Kindred Spirits articles from December 2003

Kindred Spirits archives from December 2003

Coasting Song.(Poem)
December 22, 2003... Coasting Song Adown the gleaming hillside with an arrow's speed we fly Thro' frosty sparkling air beneath the deep blue winter sky. And hearts are light and eyes are bright and cheeks are rosy red And voices gayer than the...

Dear Kindred Spirits.(author L.M. Montgomery's novel Anne's House of Dreams)(Editorial)
December 22, 2003... Kindred spirit flashed recognition to kindred spirit. Anne's House of Dreams In downtown Charlottetown, on the back wall of a small shop, there are many Robert Duncan reproductions for sale. Memories of long ago winters come flooding back...

Leaving a mark.(Our Kindred Spirits Share)(Letter to the Editor)
December 22, 2003... Anne's laugh, as blithe and irresistible as of yore, with an added note of sweetness and maturity, rang through the garret. Anne's House of Dreams In the last Spring issue of Kindred Spirits, I was very much moved by the article entitled...

Crossword contest.
December 22, 2003... Leslie was never without her touch of crimson. Anne's House of Dreams The Blue Winds Lighthouse is illustrated behind a young woman with golden hair under a scarf. She cannot be the dancing and singing Anne of the shore but the beautiful...

One of the Shepherds.(The Poet's Corner)(Poem)
December 22, 2003... ... the first skim of snow had fallen on Christmas Eve... Anne's House of Dreams One of the Shepherds By LM Montgomery 24 Dec. 1908 Christian Endeavour World The Watchman We were out on the hills that night To watch our...

The Shepherds (a play).(Play)
December 22, 2003... Editor's note: June Schulte, her husband Bill along with their family in Vermont were the pioneers in establishing a newsletter about 'Anne' and L M Montgomery 1988-89. THE SETTING [Shepherds, lambs and angels enter slowly, singing the...

A Christmas Bouquet.(Poem)
December 22, 2003... A Christmas Bouguet "Have you heard," the Pansies said, "That Christmas Day Is just ahead? Said the Rose "Indeed I do-- We'll meet friends And loved ones, too" "What a joy!" Exclaimed the...

The worst girl in school.(Short Story)
December 22, 2003... THAT was what Ella Price had always been called ever since she had begun to go to school, now she was a big girl of fourteen, tall for her age, and seemingly possessed by a spirit of mischief and insubordination. All in all, she was the despair...

Chronicles of an old garden.(the beauty of flowers and flowers in folklore and legends)(flowers in the works of author L.M. Montgomery)
December 22, 2003... ... you've always admired that high brick wall around the garden with the door in it--you've thought it was so like a story-book garden... Anne's House of Dreams Anyone possessing a story book walled garden is to be envied. The walls...

Career and marriage in the life of LM Montgomery.(author)(Biography)
December 22, 2003... I haven't done much since I was married. And I have no designs on a great Canadian novel. Anne's House of Dreams While many of the young women in the last decade of the nineteenth-century were primarily concerned with their marriage...

In memoriam of Rev. Ewan Macdonald.(Obituary)
December 22, 2003... Rev. Ewan Macdonald was born at Bellevue, Prince Edward Island, on July 18th, 1870. He took his B.A. degree at Dalhousie University, and after a period spent in teaching, he entered the Presbyterian College, Halifax, from which he graduated in...

A night in the cold.(With the Children)(Short Story)
December 22, 2003... Grandma wrapped us warmly up and we set off across the fields... THE Rollos were swarming about Aunt Chris, asking for a story. It seemed a good time for stories, somehow, that twilight hour when the cold, blue dusk was falling outside and...

The recipe book.(family cookbooks)
December 22, 2003... If I could take it and use the material for a book I feel certain I could make the novel of the year out of it. Anne's House of Dreams Long before the snow begins to fall, I open my mother's hand written recipe book, trying to decide which...

Around the kitchen table.(Christmas recipes)
December 22, 2003... Mrs. Rachel had made and brought with her an enormous plum pudding. Anne's House of Dreams Sophia's Christmas Suet Pudding (1878-1948) 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 cup molasses 1 cup buttermilk 1 cup suet 1 cup raisins 3 cups...

Green Gables Quilt.(quilting project)(Brief Article)
December 22, 2003... Leslie was busy with sewing, for she and Owen were to be married at Christmas. Anne's House of Dreams Green Gables Quilt Size: 90" x 107" 90--8" blocks, Set: 9 across; 10 down Stripping: 3" around blocks Border: 10...

Dear Kindred Spirits.(Letter to the Editor)
December 22, 2003... After the glowing account of the welcome received by the former students and teachers of the Central Bedeque School, I was led to write the enclosed bit of History re the year I started to school in Nova Scotia. Quite different, but...

Back to school in 1914--'remembering'.(narrative)
December 22, 2003... One teacher taught Grades I to XI in a one room school building. Each morning, after Roll Call, pupils had Bible Reading and repeated the Lord's Prayer. Windows were opened and we went through a few exercises in physical drill. Seats were wide...

Christmas craft--potpourri Christmas ball.(Brief Article)
December 22, 2003... Anne's first Christmas in her own house was as delightful as she could have wished... Anne's House of Dreams Materials: 1 clear glass ball ornament Potpourri (1/2 cup)--Christmas scent (holly / cinnamon / pine) 9" of...

Conference update LM Montgomery Institute.
December 22, 2003... The LM Montgomery Institute is knee-deep in the preparations for the upcoming Montgomery conference, LM Montgomery's Interior and Exterior Landscapes. The conference the sixth biennial international event hosted by the LMMI, will be running...

The Winter Wind.(The Winter Pilgrimage)(Poem)
December 22, 2003... Winter set in vigorously after New Year's. Anne's House of Dreams The Winter Wind I am the gladdest of winds that blow Through I come from the realms of ice and snow. I waken the notes of the pine tree lyres When...