Kindred Spirits articles from September 2001

Kindred Spirits archives from September 2001

Anne of Windy Poplars.(authorship of novel by L.M. Montgomery)
September 22, 2001... ... I love Windy Poplars. It isn't a boarding house... it's a home! Anne of Windy Poplars Windy Poplars was a home of Green Gables flavour. Anne claimed to know if a house liked her or not and this one did. She loved her tower...

Dear Kindred Spirits.
September 22, 2001... ... the world is a riot of autumn color. Anne of Windy Poplars Pressing leaves is one of the first crafts we learn as a child. Gathered from a favorite spot and pressed in a heavy old book, they can be wonderful reminders of the...

Cherished thoughts of yesterday.(Our Kindred Spirits Share)
September 22, 2001... There was the touch of the kindred spirit for you. I thrilled to it at once. Anne of Windy Poplars (To Jean Richards-Tucker) My Dear Friend, Can you imagine that time has allowed us to be part of the new millennium. The...

Pen friends.
September 22, 2001... Do you know where I go to read your letters? Across the road into the grove. Anne of Windy Poplars Dear Kindred Spirits, I am 15 years old, and I would love to have a pen pal! I enjoy playing piano, reading, making things and...

Lest we forget.
September 22, 2001... Una took the letter and when Rilla had gone she pressed it against her lonely lips. Una knew that love would never come into her life now--it was buried for ever under the blood-stained soil "somewhere in France" No one but herself--and perhaps...

November Evening.(Poet's Corner)(Poem)
September 22, 2001... Anne, sitting at her tower window one late November evening... looked out on a twilight world and suddenly thought she would like a walk... Anne of Windy Poplars November Evening Come, for the dusk is our own; let us fare...

Our Times in the Maritimes.(Poem)
September 22, 2001... Our Times in the Maritimes To mark our ruby wedding, we planned a trip abroad, To a place we'd always longed to see, and never could afford. We'd read the books and seen the films, set in bygone times, An...

Megan Follows's 7-year-old son's acting debut in Bala.(actress)(re-enactment of event from author L.M. Montgomery's life)
September 22, 2001... How often do people show up early at an event with hopes of catching a glimpse of a 7-year-old? That happened last July 24th when Bala's Museum with Memories of Lucy Maud Montgomery held its annual re-enactment of the day when LMM arrived in...

Harvest Moon of the Falling Leaf.(Poem)
September 22, 2001... I went out and down the harbor road. There was such a nice frosty, Octobery smell in the air, blended with the delightful odor of newly plowed fields. I walked on and on until twilight had deepened into a moonlit autumn night. I was alone but...

An open letter from a minister's wife.(obligations and stewardship of a minister's wife)
September 22, 2001... In 1931, The Chatelaine asked LM Montgomery to contribute the article that follows on the subject "What does a minister's wife expect from the women of the congregation?" When, twenty years ago, I married a minister, my friends groaned in...

With the children: my ABC book for 'Anne of Green Gables'.(appreciation for Anne Shirley, novel protagonist)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... Anne Shirley, the main character of the historical fiction story Anne of Green Gables, will always in a way be a hero to me. Although I liked many things about Anne, I especially liked her virtues. The three I think she showed the most are...

As Night Falls.(Chronicles of an Old Garden)(Poem)
September 22, 2001... Rebecca Dew has done the standard roses up in straw and potato bags, and in the twilight they look exactly like a group of humped-back old men leaning on staffs. Anne of Windy Poplars As Night Falls Silence falls across the...

The Old Garden.(Chronicles of an Old Garden)(Poem)
September 22, 2001... The Old Garden Here are the sweet old blossoms planted In lyric springtide of long ago, By dear dead hands that have long been folded The autumn grasses and leaves below; Fragrantly year by year they burgeon, ...

Remembering Lucy Maud: one of two surviving housekeepers of Lucy Maud Montgomery recalls life with Canada's most famous Presbyterian author.
September 22, 2001... Elsie Davidson claims "a lot written about Lucy Maud Montgomery is unadulterated trash." She should know, being one of two surviving live-in housekeepers for the Macdonalds in Leaksdale, Ontario, and, for a few months, when they moved to...

Potato man.(Fictional Work)
September 22, 2001... I suppose Mr. Cuthbert is hauling potatoes to the Lily Sands this afternoon... Anne of Green Gables The deep red earth fell through his leathery hands as he picked up another large bunch of white rose potatoes with the large scooping...

Around the kitchen table.
September 22, 2001... Rebecca Dew's a good cook and a genius with cold potatoes. Anne of Windy Poplars Potatoes O'Brien Combine 2 c. cooked, chopped potato and 1/4 c. each of minced green pepper and onions. Fry until golden brown in hot cooking oil &...

Craft corner.
September 22, 2001... I'd like some ice cream with strawberry jam on it. Windy Poplars The Jam Closet 'There is almost as much joy and satisfaction looking at rows and rows of vegetables and shelves of colorful jellies, beans and tomatoes in jars in...

Recipe teaser.
September 22, 2001... But I can't hate Rebecca Dew in spite of her habit of using my pen to copy recipes when I'm in school. Anne of Windy Poplars Unscramble the letters to discover what recipes have been shared from Anne of Windy Poplars. Sandy ...

The girl who drove the cows: ... Pauline was preparing to take a photograph of Ada standing among asters with a great sheaf of them in her arms.(Short Story)
September 22, 2001... I wonder who that pleasant looking girl, who drives cows down the beech lane every morning and evening is," said Pauline Palmer, at the tea-table of the country farmhouse where she and her aunt were spending the summer. Mrs. Wallace had wanted...

Leaskdale Manse scaled model: Leaskdale Manse--1911-1926.(scaled model of author L.M. Montgomery's home by artist A. Edward Powell)
September 22, 2001... In 1911, Lucy Maud Montgomery married Rev. Ewan Macdonald and left her beloved PEI to take up residence in Leaskdale, Ontario, at the Presbyterian Church Manse (built in 1886). Maud was pleased with her first married-family home, and wrote in...

Hot water bottle cover.(Sewing Circle)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... Rebecca Dew had a fire lighted in the tower room for me and a hot water bottle in the bed. Anne of Windy Poplars Hot Water Bottle Cover Materials: 0.25m quilted fabric 0.2m satin ribbon 1.25m 1/2" bias tape 2cm velcro Paper...

Writer's workshop.(work in appreciation of author L.M. Montgomery)
September 22, 2001... I'll drift on the Lake of Shining Waters in a shallop shaped from a moonbeam... Anne of Windy Poplars Editor's Note: The following is from a participant at the Writers" Workshop held at Silver Bush, Park Corner on August 11, 2001....

Around the table.(fashion in 1901; narrative)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... The only things Rebecca ever reads, apart from her Bible, are the society columns of the Montreal Guardian. Anne of Windy Poplars 100 Years Ago October 5, 1901 One of the most noticeable things in this season's fashion's is...