Tag Archives | Willa Cather

Friday, February 28, 2014

By on February 28, 2014 in Quote of the Day

Where there is great love there are always miracles.   – Willa Cather

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Friday, January 11

By on January 11, 2013 in Joanie's blog

The snow fell all through the night and I awoke to 17 inches of really fluffy powder on my deck.  It is gorgeous outside, white, cold and lovely.  I look in my backyard and see trees bending to carry the extra weight , bowing lower and lower to the ground to compensate for this extra […]

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Friday, January 4, 2013

By on January 5, 2013 in Quote of the Day

“The earth was warm under me, and warm as I crumbled it through my fingers…I kept as still as I could.  Nothing happened.  I did not expect anything to happen.  I was something that lay under the sun and felt it, like the pumpkins, and I did not want to be anything more.  I was […]

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My Antonia

By on December 10, 2012 in Great Reads

Willa Cather’s My Antonia What I love about this novel is how the environment reflects the hardships these immigrant families must go through to make it.  The people become stronger because of the harshness of the landscape.  I’m attracted to novels that show people overcoming obstacles all while knowing that they will benefit the next […]

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