Kindred Spirits articles from September 2002

Kindred Spirits archives from September 2002

The woods in autumn.(narrative)
September 22, 2002... You may never know what scarlet and crimson really are until you see them in their perfection on an October hillside under the unfathomable blue of an autumn sky. woods are full of purple vistas, threaded with sunshine and gossamer. Down...

Dear Kindred Spirits.
September 22, 2002... Meadows of sunset afterlight were behind the westering hills'. Before them was the shining harbour. --Rilla of Ingleside Dear Kindred Spirits, The wondrous hour of sunset that draws the day to darkness came so soon for the war's...

Our Kindred Spirits share.
September 22, 2002... As he reached the turn he stopped and saw her standing amid the tall white lilies by the gate. He waved his hand--she waved hers--he was gone around the turn.--Rilla of Ingleside Dear Kindred Spirits, This letter is to tell you of a...

Pen Friends.
September 22, 2002... Today Jem "s letter came.--Rilla of Ingleside Dear Kindred Spirit, I am fourteen years of age and looking for a pen friend between the ages of twelve to sixteen years of age. My birthday is on August 11th. I love the stories about...

Twilight.(Poet's Corner)(Poem)
September 22, 2002... Twilight From vales of dawn hath Day pursued the Night Who mocking fled, swift-sandalled, to the west, Nor ever lingered in her wayward flight With dusk-eyed glance to recompense his quest, But over crocus hills and...

A Visit to a Dream.(Poets Corner)(Poem)
September 22, 2002... A Visit to a Dream It was at this window that I sat Not too long ago, Imagining and dreaming of The one place I longed to go. Only just after those endless nights Came a certain seven days, A moment in...

The Blue and The Gold.(Poets Corner)(Poem)
September 22, 2002... The Blue and The Gold You know what I miss? I miss the sea Only I didn't know Until you asked me. Then I knew the blue... Let me show you the blue Sooo blue! So blue it's green and gray and blue. Yes, blue...

The old church.(Poem)
September 22, 2002... It was never a handsome church, inside or out, but it was beautified in its worshippers' eyes by years of memories and sacred associations.--LM Montgomery The Old Church I'm free to say there's finer ones--it doesn't make a show ...

Lest We Forget.
September 22, 2002... We were the children of yesterday, Walter--fight a good fight for the children of today and tomorrow. - -Rilla of Ingleside Fight the good fight with all thy might Christ is thy strength and Christ thy right Lay hold on life and it shall be...

Curtain Island mystery.(Fictional Work)
September 22, 2002... ... he had been out late in his boat... One evening in mid September Ellis Abbey came down to ask me if I would go cranberrying on Lennox Island with him the next day. I needed no coaxing for a berrying experience to Lennox was always good...

A Victorian romance.(youthful romance of novelist L.M. Montgomery and Herman Leard)(Biography)
September 22, 2002... It was a very romantic affair...--Rilla of Ingleside During the reign of Queen Victoria morally and socially people had very special values. Simplicity and stability were the life style of the family in that era. Young ladies were...

Solitude.(Poem)
September 22, 2002... Solitude By the woods At the edge of the fields, Early morning sun Filters lazily through the mist. It's perfectly heavenly peace And my spirit goes With the flight of the geese. The fields and the...

Rilla of Ingleside - 1921: to the memory of Frederica Campbell Macfarlane.(novel by author L.M. Montgomery)(Critical Essay)
September 22, 2002... Who went away from me when the dawn broke on January 25th, 1919--a true friend, a rare personality, a loyal and courageous soul. Part I When LM Montgomery dedicated The Story Girl to her cousin Frederica Campbell in 1910, she could not...

Rilla of Ingleside.
September 22, 2002... Rilla has developed in a wonderful fashion these past four years. She used to be such an irresponsible young creature. She has changed into a capable, womanly girl and she is such a comfort to me... We are chums. I don't see how I could have...

The Piper.(Poem)
September 22, 2002... The Piper One day the Piper came down the glen, Sweet and long and low played he... The children followed from door to door No matter how those who loved might implore, So willing the song of his melody As the song of the woodland...

Autumn pilgrimage.(geographic settings of novels by author L.M. Montgomery)(literary landmarks on Prince Edward Island)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2002... She stood and watched him down the walk, out of the gate, and down the road.--Rilla of Ingleside Maud Montgomery recalled a little gate that opened into the kitchen garden of her maternal grandparents home. Just outside another gate; the...

Charm of the island.(author L.M. Montgomery's affection for Prince Edward Island)
September 22, 2002... Following her marriage and honeymoon in 1911 LM Montgomery left Prince Edward Island to live in Leaskdale, Ontario. In her journals, she described her thoughts and emotions at the time she left her home in Cavendish. At thirty-six years of age...

Symposium snippits.(L.M. Montgomery and Life Writing, symposium)
September 22, 2002... Every village has its own little unwritten history...--Rilla of Ingleside The novels of LM Montgomery filled with clan stories of long ago generations were the reason kindred spirits from around the world gathered for their fifth biennial...

LM Montgomery as illustrator of her journals, letters & stories.(author)(Critical Essay)
September 22, 2002... There is plenty of 'scope' in all of LM Montgomery's scrapbooks... 2002 Symposium LM Montgomery undoubtedly did not consider herself an illustrator. Nevertheless, when one looks at her scrapbooks along with her written documentation in...

Likeness to likeness.
September 22, 2002... The maple grove was a burning bush of colour and the hedge of sweet-briar was a thing of wonder in its subtle tintings.--Rilla of Ingleside Good luck in matching likeness to likeness from Rilla of Ingleside. Sandy 1. Withered...

What Teddy and Gordon saw in the lane.(Fictional Work)
September 22, 2002... It's s'prising how much you can see when you look I really don't know which you would better take, said Papa Porter. They are both bright little chaps--but I think Gordon is the brighter. His teacher says so. They are both...

Chronicles of an old garden.(peonies in the novels of L.M. Montgomery)
September 22, 2002... ... she made no protest, even when her beloved peony bed was sacrificed. --Rilla of Ingleside Susan Baker was to be admired for her sacrifice. There ere peonies crimson, peonies silvery pink, peonies white as drills of white snow. In...

School days at Park Corner.(French River and Park Corner History, 1773-1973)(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... I can see the old grey schoolhouse as it stood there years ago.--Rilla of Ingleside Editors Note: The following article and poem were taken from the book, French River and Park Corner History, 1773-1973. The late Charles MacKay,...

School Days in Park Corner in 1858.(Poem)
September 22, 2002... School Days in Park Corner in 1858 When I went to Park Corner School My life was young and new. The world then looked so fair to me My troubles were but few. But since them happy school days past I've many changes...

Let's go picking gum.(spruce gum )
September 22, 2002... The balsam sap of the spruce tree...... oozes very slowly down the outside bark... On Saturdays, during my childhood, when chores were done, one of my four siblings was sure to say, Let's go picking gum. The Fall season seemed to be...

Around the kitchen table.
September 22, 2002... Salmon Noodle Loaf. 11/2 cups medium noodles 2-1 pound cans red salmon, drained 4 eggs milk 2 white bread slices, finely crumbled 1 tsp. instant minced onion salt 2 tsp. lemon juice 2 tbsp. parsley 1 cup shredded cheese 4...

Great aunt Eve's knitting bag.(sewing project)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2002... I saw her cast a look at my new knitting bag. --Rilla of Ingleside Great Aunt Eve's Knitting Bag Materials: 0.5 in tapestry or other suitable fabric 1 set of wooden or plastic handles 7" piece of 1/4" elastic Matching thread...

Quill query.
September 22, 2002... How softly the great feathery boughs of the firs waved and murmured over her.--Rilla of Ingleside Dear Kindred Spirits, There are so many old time phrases in the LM Montgomery books that if you ponder them over make sense, and probably...

The 2002 LM Montgomery Festival.
September 22, 2002... Speak to the world in your own tongue through it, with sincerity... 'Each in his own tongue' as quoted by the hon. Marion Reid During the weekend of August 10-11, 2002, the Cavendish area was alive with activity, even more so than usual....