We need them!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.parnassusbooks.net/book/9781571313782" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1325" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAO9HzHTDYjSsjJeendDAtAvgcQEFhdw_cj76lc6_rWge8Gj-GUgPWObGQZljFP0LCGFNSEW1cTg7lUnDhzlWDaJ3UD93hSTYLpxaezzIGCPVrImjd04P7QNfkxg0a_oC4BbyK_k05YK4/s320/91%252Bn8uUe5YL.jpg" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://foxtalebookshoppe.indielite.org/book/9780802148537" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: medium;">And, for pre-order!!</span></b></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> Painting above ON THE SANDS, by Harold Harvey</span><p></p>Pamela Terry and Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-11003269818069235972020-09-11T15:40:00.001-04:002020-09-11T15:40:13.878-04:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK3Owz0NspLNXf5obR8Bhe5gEA-T7KZRm8ju_pwgqdk6mBq9yvg_oLARQtny9kdcr5yLZoPownwyM7iob6rbbINmQkDNly6p7ohoA_oev2WiDWMVTz_VPxXRqtavnwIGtbnkFZB_dmY6o/s1900/01_california_wildfires_cranstonfire_nighttime_sp_002.adapt.1900.1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1266" data-original-width="1900" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK3Owz0NspLNXf5obR8Bhe5gEA-T7KZRm8ju_pwgqdk6mBq9yvg_oLARQtny9kdcr5yLZoPownwyM7iob6rbbINmQkDNly6p7ohoA_oev2WiDWMVTz_VPxXRqtavnwIGtbnkFZB_dmY6o/w625-h416/01_california_wildfires_cranstonfire_nighttime_sp_002.adapt.1900.1.jpg" width="625" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <b> Frogs</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The sweater was red and gold plaid, one of the warmest I owned at the time, and I wore it on September third, the year I turned sixteen. I remember this because it was the second date I had with The Songwriter, and I was besotted in that unique way that teenage girls can be; we remember everything. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There aren't many roads for a serious relationship to travel at that age; we still had so much living to do, so much life to discover. So we became best friends instead. We'd go out on dates, then call each other up when those dates were over to run down to the all night record store together. That was when the fun really happened. We'd talk and laugh, neither of us realizing that the foundation for a happy marriage was being built right before our eyes. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> So of course, I remember that sweater. I think I even still have it somewhere. It reminds me of many things: love, and history - youth, and the passing of time. It also leads me back to the sort of autumns we used to know. For today, I cannot even imagine wearing the warmest sweater in my wardrobe on the third day of September.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The old fable tells us if you put a frog into boiling water, he will, understandably, jump out. But if you make him comfortable in a tepid pot, you can slowly turn up the heat until he boils to death. Now, I have no intention of testing that theory, but it's a pretty apt metaphor for the situation in which we sit today.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm not all that old, but I can remember many September mornings on the first day of school when we lined up wearing new corduroy and wool. Crisp air flowed in through open windows as we slept, we'd wake in the night with our noses cold. Winter meant at least one or two good snowfalls, and Easter mornings were chilly and bright. We only ran the air-conditioner occasionally in summertime; if the thermometer hit ninety, we were shocked. If we'd suddenly been placed in the year 2020, like our friend the frog, we'd have looked for a way to jump out. If we'd been shown the future, photographs like the one above from California this week, the horror would have been overwhelming, the fear paralyzing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The disasters have increased slowly, hubris turning up the heat in incremental amounts. The hundred-year floods coming every decade, then nearly every year. Cataclysmic hurricanes no longer rare. We have lost so much time in the past three and a half years as we've watched this administration gleefully rip up every regulation placed by its predecessor as roadblocks to disaster. Beginning with his decision to lead the nation out of the Paris climate accord, the man in the White House has done more to roll back and weaken every environmental law than any president in history. We have been hobbled by ignorance, idiocy, and arrogance to such an extent it is difficult to visualize breaking free of those ancient, calamitous chains.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Like "awesome", the word "devastating" has become so overused in the current parlance it seems to have lost all coherent meaning. There is such a roster of issues in our country at present that meet the requirements for that definition - from the shameless bating of racists, to the 200,000 Americans lost in this pandemic, the severity of which the current president chose to lie about and ridicule even as he knew better. It is difficult to imagine a more appropriate image for our current state than the chilling photo taken this week of the Golden Gate Bridge, its beauty obscured by the flames of a modern-day hell.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I doubt I'll live to see another autumn like the ones we used to know. Perhaps none of us will. But maybe, just maybe, it doesn't have to get worse. Maybe, just maybe, there are enough people left who can see the seriousness of this next election and will choose for the children coming up behind us, children who deserve to live in a better world than this, children who will remember sweaters. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Please go to <a href="vote.org" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Vote.org</span> </a>to make certain you are registered to vote. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Make a plan for how you're going to do it, and vote as early as your state allows.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">xx, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Pamela</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Pamela Terry and Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-36354630861487237862020-09-07T13:48:00.000-04:002020-09-07T13:48:10.097-04:00<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: center;"><span> </span></p></blockquote><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghQDoZLYawaoirR7Oc3yYMwOL9Jz_RiMBK1ufcEZbwtYqXtyXlWwwviM27kWygt3iWti0DcO9Y_h4zuTceG1BaKkfmpS-9clBecZzJMxaEVHsp_xkT3BCECRMrppqEf4gJEGLEZjpRjzQ/s450/9780593158456.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="296" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghQDoZLYawaoirR7Oc3yYMwOL9Jz_RiMBK1ufcEZbwtYqXtyXlWwwviM27kWygt3iWti0DcO9Y_h4zuTceG1BaKkfmpS-9clBecZzJMxaEVHsp_xkT3BCECRMrppqEf4gJEGLEZjpRjzQ/w329-h500/9780593158456.jpeg" width="329" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> The Book</span></b></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When a dream is realized you no longer count the hours. Those endless afternoons in a cranny of the library, lost inside a world no one but you is even aware exists, talking to people in your head who seem as real to you as family. And when you emerge from that world to share it with others, you are amazed that they find it as fascinating as you did yourself, amazed that a fabulous agent wants to represent you, amazed that a publisher like Random House wants to publish you. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> </span>You are stunned when you see the beautiful cover. Stunned to see your book up on websites for pre-ordering. Stunned to know that in a few short months, people all over will be able to enter the world you created in the silence of your own imagination. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> </span>But my sweet friends, that is where I am right now. Amazed, stunned and so very grateful. Above is the cover of my new novel, THE SWEET TASTE OF MUSCADINES. You can read more about it at the <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/625041/the-sweet-taste-of-muscadines-by-pamela-terry/"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Random House website</span></a>, and on all bookshop sites. It will be released on March 16, and I pray for a happier, brighter, saner world when that date rolls around. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> </span>I hope to be writing more here soon.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Much Love, </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Pamela</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and Apple, Andrew, George, and The Songwriter... all masked and doing well. xx</span></p></blockquote>Pamela Terry and Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-79088369830375017152020-04-11T17:38:00.000-04:002020-04-11T17:40:08.111-04:00This Easter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Being an April baby, Easter has occasionally coincided with my birthday. This was delightfully confusing when I was a little girl. Bunny rabbits and fancy dresses, birthday cakes and sunrise services, gardenia corsages and presents. All too much to take in properly when I was really small. I soon learned, however, that, in order of priority, my birthday was quite a ways down the ladder of importance from Easter Sunday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I suppose I've been pondering the significance of Easter for the whole of my life. It is the crux of the Christian faith, after all. If Jesus didn't really rise from the dead, the whole thing is pretty much rubbish. As a person of faith, I believe that he did, and this tells me death is something that can ultimately be conquered; that we will live again, just as he did. Even though it's far outside my understanding, that's still where I place my hope.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">to what we often see represented as American Christianity. Those he called Blessed - the meek, the merciful, the poor in spirit, the peacemakers, those who mourn, those who hunger for righteousness - seem to have been cast aside, mocked and deemed weak, and in their place we find the arrogant, ignorant, and mendacious being praised and exalted as never before. At a time when we so dearly need the comfort of faith, the church can seem like the last place in which it can be found.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">But the words of Jesus cannot be drowned out by a louder voice, nor do they fade under a liar's glare. We are seeing them come soaring to life right before our eyes. As he told us in Matthew, "the last shall be first, and the first shall be last". This pandemic is proving that truth in ways we couldn't have imagined. For it is not the celebrated, the over-paid, or the powerful who are holding us together at present. It is the ones so often overlooked, undervalued, and discounted. The grocery worker, the nurse, the sanitation worker, the delivery person, the ambulance driver, the hospital janitor. Those whom many in this country would deem unworthy for a paltry increase in the minimum wage, the ones who don't deserve health care, education, or an affordable place to live, the ones who have to fight for their right to vote are, we see now, worth just as much, or more, than any corporate head. Today, without them, our country would collapse. It is divine truth, uncovered, and set out into the light. The last are first.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This year Easter falls straight down into a grieving, frightened, insecure world. One where we have been forced into silence and solitude. The wonderful writer Arundhati Roy recently called this pandemic "a portal, a gateway between this world and the next". In this time of quiet separation we have the time to ponder what we want to carry with us into this next world. What will we set down? What will we hold tighter? We have a lot of decisions to make. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Long before any of us were walking around, people were sure about many things. The earth was flat. The surest way to cure a migraine was to drill a hole into your head. Evil spirits lived inside brussels sprouts. Women could become infertile if they did too much thinking. And black swans did not exist.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">That last surety was disproven in 1697 when a group of Dutch explorers spied black swans floating along a river in Western Australia. Minds were blown. Certainties were questioned. Knowledge was gained.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Some are calling this moment in time our very own black swan experience. Many things that were so sure and so safe only weeks ago now seem as fragile as dust. Much of what we thought we knew is only a memory now, and we struggle to make sense of this new reality, knowing, even as our brains fight to reject the idea, that things will never be quite the same again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The Songwriter and I are two of the fortunate ones; we already work from home. Our three dogs are simply delighted with all the walks they're getting every single day now. But as my head hits the pillow every night, my thoughts swiftly travel to those wonderful people who own the tiny Mexican restaurant we've been frequenting for decades, the charming couple who own the gem of an inn in the Highlands of Scotland, the tiny bookshop on the tiny street, the dog groomer, the favorite waitress, the bakery owner. There's no getting around it; so many lives are being affected in so many life-altering ways.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Deep in my soul, I have known for awhile that we were heading for change - abrupt and irrevocable change. There was simply too much greed, too much contempt, too much focus on the things that have never mattered. Science was ignored, faith distorted, selfishness applauded, divisiveness engineered. We were due for a reckoning, I suppose. And what we're left with when this all ends - and it will end - will depend on the decency and humanity of every citizen of the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Tribalism is as ancient an idea as some of those insane ones up in that first paragraph. This crisis has revealed that insanity by showing us - in technicolor, in real time - that we live and breathe, suffer and die, together. The videos of Italians singing out from their windows, the doctors dancing together in Iran, the shopkeepers in Georgia opening their stores early so the elderly can shop safely. No one is separate; no one is immune. Our planet is tiny. Perhaps we know that now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>"And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still. And listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently. And the people healed. And, in the absence of people living in ignorant, dangerous, mindless, and heartless ways, the earth began to heal. And when the danger passed, and the people joined together again, they grieved their losses, and made new choices, and dreamed new images, and created new ways to live and heal the earth fully, as they had been healed."</i></span></div>
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Say hello to George!</div>
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I know, I know, three dogs is excessive. But we'd been keeping an eye out for a playmate for our gentle giant, Andrew. Then, without fanfare, an email landed in my inbox last Wednesday with a photograph of this wee chap and the dye was set. Despite many applications for him, we were the lucky ones chosen and now, a mere ten days later, it seems George was always part of the family. Apple finds him amusing, but Andrew plays with him constantly, and the sight of an 103 lb dog playing with a 10.5 lb puppy is entertaining beyond measure. No one knows exactly which breed is dominant is this little fellow, though the vet believes he's primarily a wheaten terrier. He does have pretty big feet, and he's seriously fluffy. More photos of him can be found on my<a href="https://www.instagram.com/pamelaandedward/"><span style="color: #a64d79;"> Instagram page.</span></a> </div>
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Also, work has begun at Random House on the cover of my novel, </div>
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THE SWEET TASTE OF MUSCADINES. </div>
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I'll share a photo when I have it. The release will be January 2021 and it's all very exciting. I am now hard at work on my second book. Three big dogs sleeping under my desk can only help this all-consuming process.</div>
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And finally, yesterday was a brutal day, both for lovers of the US Constitution and an united Europe. The faux impeachment trial of our president and the official onset of Brexit in the UK converged on the same day, a dark alignment of stars that will change the course of both our countries for generations. Unlike US citizens, who have a chance to redirect their disastrous direction at the ballot box in November, those in Britain will have a rougher road. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/opinion/brexit-uk.html"><span style="color: #a64d79;">This editorial</span></a> gracefully expresses the truth and consequences of Brexit.</div>
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And, while I could write my feelings on the events of the week here in my own country, I'll instead turn to two of our founding fathers for their thoughts. There is a reason our constitution has stood strong for 200 years. These men anticipated our current predicament. </div>
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From Alexander Hamilton....<br />
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<i>"The truth unquestionably is, that the only path to a subversion of the republican system of the Country is, by flattering the prejudices of the people, and exciting their jealousies and apprehensions, to throw affairs into confusion, and bring on civil commotion...</i><br />
<i>When a man unprincipled in private life, desperate is his fortune, bold in his temper, possessed of considerable talents, having the advantage of military habits - despotic in his ordinary demeanor - known to have scoffed in private at the principles of liberty - when such a man is seen to mount the hobby horse of popularity - to join in the cry of danger to liberty - to take every opportunity of embarrassing the General Government, bringing it under suspicion - to flatter and fall in with all the non sense of the zealots of the day - It may justly be suspected that his object is to throw things into confusion that he may 'ride the storm and direct the whirlwind.'"</i><br />
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<i> to one whose character is that of a sottish, stupid, stubborn, worthless, brutish man."</i><br />
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Love and Grace to you all.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"I cannot believe it's Christmas again."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Keeping an ear out for interesting conversations cannot, in my opinion, be considered eavesdropping, particulary when those conversations are exchanged in voices loud enough to be heard a couple of lunch tables over - and when the above exclamation was rather gloomily uttered by a woman seated directly behind me, my ears perked up to listen. I couldn't see her, but could easily tell from the river of negativity that flowed through her sentences that the holiday season was not something that in any way made her jolly. For her, this year's calendar appeared to have been bewitched, sped up to an obscene rate for the sole purpose of forcing the festive time upon her much sooner than was expected or desired. Everything about it made her grumpy. The shopping, the baking, the wrapping of gifts. The parties, the dinners, the concerts of carols. "Here is all comes again." And she heaved a laborious sigh.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As I sat sipping my coffee at the table behind her, I couldn't help but grin. For every single thing she mentioned as a trial beyond bearing was just one more thing I was looking forward to with every inch of my being. I love the holiday season. And this year, as every year, it seems to have returned precisely when we need it most.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I suppose that's the wonderful thing about Christmas. It always comes back. No matter the turmoil, no matter the trials, just when we think the days are at their bleakest, here it comes again. The lights, the color, the carols, the warmth. Again. And, again. And, again. It is the yearly reminder that we are loved, and perhaps, more importantly, that we can love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And if there is still some shopping to do...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have followed these two on<span style="color: #a64d79;"> <span style="color: #a64d79;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/pamelaandedward/">Instagram</a></span></span> for a year or more. Their every post makes me happy. Henry was a shy and anxious rescue dog until his adoptive parents adopted Baloo, another rescue, but this time, a cat. These two are closer than brothers now. They warm the heart like nothing else.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Find them on Instagram, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/henrythecoloradodog/"><span style="color: #a64d79;">HERE</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Get, and give, your very own calendar, <a href="https://www.ourwildtails.com/calendar"><span style="color: #a64d79;">HERE</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On an October trip to NYC, I finally made it over to the East Village to John Derian's magical, wonderful shop. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Find it <a href="https://www.johnderian.com/collections/baskets-totes-and-pouches/products/madame-bovary-travel-bag-in-rose-quartz"><span style="color: #a64d79;">HERE</span></a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Songwriter and I have a little game we play every autumn. He wants to turn on the central heating at the first cool breeze, I would wait until January. (Apple and Andrew are on my side, by the way.) He thinks I'm being ridiculous. I'm thinking of my skin. Nothing is more drying than articicial heat. But this stuff has made my argument a little weaker. It's fabulous. Really.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Find it <a href="https://www.drunkelephant.com/collections/moisturizers/products/virgin-marula-luxury-facial-oil"><span style="color: #a64d79;">HERE</span></a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Find it <a href="https://www.zara.com/us/en/textured-weave-coat-p08587496.html?v1=36787251&v2=1281662"><span style="color: #a64d79;">HERE</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cannot wait to read this!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Find it <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062982559/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=frothehouofed-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0062982559&linkId=08634a09cfcdef19cf4bfff6d5505e12"><span style="color: #a64d79;">HERE</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And this is brilliant!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Find it <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0241983681/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=frothehouofed-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0241983681&linkId=6692883a65c758d77e46f5eb3c9b7cfa"><span style="color: #a64d79;">HERE</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I picked up a couple of pairs of these fabulous socks when I was at the gorgeous yarn shop, Shilasdair, on the Isle of Skye in September. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I haven't had them off my feet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Find them <a href="https://shilasdair-yarns.com/product/socks/"><span style="color: #a64d79;">HERE</span></a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Songwriter grabbed this on the Isle of Harris. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> He wears it for every dog walk and even, sometimes, wears it indoors. </span><span style="font-size: large;">(See Number 3 above.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Find it <a href="https://www.harristweedisleofharris.co.uk/index.php/online-shop/harris-tweed-hats-and-caps#!/Trendy-Trapper-Hat-Harris-Tweed/p/129584647/category=4657177"><span style="color: #a64d79;">HERE</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And speaking of dog walking, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">this is the perfect place to hang those leads.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Find it <a href="https://www.reedsmythe.com/product/henry-hook/"><span style="color: #a64d79;">HERE</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As a knitter, I make a beeline for Loop every time I'm in London. But they have more than yarn. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> from Sophie Digard.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Find them <a href="https://www.loopknittingshop.com/c/274/Merino-Wraps-and-Scarves"><span style="color: #a64d79;">HERE</span></a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>from F. A. Steele</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The perfect book for anyone, any age.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For as C. S. Lewis so wisely said:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty, I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A few weeks ago, when I promised to be a more regular presence here on the blog, I mentioned how much more difficult that promise is to keep that it used to be. The world has changed dramatically in the past two and a half years. It seems ridiculous to pretend otherwise. But I vowed to try and post various things, more regularly. Then as I was working on a few ideas for this week, the shootings in El Paso and Dayton occurred and I realized how impossible it is for me to post what I'd planned in the cold light of such tragedy. Anthing I came up with would be so irredeemably trivial it would feel obscene.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There have been 255 mass shootings in the United States so far this year. The current occupant of the Oval Office, along with his champions at Fox News, blames this chiefly on video games and mental illness, never once mentioning the idiocy of a citizenry that is allowed to walk the streets with assault rifles in their hands. While other countries around the world have both video games and mentally ill individuals, their statistics on gun violence reveal these "causes" to be nothing more than what they are: a continued appeasement of an evil and increasingly unhinged gun lobby. And while the occupant of the White House decried white supremacy in his official statement Monday morning, one cannot help by refer back to his shocking behavior during his rallies and the endless rascism contained in his tweets to see how well his knows the language of white supremacy. He uses it freely. When racist websites are gleeful over their "friend in the White House", it is beyond disingenuous to deny the connection. When hateful manifestos of mass murderers echo his own words, the responsibility squats like a poisonous toad on his shoulders.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'll keep trying to write something other than this in later posts. But for now my thoughts are best expressed by an offical letter released last week, before the shootings, by the National Cathedral. It is a rare thing for them to put out such a statement, even rarer as it is addressed to a sitting president. But I'm very grateful they did, and I hope you'll take a few moments to read it.</span></div>
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The escalation of racialized rhetoric from the President of the United States has evoked responses from all si<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">des of the political spectrum. On one side, African American leaders have led the way in rightfully expressing outrage. On the other, those aligned with the President seek to downplay the racial overtones of his attacks, or remain silent. </span></div>
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As faith leaders who serve at Washington National Cathedral ¬– the sacred space where America gathers at moments of national significance – we feel compelled to ask: After two years of President Trump’s words and actions, when will Americans have enough? </div>
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As Americans, we have had such moments before, and as a people we have acted. Events of the last week call to mind a similarly dark period in our history: </div>
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“Until this moment, Senator, I think I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness. … You have done enough. Have you no sense of decency?” </div>
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That was U.S. Army attorney Joseph Welch on June 9, 1954, when he confronted Senator Joseph McCarthy before a live television audience, effectively ending McCarthy’s notorious hold on the nation. Until then, under the guise of ridding the country of Communist infiltration, McCarthy had free rein to say and do whatever he wished. With unbridled speech, he stoked the fears of an anxious nation with lies; destroyed the careers of countless Americans; and bullied into submissive silence anyone who dared criticize him. </div>
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In retrospect, it’s clear that Welch’s question was directed less toward McCarthy and more to the nation as a whole. Had Americans had enough? Where was our sense of decency?</div>
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We have come to accept a level of insult and abuse in political discourse that violates each person’s sacred identity as a child of God. We have come to accept as normal a steady stream of language and accusations coming from the highest office in the land that plays to racist elements in society. </div>
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This week, President Trump crossed another threshold. Not only did he insult a leader in the fight for racial justice and equality for all persons; not only did he savage the nations from which immigrants to this country have come; but now he has condemned the residents of an entire American city. Where will he go from here? </div>
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Make no mistake about it, words matter. And, Mr. Trump’s words are dangerous.</div>
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These words are more than a “dog-whistle.” When such violent dehumanizing words come from the President of the United States, they are a clarion call, and give cover, to white supremacists who consider people of color a sub-human “infestation” in America. They serve as a call to action from those people to keep America great by ridding it of such infestation. Violent words lead to violent actions.</div>
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When does silence become complicity? What will it take for us all to say, with one voice, that we have had enough? The question is less about the president's sense of decency, but of ours. </div>
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As leaders of faith who believe in the sacredness of every single human being, the time for silence is over. We must boldly stand witness against the bigotry, hatred, intolerance, and xenophobia that is hurled at us, especially when it comes from the highest offices of this nation. We must say that this will not be tolerated. To stay silent in the face of such rhetoric is for us to tacitly condone the violence of these words. We are compelled to take every opportunity to oppose the indecency and dehumanization that is racism, whether it comes to us through words or actions.</div>
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There is another moment in our history worth recalling. On January 21, 2017, Washington National Cathedral hosted an interfaith national prayer service, a sacred tradition to honor the peaceful transfer of political power. We prayed for the President and his young Administration to have “wisdom and grace in the exercise of their duties that they may serve all people of this nation, and promote the dignity and freedom of every person.” </div>
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Pamela Terry and Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-8187631460938514542019-07-29T13:17:00.002-04:002019-07-29T13:21:45.984-04:00Too Soon For School... A Summer Book List<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Humans have complained about change for as long as time has been unwinding. I do my best to embrace it, particulary because it's one of the best ways I've discovered to learn, grow, or improve. However, when I run into my local supermarket and find all the familiar aisles have been inexplicably rearranged and I can no longer find the butter, I'm as irritated as the next grump. It's so often the little things that chip away at my sanguinity. When your favorite lipstick is discontinued, when the BBC cancels the one show you really liked, or when Ben Affleck is cast as Batman. Those are the changes that niggle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Children roll with change far better than adults. This is perhaps because they are too young to have become well and truly used to much. For instance, here where I live, school starts this week. On August 1st. There are so many things wrong with this I haven't room to list them all. But for one thing, it's still hot. Blazingly hot. What happens to the beloved tradition of "back to school" clothes shopping, which was, let's face it, the seriously great thing about having to go back to school? How fondly I remember the wool skirts, the sweaters, the plaid. Dress like that this week and you'll find yourself in the emergency room before lunch, half dead with heat stroke. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">When I was a little girl August 1st was the start of our last, most delicious, month of the summer holidays. We always went to the beach in August. When the days were hot and oppressively humid, and it was far too uncomfortable to play outside, all the summer books were pulled out and finally read. September was the start of school; August was the grand finale of summer. Here at The House of Edward, it still is. So even though I'm a little late, here are some great new books to read during summer's last hurrah.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">No one goes to the Shetland Isles by mistake. People don't stop by on the way to someplace else; it's never the destination for a day trip. The ferry takes fourteen hours across seas that are often less than placid and the plane flight, though admittedly shorter, is a wibbly-wobbly affair whose ultimate success is wholly dependent on the whims of the winds. Choose the ferry if you can. Being a romantic, I always feel one should approach a Scottish isle by the sea. True to that conviction, I embarked on my second ferry trip to Shetland in late May, chock-full of Bonine and an almost giddy sense of anticipation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You see, just two days before I sailed away for a week of knitting and hiking, (a divine combination of activities led by the wonderful <a href="http://www.shetlandwooladventures.com/"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Shetland Wool Adventures</span> </a>and one that included copious amounts of chocolate and homemade scones), my literary agent had submitted my novel to twelve of top publishers in the country. Had I been home during this time I would have no doubt checked my email and phone hundreds of times a day, all the while vacillating between hope and despair while I waited. However, as I was in Shetland, a place that feels - and, is - so very far from everything, I didn't really thing about it at all. My days were spent learning from some of the most creative and talented textile artists imaginable and hiking into the some of the island's most glorious scenery. We enjoyed interesting and entertaining conversations, delicious meals, salubrious weather... I even got to hold a lamb! I only had internet at night and was usually too sleepy when I fell into bed after another adventurous, inspiring day to even glance at my phone. I concluded the trip with several sunny days in London and returned home inspired and refreshed, not even dreaming that my life was about to change.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Writing a novel is an all-consuming affair, as evidenced by my sporadic appearances on this blog over the past year or so. I found it impossible to do any other kind of writing whilst I was immersed in the book. Now that it's done, I'm hopeful I can be here a bit more often, though I'll admit, I'm still figuring out what that will look like. To be perfectly candid, in this space I've always written what was on my heart at any given moment, and these days my heart is often heavy. Three years ago a rock was lifted up off parts of my country and lots of ugly things have since crawled out, more of them emerging with each passing tweet. It's impossible not to notice, and difficult to refrain from commenting. I'm one of those people who believe that history has shown us silence is often equated with complicity. But I've always tried to make this blog a honest place of hope and light in the midst of darkness, and even though at present there seems to be more darkness than ever, I'll continue to keep that as my focus whilst I'm here even as I sometimes shine a bit of that light on the more repellent parts of our current culture. There is still love, there is still humor... there are still dogs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Which brings me to Andrew, the big puppy who is now a year old and ninety-four pounds. Andrew is happy all the time. He is not afraid of thunderstorms or fireworks and he has a outsized love of cake. He lavishly adores everyone he meets. His favorite activity is riding in the passenger seat of the car and as he sits up as high as I do we provide lots of hilarity for our fellow drivers whenever we're out and about. He sleeps on my feet every night when I'm knitting and rests his head on my chest when I'm reading in bed, which makes it sometimes challenging to adequately see the pages. If he could sing, he'd sound like Ray Charles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And I'm delighted to say that at fourteen and a half, Apple is going strong. Her hips are sometimes stiff on cold mornings but she still goes for two walks a day and rolls around on her back after she eats to celebrate the feeling of a full tummy. Like any vain and aging Southern Belle, her fur is still jet black though I can verify she's had no help from a salon. She's very zen, very calm and gives off an certain air of wisdom which is, I suppose, what we all hope for in our golden years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">That's the view from here for now. I'll keep you all up to date on the progress of the novel and I sincerely thank you for reading over all these years. Your kindess and affirmation to me as a writer have been an inspiration always and no doubt gave me some of the confidence I needed to attempt this. </span></div>
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Pamela Terry and Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-29853494009310141312019-04-16T13:56:00.000-04:002019-04-16T13:56:05.723-04:00How Similar We All Look<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">When the flame-eaten spire of Notre Dame fell yesterday it caused a pain of grief as sharp as any death. People gathered on the bridges of Paris - staring, singing - strangers made recognizable to one another by the shared shock of unimaginable loss. I myself fought against tears all day long, on another continent, many miles away. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Into a dark night the tentacles of collective heartbreak spread and spiraled out over the civilized world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Notre Dame was a symbol of beauty. We feel its loss most acutely, for as humans, we need such beauty to fully live. Anyone who had stood in the Holy light of Notre Dame has stood in the midst of such beauty and felt the presence of God. And, as the late Irish writer, John </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">O'Donahue, reminds us, "we feel most alive in the presence of the Beautiful for it meets the needs of our soul." To watch such a structure, one that has withstood the barbs of revolutions and world wars, crumble into dust right before our eyes was shattering.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In this holiest of weeks, it is difficult to view the fiery consummation of one of our world's most beautiful holy places as anything less than an symbol of something vital: a reminder, a portent, an omen. We live in a time when we are fervently encouraged to slide backwards into tribalism, when we are told our chief concerns should only be those within our own borders, when we are urged to separate, label and fear. How quickly those darker impulses fade when our eyes are turned towards the same burning light. How similar we all look, weeping.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The first time I boarded a plane my Father looked me straight in the eye and told me, "If you need me, all you have to do is call. I'll come and get you. No matter where you are". This vow - and it was a vow, I can tell you - was even more significant because it was coming from a man utterly terrified of flying. Having served on an aircraft carrier during the Second World War, he had witnessed far too many pilots fail in their attempts to land squarely on the deck, and that spoiled his faith in air travel for the rest of his life. It was another testament to his great love for his daughter that I never once doubted his sincerity. If I was in trouble, if I needed him, I knew beyond question he would surmount anything to reach me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Over the past year I have thought a lot about the comfort afforded me by Daddy's promise. As my heart broke night after night thinking of the children separated from their parents at our southern borders - in cells and, God help us, in cages - at the hand of our own government, my mind would inevitably return to those words of my father's. I know what a gift it is to have security in childhood. I can only imagine the damage done when it is so cruelly taken away. It is an awful feeling to know that something so despicable is being done by your country, essentially in your name, and you are powerless to stop it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This horror was but one of many in this unique year. Sometimes it was overwhelming. I have seen and heard things that were unthinkable a decade ago. I have lost respect and trust in people and institutions that once seemed unassailable and true. I have heard truth denied and lies applauded. I have begun the process of raking up the ashes of what has burned away, and using them to fashion a shelter that can withstand a harsh wind. I have learned the value of listening to the murmurs and whispers of my soul and have discovered the need, the vital need, of trusting the still, small voice of my heart rather than the tinkling brass and sounding cymbals of those who have placed their faith in the arrogance of certainty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Writer Anne Lamott tell us that "these are holy days". At first glance this statement seems at the very least contradictory to what we read in the papers and see on the news, but I think I know what she means. We have only to look at Christ to see what is truly holy and we need that holiness today more than ever before. The warmth of friendship, the balm of forgiveness, the covenant of acceptance. Tolerance, humility, compassion, loving kindness. These all may seem small in the face of so much ugliness we cannot control, but a little light shines brightest when there's darkness all around. In this age when so many claim to speak for God, these holy qualities from Christ's life and words are more valuable than gold, and they are what I cling to. They stand in direct contrast to the hatred, pride, indifference and greed of our present day. In these holy days we are called to build bridges, not to hide behind walls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Tonight as we celebrate the birth of Christ I am reminded that, much like my Dad, He has promised to "be with us always, even to the end of the world". The past couple of years have often felt like the end of a world I thought I knew. Maybe it's felt like that for you as well. If so, it is my prayer and hope that all of us can sift through the wreckage to find the truth in this promise and know that when we need Him, no matter where we are, He will come and get us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">In recent years Americans have become inundated with television ads for new cars during the festive season. We'll see at least three in any one-hour program. In these colourful little ads, delighted flannel-clad family members rush to their kitchen windows on Christmas morning to gape at a brand-new car, shiny and beribboned, parked in their snow-covered drive. A lot of grinning and jumping up and down with glee then ensues. The car companies seem bent on convincing the public that giving people expensive new cars at Christmas is a holiday tradition not to be ignored. Frankly, I don't buy it. And yes, the pun was intended.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">There are all sorts of gift-givers during holiday time, from those who decry materialism and refuse to participate in any sort of festivity that requires legal tender to those who lavish the best of everything on offer for their friends and family. Personally, the practice of following the Magi's lead and giving gifts to those we love is one I hold dear. But I'm not a person who stands in the cold outside the local big box store on the morning after Thanksgiving, pawing the ground with the rest of the herd as I wait for the doors to open. No, I prefer quieter gifts. I make things, I bake things. And best of all, I give books. Lots of books.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">When you tie a ribbon round a book at Christmas you are giving so much more than words printed on paper. You are giving a ticket to other worlds. You are giving magic. You are setting a spark to imagination and encouraging empathy to bloom. Inside that rectangular box is travel and knowledge, laughter and tears. It's my belief that every book we read changes us, just a little bit. We see a bit clearer, we feel a bit deeper. Our hearts, and sometimes even our minds, open just a crack wider. Now seriously, what new car can do that?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">So in the spirit of the season, here are some book ideas for this year. I do hope you find one you'll want to wrap up for somebody else. And maybe one, or two, for yourself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">As usual, just click on the picture and you'll be whisked away to read more about each book. And though these links take you to Amazon, I would encourage you to purchase from your local bookshops. You'll find even more wondrous ideas there, I promise!</span></div>
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Pamela Terry and Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-76349649763963408332018-11-07T12:14:00.000-05:002018-11-07T12:14:37.171-05:00Moving Forward<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">"The destiny of man is to unite, not to divide. If you keep on dividing you end up as a collection of monkeys throwing nuts at each other out of separate trees."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Democrats take the House of Representatives, a huge check on the unbridled bigotry of the past two years. America elected her first openly gay governor, the first Palestinian-American woman elected to Congress, the first African-American woman elected to the house from Massachusetts, the first two Latina women elected to Congress from Texas and the youngest woman every elected to Congress. Nine women won Governor races. Ninety-eight women won their elections to the House, twelve to the Senate. And the first two Native American women were elected to Congress.</span></div>
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Pamela Terry and Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-70591542251199127052018-11-06T13:37:00.000-05:002018-11-06T13:38:02.990-05:00Better Angels<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"To know what has come before is to be armed against despair. If the men and women of the past, with all their flaws and limitations and ambitions and appetites, could press on through ignorance and superstition, racism and sexism, selfishness and greed, to creat a freer, stronger nation, then perhaps we too, can right wrongs and take another step toward that most enchanting and elusive of destinations: a more perfect Union.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To do so requires innumerable acts of citizenship and private grace. It will require, as it has in the past, the witness and the bravery of reformers who hold no office and who have no traditional power but who yearn for a better, freer way of life. And will also require, I believe, a president of the United States with a temperamental disposition to speak to the country's hopes rather than to our fears."</span></div>
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Pamela Terry and Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-76752845515701051892018-10-20T21:06:00.000-04:002018-10-20T21:06:59.865-04:00These Are Not Normal Times<div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 51, 0); font-family: "Book Antiqua"; font-size: 16px;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> I have written this blog for over ten years. I have written about dogs, about seasons, about books and always with an eye towards lifting up, towards celebration and beauty, towards Love. If these were normal times, I would happily be writing about those things once a week at least, just as I have in the past, for they are just as important as ever. These are not, however, normal times.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Jamal Khashoggi was a journalist for the Washington Post, a permanent resident of the United States who fled Saudi Arabia in 2015. He criticized the Saudi government for many things, particularly the bombs they are dropping on the people of Yemen. On October 2nd he was seen on CCTV entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to obtain documents related to his planned marriage. He was soon followed by a fifteen member Saudi hit squad who dismembered him with a bone saw while he was still alive. His Apple watch recorded the whole thing. This was his punishment for criticizing the government.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> The night after this report came out our “president” held another one of his “rallies”, this time in the state of Montana. Before his cheering, red-hatted crowd he praised the Montana congressman who is running for re-election, for assaulting a reporter, calling the congressman “my kind of guy”. He now calls the Saudi government’s explanation of Mr. Khashoggi’s murder “credible”. That explanation? That the reporter died in a “fist fight” during an interrogation. (Who brings a bone saw to a fist fight?)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Evangelical leader, Pat Robertson, tells his followers (please note I say “his” followers, not followers of Christ) that he agrees with the president. “We can’t risk a 100 billion dollar arms deal”, he tells us. Because really, there’s nothing more Christian than selling billions of dollars worth of arms to a fundamentalist Islamic government, is there?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> This is not the America I grew up in. When the president of the United States refuses to stand against totalitarian regimes, when he “loves” the North Korean dictator, and practically worships the Russian one, while all the while he denigrates and insults our allies, calls the press the "enemy of the people" and any news that does not flatter him "fake", we no longer have a leadership that respects American values or even knows what they are. When so-called Christian leaders stand shoulder to shoulder with this despicable man, we have lost any semblance of moral leadership. This man and his actions should be repudiated and condemned from every pulpit in the country tomorrow morning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> We have a chance, a chance, to stop the bleeding of our once respected country and that is on November 6th. I will be voting a straight Democratic ticket this year. I cannot respect any Republican candidate, or any Republican, who stands for what that party represents today. I refuse to relegate a great America to a memory. I refuse to lay my values at the feet of greed, mendacity and evil. If you feel the same, I ask you to please vote on November 6th. Please.<span style="color: #003300;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">My impressions of London were formed by turning the pages of books. So much so that when I traveled there for the first time, years ago, I expected all the streets to be as leafy as Cherry Tree Lane, the fog as thick as outside the sash windows of 221B Baker Street and each morning as "fresh as if issued to children on a beach". I wanted to look for the shadow of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens and inspect every wardrobe in every hotel room in the hopes of finding an entrance to Narnia. And you know what? I have never once been disappointed. As Helene Hanff put it in her book 84 Charing Cross Road, "I remember years ago a guy I knew told me that people going to England find exactly what they go looking for. I said I'd go looking for the England of English literature, and he nodded and said: 'It's there'."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I just returned from another trip to London, a personal reward for finishing an important task I'd set for myself and one that has kept me away from this blog for awhile. I traveled solo, which is something I'd recommend for every person to do every now and then. The solo traveler gets to do precisely what he or she wishes every minute of the day, whether it be skipping lunch, walking too far and too long, or spending inordinate amounts of time in book shops, all of which I regularly did.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">London in the month of September is just about as good as it gets. The air was suitably crisp in the mornings ( I could wear a sweater which is increasingly, sadly, becoming a rare September occurence in the changing climate of my home town ), and the afternoon sky was the colour of flow blue china. I wandered through Kew Gardens in the early morning hours. I went to see Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Palace Theatre. I attended evensong at Westminster Abbey and roamed the state rooms of Buckingham Palace. And I spent long, totally blissful, hours at John Sandoe Books.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>2. The Diary of a Nobody</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">by Weedon Grossmith and George Grossmith</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">A Biography of Daphne du Maurier</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>4. A Talent to Annoy</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Essays, Journalism & Reviews</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">by Nancy Mitford</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>7. Wigs on the Green</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>8. The House in Little Chelsea</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Also, for all of you who might be wondering about Andrew, he's now ten months old and seventy-something pounds. Here's a little video of him reveling in his favourite activity, flying.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">You can see more of London of Andrew, and many various and sundry things on my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/pamelaandedward/"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Instagram </span></a>page.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Andrew doesn't like the owls. They come in the gloaming; just at that evanescent moment when the light of day turns mysterious, when it's almost possible to mistake their black silhouettes for things more expected, like a squirrel's nest or an insomniac crow. They soar to the treetops in silence. It's easy to miss them, especially if you've never seen one before, and if your introduction to the world of owls is an audible one, well, who can blame you for being just a tiny bit unnerved? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> I </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">always know when they're out there. Andrew will burst through the back door like a gust of winter wind and dash to my side where he will sit down quickly at my feet and proceed to pretend nothing whatsoever is wrong. It's an act he has yet to perfect.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'd forgotten how entertaining it can be to watch a puppy discover the world.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Everything is a new experience.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Andrew is six months old now. And over sixty pounds. We have no idea what he is or how big he will actually get. In the three months that we've had him he's found out that he loves carrots and watermelon but is decidedly unimpressed with Apple's favourite food, the green bean. Birdsong fascinates him and he will sit for the longest time under the trees with his head pointed straight up in an attempt to catch the singer in action. He is bewildered, loudly so, by dogs on television and will come running if he even suspects one has made an appearance. He has a habit of climbing up into any chair in which I happen to be perched and resting his face in the crook of my neck for a few minutes before happily continuing on his way. I find this both amusing and comforting and it is something for which I am rarely prepared, often yanking a book, or knitting, or a computer screen out of his way in the very nick of time.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">His puppy chewing path of destruction, though varied, has thankfully not been very wide. He has </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">decimated three newly planted vinca, a couple of well-established hostas, four knitting needles and one of The Songwriter's hats. We are still learning not to leave anything vital at his eye level which is not as easy as it sounds as his eye level is rising with each passing week.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But, bless his furry heart, he hasn't destroyed a book.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This is a more impressive fact than one might think because books are everywhere here. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">They are stacked beside chairs and on tables;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> sometimes a stack of books is used as a table. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> They lie open on ottomans, chairs and beds. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Big books, little books.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">New books, old books.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">And Andrew has left them all alone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I am both impressed and grateful, particularly because it's the season for adding new books to my collection for summer, and I have my eye on quite a few. Here, in no special order, are some of the ones I'm considering as well as a few I've recently loved. I hope you enjoy browsing around. As always, click on the photo and you'll be able to read more about the book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Reading is one of the best parts of summer, don't you agree?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">And come to think of it, Andrew doesn't know what summer is either.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This ought to be fun.</span></div>
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Pamela Terry and Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-13762417755925110702018-05-08T21:47:00.000-04:002018-05-08T21:47:46.942-04:00Lost Voices<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I trusted the voice of my father. He was a man of few words who never sang in church, but he could recognize the atonal notes of a lie like someone with perfect pitch and he had no time for the people who told them. He lived by the rules of his heart, while I watched. From him I learned that strength and honesty walk hand in hand, that humility and compassion are never signs of weakness and that a man is only as good as his word. Daddy could say both "I love you" and "I'm sorry" without losing an ounce of his pride. His voice was underscored by his integrity, it was consistent and unwavering and, consequently, I trusted it. I listen to that voice even now, though it's been ten years since I heard it outside of my dreams.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Despite the cacophony of sounding brass and tinkling cymbals aloft in the air today, the silence is deafening. So many voices have been sacrificed for political expediency and can never be trusted again. Men who once proudly stood beneath the red, white and blue banner of "family values" now clump together in a frayed knot of self-righteousness, weakly defending their new holy policy of justification and end result. But the curtain has been lifted. It is now apparent that the outrage they once spewed at the slightest perceived infraction was only a theatrical act. How long will it take them to realize that their voices have forever been muted by their own hypocrisy?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Many people of faith feel like they're living in exile because American Christianity is no longer known to champion the words of Christ. By aligning itself with the vile and indecent its voice has reduced to a whisper. By linking arms with the National Rifle Association (from whom we are told guns are our "god-given right"), it has muddied the truth with an ignoble cause. It has looked away while the murdered are ignored, the survivors slandered. We have listened for its outrage as the poor have been denigrated, both in speech and in policy, and heard nary a word. While the immigrant is demonized in direct contradiction to the call of Scripture, it has stood by in a silence seen as tacit approval by many. Kindness and compassion? Decency? Beauty? Love? All have been devalued by a misguided agenda that has far overshadowed the bright light of Truth. How long will it take those aboard this off-course ship to notice no one on shore hears their voice any longer?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These are the days we never expected, the days we thought gone for good. These are the days that can break a person, even a person of faith. I have watched those I once admired either goosestep their way down a path I find reprehensible or choose instead to prioritize their own contentment, riveting their eyes heavenward and refusing to stand in the way of the lies currently prostituting the very faith they profess to follow, the very country they profess to love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We Americans have always been proud of our spunk. If we think we are right, we will go it alone if we have to, make no mistake. For generations we have stood as a beacon of hope and justice in a fractured world. With all of our faults, and we have them, we have generally been looked to as a people of compassion who have at least the desire for good. This reputation is now in peril. Yet there remain those amongst us who continue to shake their fists in the air, determined to defy the world if they must, not in defense of the good but in a defiant embrace of what they themselves would once have deemed downright ugly. Our pride is being used against us by a man devoid of the most basic of decent human qualities, a man more than willing to break us into a million pieces for his own gain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One? One thousand?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">How long will it take us to realize we're rapidly losing our own?</span></div>
Pamela Terry and Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-15708438630917717092018-05-02T11:55:00.000-04:002018-05-02T11:55:30.179-04:00The Dog I Need<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">My neglect of this blog has been appalling of late and for that I sincerely apologize. Several of my readers have written to check on me and for that I am so touched and grateful. The simple truth is that I have been busy finishing up a writing project that I've had going for quite awhile and after a day spent doing nothing but finding the proper word for the proper place, my brain is so flat it could slide right beneath my bedroom door. I am left with no wit, no bite, no cohesive thought. Add to this the one fact that will not be ignored: I am raising a big puppy to be a well-mannered citizen of the world and that is quite a tall order indeed. So I suppose I have indulged in a bit of puppternity leave and I hope you'll forgive me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Andrew is growing. You can almost sit and watch him grow, so rapidly is he doing it. His feet are like dinner plates and neither he nor I are used to them yet. He trips over them regularly; I trip over them only occasionally. Apple, who began by tolerating him the way an elderly aunt might tolerate a bouncy new nephew she neither asked for nor particularly wanted, is now visibly fond of him and I often catch them napping together on the rare occasion Andrew naps. He does sleep soundly all night long and has done so since the first week he came home, a fact for which both The Songwriter and I are extremely grateful. However he has woke me up on too many mornings by sticking his tongue in my ear. (Andrew, not The Songwriter.) He was incredibly easy to housebreak, something we have been ever so thankful for. When your puppy is roughly the size of an articulated bus, being easy to housebreak is a gift unsurpassed. Also, he abhors vacuum cleaners and hair dryers with a passion usually reserved for the homicidal. We are hoping he outgrows this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At just five months old, Andrew weighs fifty-two pounds and shows no signs of slowing down in that progression. I confesss to googling, "How big will my dog get?", more than once. There are charts and the like online that profess to an accurate prediction for this, but frankly, the results were so alarming that I've decided to just wait and see. I can tell you he is far too big to comfortably dine with his food bowl sitting flat on the floor so, whilst I search for a stand that doesn't offend my aesthetic sensibilities, he is eating off a big round hatbox, no doubt the only dog on the street to be doing so. He is also now enrolled in a canine charm class to aid him in his journey to responsible adult. We tried group classes but as he was both the biggest dog in the class as well as the youngest, and as he vociferously let it be known all through class that all he really wanted to do was play with his classmates, it was deemed advantageous to all involved if he was trained privately. His legs are so long that when he responds to the command, "Down", he sticks them straight up and out before flopping on the floor with a theatrical thud much in the manner of a canine religious experience. His teacher has declared him "very intelligent" which should make me proud but at present is a niggling point of concern. As I write this I just saw him run through the back garden with my underwear on his head. If he learns to open doors we are in serious trouble.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He loves riding in the car and as we've enjoyed an unusually cool, almost cold, Spring, he has been coming along with me quite a lot. Let me tell you, the sight of a huge black and white puppy hanging out the window of a little green Fiat has been the most reliable way I've yet discovered to put smiles on grumpy faces. Stopping at traffic lights is a gregarious experience for everybody.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I promise to do a better job on the blog particularly as Andrew continues skipping to adulthood. He is very funny, very sweet and quite the snuggler. He is also very different from Edward, as I'm sure you can tell from this writing. A friend told me when Andrew moved in, "God gives you the dog you need", and I think she's right. There is a look in Andrew's eyes that reminds me of the soulful gaze of Edward but just when I see it and start to dip down into grief at that terrible loss, Andrew will do something hilarious and I burst out laughing. He is the dog I need.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Be it skepticism, hubris, or a gray-green combination of both, for some reason I have always avoided the self-help section of the bookstore. I’ve never quite been able to stomach being told that “men are from Mars”; never bought the promise that I could “think and grow rich”; never spent one second worrying about “who moved my cheese”. And frankly, I rather resent being told how much better my life would be if I just “tidied up” my room. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">That said, I do turn to writers I respect when life lands me on rocky pathways they themselves have trod. I hunger to know how they handled those jarring switchbacks life can throw; how they managed to put one foot in front of the other on those days when all you want to do is stop and sit down.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">So when Edward suddenly died last August, I turned to C.S. Lewis and Joan Didion. From Mr. Lewis I was comforted to know I wasn’t alone in the realization that grief felt so much like fear. When Ms. Didion shared the magical thinking that haunted her during the year following the sudden loss of her husband, I knew without doubt I was experiencing similar feelings.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">I knew all autumn that getting another dog would be a good idea for Apple. She missed her roommate. But, like Ms. Didion, a nagging thought clung tight to my soul: If I allow another dog into my house, into my heart, then that will mean Edward is really and truly not coming back. </span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">I knew, as Joan Didion knew, that this thought was nonsensical. But I can tell you it was as real as daylight. Oh, I looked at dog rescue sites on the internet. But every face I saw seemed like an intruder on my grief. I still wanted Edward back. I still do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">And then, a couple of weeks ago, from a rescue in Missouri, I saw a face I couldn’t ignore. There was something in the eyes. Something in the soul. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">I contacted the rescuers and filled out an application, knowing our chances were slim as we lived so far away. But for some reason, even with loads of applications coming in for him, we were chosen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">So last Friday, very early in the morning, The Songwriter and I set out to get our new family member,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"> feeling every bit as nervous as blind dates.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">He’s eleven weeks old and those paws tell us he’ll be a big boy. He’s cheerful, curious, and he’s settled into The House of Edward like he’s lived here before. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">From the looks of things, he’s mostly Landseer Newfoundland, with perhaps a wee bit of Border Collie throw in for good measure. He will be like unwrapping a present each month; we have no idea what he’ll turn out to be. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">This will always be The House of Edward. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"> When the next book of essays comes out later this year,</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some experiences, even - or perhaps most especially - ones long-awaited and anticipated, fail to live up to expectation. For instance, I once had a friend whose parents, like a lot of older people it seems, longed to see the Grand Canyon before, as they put it, “it got too late”. New York Italians, they were demonstrative in their enthusiasm for this trip, renting a large motor home for the journey westward and setting out with maps on their laps.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">I myself have never traveled cross county by car, much less by motor home, but I have a sneaking suspicion that after the third or fourth roadside food establishment, or perhaps after the first or second night without a hot bath, the charm of the road might just become a bit frayed around the edges for me. Perhaps that’s what happened to my friend’s mother for when they finally pulled up beside all the grandeur that is indeed the Grand Canyon, her husband hopped out and stood before it, entranced and amazed, only to find she’d remained in the motor home. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">I learned to read early, along about the time I learned to appreciate the magic that is Christmas. The first books I read were British. Mary Poppins, Wind in the Willows, Peter Rabbit. Soon came A Christmas Carol and in my heart Christmas became forever intertwined with London and snow, books and stories. Christmas shopping in London was a fantasy I often indulged. Making my way beneath the twinkling lights of tiny circuitous streets with the fragrance of hot chocolate and roasting chestnuts hanging in the air, snow collecting on the hood of my coat. I could hear the old bells hanging on the door of each bookshop I entered, see the Christmas trees and wreaths glimmering amongst the brightly colored spines of all the books lining the shelves. I could imagine myself having my selections wrapped up in brown paper and tied with ribbons. Oh it was a delicious fantasy, far more potent for me than any trip to the Grand Canyon, grand though that may be. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">But of course, the best shops were the bookshops and I’m happy to say I went to as many as I could. John Sandoe, Hatchard’s. Heywood Hill, Daunt. It was sublime. </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">Sometimes fantasy pales in the face of reality. I can empirically say that London at Christmas, for me, far exceeded every dream I'd ever had.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Because I know my readers love books at least as much as I do, here are the ones I gathered up in London, as well as a couple of Christmas presents I received, and a few of the ones I’ve found since returning. As always, click on the covers to find out more. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">(Also, on a side note…. I have been receiving notes and letters about my recent lack of postings. I have the kindest readers in the world, by the way. It’s true, I have been struggling a bit without Edward. Losing him so suddenly, and in the midst of one of the most distressing periods in our history here, has been more difficult that I could have imagined. But I’m learning that if you can’t “get over it”, you can at least get on with it. I am writing. I am hoping. I am hoping for more hope. And I am thankful for you all.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">John Lewis-Stempel</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">This was a Christmas present from The Songwriter, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">squirreled away from John Sandoe Books whilst we were in London.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">It’s a lovely book.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><b>by Ali Smith</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">This was pushed into my hands by one</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"> of the knowledgeable people who work at John Sandoe's.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"> It’s the first in what is to be a quartet of books.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"> The latest, Winter, has just been released</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"> and it’s beside my bed now.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is a big, engrossing tale, almost old-fashioned in scope and tone, with the most gorgeous prose you can imagine. I was so gobsmacked by it that I immediately dove headfirst into every book by Ms. Egan that I could get my paws on. Therefore, I can heartily recommend, in addition to Manhattan Beach, </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">4.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">The Diary of a Bookseller</span><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Songwriter managed to spirit this gem of a book away from Watermill Books, a magical bookshop in Aberfeldy, Scotland that we were fortunate to visit when we were there in October. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Really, he gives the best presents.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">This was a gift from a good friend, the same good friend who looks after Apple while we’re gone. See why we never worry about her when we leave? We know home watching The Crown. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you’re a fan of the show, and who isn’t, this is a must have.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"> A bonus? It’s chock full of marvelous photographs. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Selected and Introduced by Frances Spalding</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">I found this on a table in the back of Hatchard’s </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">on one of those above mentioned snowy days. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">My arms were laden with gifts for others, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">but this one was just for me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">A previously unknown story by Sackville-West that was originally written in 1924 for the famous dollhouse of Queen Mary at Windsor Castle (which, incidentally, I visited for the first time this trip, on the very day of the Queen’s staff Christmas party no less. Her Majesty was there, along with Harry and Meghan, but unfortunately neglected to come down and say hello. Such is life. ) and remained there in its teeny-tiny form until last year when it was published in this beautifully illustrated volume. I discovered it in the equally teeny-tiny splendor that is Benjamin Pollock’s Toy Shoppe in Covent Garden, one of my favourite shops on the planet. Given its provenance, this book is every bit as wonderful as it should be.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">During the Second World War, the novelist and famous sister, Nancy Mitford, worked at Heywood Hill Books, the tiny, well-curated bookshop in the Mayfair area of London. With its mix of old, new and antiquarian books, the shop has lost none of its unique brand of charm, the same charm that earned it the reputation as one of the best bookshops in the old city. As one would expect, Heywood Hill has a stellar collection of Mitford Books, and I could not resist this one. And yes, they wrapped it up in brown paper and tied it with a ribbon.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/030774082X/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=frothehouofed-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=030774082X&linkId=deb5173241cf3ad96ab7881434edca4b">Love in a Cold Climate</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307740811/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=frothehouofed-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0307740811&linkId=b3cea4671d53a61bdba2d7dd60ade3dc">The Pursuit of Love</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Perry Como taught me Latin when I was just a child. In case you don’t remember, or never knew of him, Mr. Como was what used to be called a “crooner”, a term for a silky-voiced singer. I can still see the cover of his Christmas album in my mind’s eye, his friendly face encircled by a wreath of holly. He was my parents’ favourite, and that record played continuously at our house during the festive season when I was little. On it, he sang the Latin carol, Adeste Fidelis, and singing along at the top of my voice I learned every word flawlessly, though I hadn’t a clue what I was singing. It was years before I knew the words were identical to the hymn, O Come All Ye Faithful. I was startled to find out that was what I’d been singing all along, albeit in indecipherable Latin.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">A lot of words have taken on new meaning for me this year. Words that, although familiar, had never caught fire in my soul until the match of circumstance set them ablaze. For years I knew C. S. Lewis had written, “No one ever told me that grief felt so much like fear.” I had always found that to be an interesting observation, but it didn’t burn with empirical understanding until Edward left me so suddenly in August, never to return. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">As a schoolgirl I learned about the rise of fascism, reading the warnings of those who lived through the horrors of the Second World War as though reading of other worlds. I heard the stories from my parents, whose patriotism was planted in cleaner soil than that which we walk upon today. I read Orwell… “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” I read Sinclair Lewis…. “When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.” Those words were merely part of history class, with no contemporary meaning for me. They might as well have been written in Latin. Or so I thought. Today, after a weekend when my government instructed the Centers for Disease Control to immediately cease using the words, “diversity”, “vunerable”, “science-based”, “fact-based”, etc, these quotes and passages so long ago learned are no longer merely smoldering in the pages of history, but have caught fire to block our path to any sort of normalcy. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have been told by those lucky enough to be in the audience that Bruce Springsteen is closing his remarkable show on Broadway with a reading of The Lord’s Prayer. People have been somewhat astonished by their own reactions, which have often been surprisingly emotional. Words that are so familiar they are almost quotidian, glow with new meaning and resonance as he says them. “Give us this day our daily bread”. “Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.” Like Mr. Springsteen, these days I am on an expedition of sorts, to ferret out and reclaim the words I thought I knew. No longer do I trust others to interpret for me. I feel, like Walt Whitman, who so sagaciously told us to, “Re-examine all you have been told in school or church or in any book, and dismiss whatever insults your own soul.” In doing this, like a sculptor, I am beginning to uncover what is lasting, true and beautiful. What is worth living for. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Last week on a bitterly cold and snowy night, I stood outside the National Portrait Gallery in London and listened as members of the choir of St. Martin’s in the Fields across the street came out to stand on the steps and sing. With traffic noise all around them, with throngs of bundled-up shoppers jostling for space on the crowded pavements, they sang, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">This Christmas season, it is my prayer, for myself as well as for my readers, that these words take on new meaning in our hearts even as they are illuminated by the harsh glow of what we have faced this year and what we may yet face in the coming one. May we hold fast to the words that live. May we reclaim the words we thought we knew and make them truly our own. And may they give us the courage to cast off fear and complacency so that we can stand with others for whom truth, compassion and love are the only things that matter.</span></span></div>
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