“Her hospitality was something exquisite; she had the gift which so many women lack, of being able to make themselves and their houses belong entirely to a guest’s pleasure, that charming surrender for the moment of themselves and whatever belongs to them, so that they make a part of one’s life that can never be forgotten.”
-Sarah Orne Jewett, from The Country of the Pointed Firs
Reminds me of The Good Witch and her Grey House 🙂
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Are you speaking of the movies? I haven’t seen them…
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I’m speaking of Hallmark series “The Good Witch”… I liked first seasons… the last two was too much 🙂
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This is so charming!
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You’ve reminded me that it’s been a long while since I’ve read The Country of the Pointed Firs. A lovely quote to go along with that charming image.
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I never read it!
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Nor did I 🙂
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That’s the way I want our home to be to guests and it is so sweet when we are the recipients of that kind of hospitality…
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I imagine this is just your style of hospitality, Ellen.
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