From Under the Lilac Bush

Ann H GabhartHeart of Hollyhill

April 28, 1965 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill. Actually, I’m reporting from under the lilac bush in our front yard. Can you smell them? Ahhh. They’re wonderful. The butterflies like them too, but I couldn’t get the butterflies to pose for my camera. They kept flitting away and film isn’t cheap as Dad is continually telling me. But Dad …

Two Houses, Two Stories

Ann H GabhartAnn's Posts, One Writer's Journal

“A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.” ~Benjamin Franklin This house contains nothing but memories and echoes of what once was. It’s a house in my town that has always been a source of wondering for me. So when the current owners agreed to put the house …