by Amanda Read Sheik | Dec 26, 2006 | Journal
Christmas has come and gone once again. Year twenty o’six is nearly over. We had a splendid Christmas party with family at our Grandparents’ house on the 23rd (little cousins are growing up fast!). Grandmomma gave Rachel and I each a very pretty...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Dec 2, 2006 | Journal
I spent this day in planning my goals for the remainder of this year. I have put the pressure on myself to work harder on my other school subjects by forming a new daily schedule (yes, one of those again). I really have nothing to complain about or dilly-dally on. I...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Oct 25, 2006 | Fair Hills Farm, Journal
It is the season for cold weather. It has been freezing. I hope that it stays that way! Now we can enjoy pleasant fires in the fireplaces. Summer was nice enough while it lasted, but I think that the time is nigh for cold weather to be...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Oct 19, 2006 | Fair Hills Farm, Journal
When I have been absent from writing in a journal, on a blog, or perhaps even in correspondence, I tend to want to say, “I haven’t written in awhile”. However, if I decide to just use common sense and resist explaining a truth which holds itself to...
