Definitions

*While reading Sense and Sensibility I found myself wondering what the meaning of certain words that defined the character of certain men (Willowby). So here they are:

From Websters 1828 dictionary:

Beaux (beau): A man of dress; a fine, g*y man; one whose great care is to deck his person. In familiar language, a man who attends a lady.

C*xcomb: A fop(The Latin voppa, a senseless fellow, is evidently from the same root, with the sense of emptiness or lightness); a vain showy fellow; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments.

From my modern Webster's:

Bl*ckguard: a contemptible person-scoundrel

or the Free Dictionary definition:
someone who is morally reprehensible

I hope these will help you as you read.
Mrs. Sensibility

A Man and A Woman

As unto the bow the cord is,
So unto the man is woman;
Though she bends him, she obeys him,
Though she draws him, yet she follows;
Useless each without the other!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Castles in the Air

"It was rather a pretty little picture, for the sisters sat together in the shady nook, with sun and shadow flickering over them,- the aromatic wind lifting their hair and cooling their hot cheeks,- and all the little wood-people going on with their affairs as if these were no strangers, but old friends.

Meg sat upon her cushion sewing daintily with her white hands, and looking fresh and sweet as a rose, in her pink dress, among the green. Beth was sorting cones that lay thick under the hemlock nearby, for she made pretty things of them. Amy was sketching a group of ferns, and Jo was knitting as she read aloud."

Lousia May Alcott
"Little Women

Sometimes the passages I read paint very vivid pictures in my mind. This passage was one of those. How I long to join the girls and share in their conversation and their dreaming. I can almost see the flickering of the "sun and shadow" and smell and feel the "aromatic wind" lifting my hair and cooling my cheeks. Even though I am much closer to the age of Marmee, the little girl part of me longs for the dreamy days where my concerns are centered on what I might one day be.
I have often wondered which of the girls I would think myself to be the most like. I suppose as a girl I would have thought it to be Jo, for what girl does not want to write or own horses? But I suppose that I am really more of a Meg. I cannot say that I wish to have "heaps of money" or "a house full of lots of luxurious things", but I want to do good and I love being a homemaker. I hope dear mothers and daughters that you do too.

Written a few years ago for Little Women Home Companion. This was a newsletter that I co-wrote and edited with my daughter.

Miss Hannah Apron

Miss Hannah was made by me last autumn. I participated in an apron exchange and made two sister aprons. This is the one I kept. Miss Hannah is a hard worker but knows how to look pretty for more formal occasions. She is made from homespun with a delicate lace to dress her up.

Miss Rosette Apron

She's short, cute and a bit flirty. Hot pink and lime green ruffles dress her up a little more than her sister Miss Rosy. Miss Rosette is springtime, lace and roses wrapped up into one. She looks great on my tiny model but I will need to make a bigger size for yours truly. I have to admit that I love her.....OOh La La

Sense and Sensibility

What I watched while recovering this weekend.....Lovely!