Faerie

“Faerie is a perilous land, and in it are pitfalls for the unwary and dungeons for the overbold...The realm of fairy-story is wide and deep and high and filled with many things: all manner of beasts and birds are found there; shoreless seas and stars uncounted; beauty that is an enchantment, and an ever-present peril; both joy and sorrow as sharp as swords. In that realm a man may, perhaps, count himself fortunate to have wandered, but its very richness and strangeness tie the tongue of a traveller who would report them. And while he is there it is dangerous for him to ask too many questions, lest the gates should be shut and the keys be lost.”

― J.R.R. Tolkien 

On Fairy-Stories 

For God's Glory

Our approach changes from "Come into my world and make me happy," to "Father, show me how to go into Your world and glorify you."
~ Susan Hunt
Spiritual Mothering

Good Times

The first families of Clintonville had plenty of self-made entertainment available, including skating, sledding, buggy and automobile rides, swimming, knocking about in the woods, following ravines to their source, playing in the river, climbing on train trestles, visiting with neighbors, and taking long strolls on Sundays. Since a good book had no competition with television, they read, and libraries became an integral part of their lives. Everybody loves a parade, and Clintonville residents mounted their fair share of them. They actively gardened, put on their own concerts and plays, started clubs, and were involved with their churches.

~Shirley Hyatt
Images of America: Clintonville and Beechwold