. The journal of a country woman. with awagon and the provisions. It was a heavenlyday and bound us all together in joyful appre-ciation of each other and of our happy fate tolive among the glories and graces of kindlynature. The days success was due to Marthachiefly, to her charm and her joy in finding thetrue life. She will stay late in the country andcome back early, and I doubt not songs inthe night will be hers and day dreams to weaveinto verses for those who must take their joyin nature second-hand. July Twenty-seventh. We begin to knowpeople for five miles round about. The min-ister of
. The journal of a country woman. with awagon and the provisions. It was a heavenlyday and bound us all together in joyful appre-ciation of each other and of our happy fate tolive among the glories and graces of kindlynature. The days success was due to Marthachiefly, to her charm and her joy in finding thetrue life. She will stay late in the country andcome back early, and I doubt not songs inthe night will be hers and day dreams to weaveinto verses for those who must take their joyin nature second-hand. July Twenty-seventh. We begin to knowpeople for five miles round about. The min-ister of the little village church—my grand-fathers church, for he built and mostly main-tained it for fifty years—was, of course, one ofour first friends. Then we found an idealcountry doctor who cures mostly by suggestion,with incidental prescriptions of baths, exercise,and much sleep. He became at once a valuedfriend of the family, but with the assurance thatwe were hopelessly well and his calls wouldneed to be friendly visits. 86. PARLOR CUPBOARD OF AN OLD DUTCH FARMHOUSE IN THE NEARBY REAL HOLLAND INTERIOR A COUNTRY WOMAN Then our immediate neighbors have provedso satisfying. They welcomed us, and weredelighted to find an open door at our home,where a thought for the general weal of thecommunity was taken and some practicalway opened for them to come into social andpersonal contact with one another a littlemore freely. The arts and crafts rooms are ameeting place of unending interest, and a rea-son for frequent and prolonged comings ofneighbors, assured that here is a welcome andwork for those who wish, and fellowship ofkindred minds. I am weaving some rag carpet rugs in at-tractive patterns, and Amelia is also an adeptat the loom. One of our oldest neighbors hasrevived her skill at coloring cloth in vegetabledyes, and such wonderfully soft and artisticand lasting blues and greens and browns andpurples as she brings out of the dye pot delightour eyes and insure the be
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