Posted on October 19, 2009 by Ramona Silipo
Lately I’ve found myself– sometimes standing in the living room, sometimes during a walk, sometimes while reading, sometimes lying in bed late at night– I’ve found myself reflecting on the happiness of my life, the contentment I feel, and the fact that every single day I feel a deeper connection to and love for [...]
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Posted on May 18, 2009 by Ramona Silipo
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In the late 1980s and early 1990s a group of friends and acquaintances gathered annually on Christmas Eve. We decorated a tree, ate a fabulous feast, caught up –some of us saw each other only at this gathering– and told stories. Late in the evening, when the house was [...]
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Posted on December 18, 2008 by Ramona Silipo
The Women’s Insitutute (WI) published a small book in 2007, Practical Know-how at Christmas. Along with the hints, they included some timeless quotations about the holiday. Here are some of them:
Oh, for the good old days when people would stop Christmas shopping when they ran out of money. (Anonymous)
Life is much like Christmas — you [...]
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Posted on October 8, 2008 by Ramona Silipo
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One of the qualities of Friends that attracted me was spontaneity. Another was the all-encompassing participatory nature of Quaker activities. It took me much of this weekend to realize that this was the reason I was so uncomfortable at the retreat; but I finally recognized that I was peculiarly [...]
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Posted on July 24, 2008 by Ramona Silipo
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Today I stepped out of the village shop and post office and was face to face with a horse. Three horses in fact. Here the kids ride horses, not bicycles, during summer vacation. The horses were smallish, not gorgeous quarter horses but sturdy farm horses. The girls mounted and [...]
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Posted on June 12, 2008 by Ramona Silipo
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At the end of May, my husband and I took a weekend trip to “Shakespeare country” It’s only about an hour and half’s drive, but we meandered a bit, took our time and enjoyed country roads with gorgeous vistas in every direction. The weather was hot, so we decided not [...]
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Posted on May 29, 2008 by Ramona Silipo
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Summer is less than a month away, so I go to my book shelves and check that Miss Read is where I think she is, ready for my annual visits to Fairacre and Thrush Green. I re-visit Caxley as well, but not quite as often.
I love these books and cannot recommend [...]
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Posted on April 21, 2008 by Ramona Silipo
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21 September – Harlow, but finally getting ready to move house
I’m furiously making lists of things to do and trying to get appointments with people to come to the new house to give quotes for jobs, looking up movers in the phone book to get quotes from them, [...]
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