41 Objects: Peacocks in Pride & Prejudice

This beautiful edition of Pride and Prejudice is one of the 41 Objects I saw at Jane Austen’s house museum in Hampshire when I visited last summer. I was curious about the peacock design, so I did a little research… The Jane Austen Centre in Bath has this to offer: “As a motif, the peacock is indelibly linked with the...

I want more.

I don’t like being “on the fringe” of most anything. If you’re on the fringe of a group of friends, you’re not really part of the core group; you just...

Love and Friendship

In honor of “Galentine’s Day,”* today, I’ve been thinking about my favorite friends (both real and fictional). I’ve learned a lot about friendship from Anne of Green Gables. In it,...

Be Brave.

I don’t go in much for New Year’s resolutions, but I do really love to reflect on the past year and look forward prayerfully to the year to come. This...