February 10, 1965 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky. Snow is still on the ground but the school buses are running again. I don’t ride the bus. Dad takes me to school on his way to the newspaper office. Thank goodness. If I had to ride the bus, I’d be on it for an hour. That might be all …
Mystery Flowers and Secret Admirers
February 17, 1964 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Main Street, Hollyhill. Strange goings on in the newspaper office this week. Valentine’s Day was last Friday. The day when everybody goes bonkers for love. At least everybody but Wes and me. He says folks are just having “heart” trouble and it’s trouble he intends to stay out of. I wouldn’t mind …
Valentines and Hearts
“Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.” – Voltaire What would life be without love? Isn’t it great that we have a day set aside to celebrate love? In of all months, February. That month of the year when those of us in the northern hemisphere are beginning to be weary of winter. The month when …
A Day for Romance
Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination. (Voltaire) Happy Valentine’s Day! What makes Valentine’s Day good for you? Candy? Roses? A card with loving words? Maybe sugar candy hearts with “Be Mine” on them. Seems I remember hearing that they had jazzed up and modernized the Valentine messages on candy hearts. So now the sayings on …
The First Valentine
Hi, everybody. Hope you’re not too stuffed with chocolate candy after Valentine’s Day yesterday. Our preacher was telling us the origin of Valentine’s Day in church today. Br. Fred says that back many moons ago, around 268 A.D. in the Roman Empire, it was decided that men should not marry before they entered the Roman army. But a priest named …
Be Mine, Valentine!
Thanks to all of you who have responded to my newsletter. I always enjoy hearing from you and knowing that you’re doing okay. And it’s great to have you putting your name in the hat for my new book give-away, Hidden, an Amish romance, by Shelley Shepard Gray, and your choice of one of my books, Orchard of Hope, Summer …
Happy Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone. This is one of my favorite holidays. For one thing, it’s a great excuse to eat chocolate and I’ve had a sweet tooth ever since I can remember. But what I really like about the day is that it celebrates love. Romantic love for sure, but that’s not all. We recognize love in all its forms. …
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