“We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.” -Goethe- journal entry: I am a failed journal keeper. I love other people’s journals. Perhaps other people would like my journal . . . if I had one. I love to buy journals. I love to make journals. I love to …
“It was the best of times . . . it was the worst of times.” -Charles Dickens- journal entry: It’s true. Things can be wonderful and awful at the same time. I love this photograph and wanted to try it as a cover for a journal. I think it is …
“If nothing is going well, call your grandmother !” -Italian proverb- journal entry: Everything is going well . . . for me. I am very grateful for that. I don’t know about everyone else. actually . . . I do know about some people and wish all would be well …
“It’s more fun to talk with someone who doesn’t use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like “what about lunch?” -Winnie-the-Pooh- journal entry: A person doesn’t have to look very far to find “happy things”. When I spotted this scrapbook paper, I knew instantly what it was meant …
I once knew all the birds that came and nested in our orchard trees, For every flower I had a name . . . my friends were woodchucks, toads and bees; I knew what thrived in yonder glen, what plants would soothe a stone-bruised toe, Oh, I was very learned …
Duty of Children A child should always say what’s true And speak when he is spoken to, And behave mannerly at table; At least as far as he is able. -Robert Louis Stevenson- journal entry: I guess that aprons and smocks are different. They are different sizes and made for …
” People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors.” – Edmund Burke- journal entry: Today I made a simple family tree. The pretty paper caught my eye. I said to myself “there is a family tree in there”. I cut apart a jeweled swirl …
“Don’t worry Peter . . . I can sew your shadow on for you!” – Wendy Darling to Peter Pan- journal entry: Today I thought of my grandmother . . . and when I did, I thought of her sewing box. Her sewing box reflected her personality. It was filled …
