Kindred Spirits articles from March 2002

Kindred Spirits archives from March 2002

Spring in the woods: of course, there are dandelions in the woods, because there are dandelions everywhere. They have no sense of the fitness of things at all; they are a cheerful, self satisfied folk, firmly believing that they are welcome wherever grass can grow and sunshine beckon.(narrative)
March 22, 2002... The spring woods have a fashion of flowers, dainty, spirit-fine things, akin to the soul of the wilderness. Here is a westward sloping hill, lying under white drifts of cloud, feathered over with lisping young pines and firs that cup little...

Dear Kindred Spirits.(Book Review)
March 22, 2002... You can speak through your music, Kilmeny--Kilmeny of the Orchard The young violinist draws the bow across the strings of the violin. Can you hear the music? Maud Montgomery heard the music of the violin. Somehow, this elusive melody found...

Our Kindred Spirits share.
March 22, 2002... Kilmeny had promised that their marriage should take place... --Kilmeny of the Orchard Dear Kindred Spirits, Thank you for your wonderful and unique publication. When it comes in the mail and I see the envelope, I always feel as if it...

From the editor's desk.(hockey player Cassie Campbell)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... PEI has been a really important place in my life... I wish I could live there.--Cassie Campbell Over the years, relatives, friends and the Silver Bush staff delighted in the summer visits Cassie made to her Grandmother Campbell. Watching...

A postcard to Maud Montgomery.(author L.M. Montgomery)
March 22, 2002... ... and there is a window where you will daily behold an occidental view over Lindsay Harbour and the gulf beyond which is an unspeakable miracle of beauty.--Kilmeny of the Orchard Dearest Maud, A fond and affectionate greeting I send...

Pen friends.
March 22, 2002... Eric, finding that his father had not yet returned from the college, went into the library and sat down to read a letter... --Kilmeny of the Orchard Dear Kindred Spirits, I'm interested in locating relatives of my grandmother, Ida...

Spring in Abegweit.(Poets Corner)(Poem)
March 22, 2002... Spring in Abegweit Now Spring winds dancing overtake And notify the land its duskier raiment to forsake, By whispering to blushing Maple's buds, Awake. Don your lacy-green headress In readiness for daybreak. ...

Spring.(Poets Corner)(Poem)
March 22, 2002... Spring The sun rises, In a brilliant show of colour. The rooster awakens the world, With his musical cry. Flowers open their sleepy petals, To the warmth of the morning sun. Speckled baby fawns Peek...

An April Brook.(Poets Corner)(Poem)
March 22, 2002... An April Brook Full-fed from melted snows of March, it wanders Through bare, damp lands and pastures lone and gray, And dim, moist woods, where April winds are filling The forest arches with their roundelay. Wet,...

L.M. Montgomery's "Anne".(the character Anne from the novels of authors L.M. Montgomery)(Reprint)(Critical Essay)
March 22, 2002... L. M. Montgomery's "Anne" Dalhousie Review XXIV April 1944 by Ephraim Weber Part II So, are these Montgomery tales not nearer the zenith than the nadir? Can so many people of so many kinds in so many lands be charmed by cheap fiction...

Spring pilgrimage.(Prince Edward Island locations associated with life and works of author L.M. Montgomery)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... ... twenty-two years ago a couple of Italian pack peddlers came along and called at the garden place.--Kilmeny of the Orchard 'Surrounded by the Homestead fields, enveloped Swith longer fences drifted over with apple blossoms of rose and...

Memories.(Poem)
March 22, 2002... Memories Childhood, come back! I have missed thee too long, Bring to me gay-hearted laughter and song. Life has grown sombre, its cares press me sore, Days bring their toil and are carefree no more. Child of those...

Victorian Christmas at the Parsonage: the warmth of wood burning in the fireplace in the parlour ... ... gave one a feeling that they were stepping into the past.(Bideford Parsonage Museum)(author Pauline Millar introduces her book Roots and Branches: A Story of Bideford and Surrounding Communities)
March 22, 2002... The evenings of December 1st and 2nd, 2001 were filled with excitement and celebration as approximately 250 people attended a Victorian Christmas at the Parsonage. The West Country Historical Society Inc. hosted the event and provided hot apple...

The Easter solo: Mr. Bell is going to make us all learn the solo, and the one who sings it best will be chosen ...(Fictional Work)
March 22, 2002... The girls of the senior class were all assembled in the west corridor of Ventnor High School, and all were talking at once--or so at least it would have seemed to a casual listener. But with care the said listener might have disentangled a...

The old hymns.
March 22, 2002... ... Neil Gordon sang in the choir which occupied the front pew of the gallery.--Kilmeny of the Orchard Can you recall the titles of the old hymns LM Montgomery has woven throughout her books from these quotations?--Sandy 1. Last Sunday...

Kilmeny of the Orchard.
March 22, 2002... Kilmeny looked up with a lovely grace, But nae smile was seen on Kilmeny's face;--The Queens Wake James Hogg Thursday, December 23, 1909 I have been over-working of late. The Page Company wish to bring out in book form a serial of mine...

Sixty years ago: here let her rest among those she loved, until the day dawns and the shadows flee away.(death and funeral of author L.M. Montgomery)(Reprint)
March 22, 2002... Editors Note: Our thanks to The Presbyterian Record, the national magazine of The Presbyterian Church of Canada for permission to publish this article in our magazine. Well way we cultivate a respectful attitude toward youth in recognition...

Chronicles of an old garden.(rose gardening; narrative)(roses in the works of author L.M. Montgomery)
March 22, 2002... ... roses red as the heart of a sunset, roses pink as the early flush of dawn, roses white as the snows on mountain peaks, roses full blown, and roses in buds...--Kilmeny of the Orchard The hope of growing roses was never mine. Being an...

Aunt Nan's garden: Aunt Nan had a way with flowers ...(Short Story)
March 22, 2002... All the children who went to the Cherry Valley school firmly believed that, whatever other gardens there might be the wide world over, none could be half so beautiful as Aunt Nan's. From the time when the first daffodils swung out their golden...

Around the kitchen table.
March 22, 2002... Pineapple Pinwheels 2 cups sifted enriched flour 3 tsp. baking powder 2 tbsp. granulated sugar 1 tsp. salt 73 cup shortening 2/3 cup syrup drained from crushed pineapple 1 cup drained crushed pineapple 1/2 cup firmly packed...

The sewing circle.(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... ... the supply of towels is generous and unexceptionable Materials 1 hand towel (approx. 16 inches x 24 inches). 1 metre washable 1/4 inch satin ribbon for tie. 24 inches satin ribbon for decoration, matching thread. 1....

Easter Lilies.(Poem)
March 22, 2002... Easter Lilies Beside the sepulcher a lily grew, Fragrant and stainless, chrismed with the dew, Like to a sinless soul in raiment stoled White as itself, and with a heart of gold, Grieving through hours of mystery and dread, A sad...

A tribute to LM Montgomery.(author)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... November 30, 2001 The LM Montgomery Heritage Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of LM Montgomery's literary and cultural legacy, holds an annual event to celebrate LM Montgomery's birthday. Members include the...