Tag: spring

I’m apparently not done with this yet…

  Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime. German monk, priest, and leader of the Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther, was born on this day in 1483 (died 1536) I’m pretty sure Luther didn’t write that quote in the fall. Or maybe he did. Maybe …

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Springtime in Virginia

“On the whole I find nothing any where else in point of climate which Virginia need envy to any part of the world . . . . Spring and autumn, which make a paradise of our country, are rigorous winter with them [New Englanders] . . . . When we consider how much climate contributes …

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