The Jonathan Papers

by Elisabeth Woodbridge Morris

Overview

Rediscover the charm of rural life in "The Jonathan Papers," a delightful collection of essays by Elisabeth Woodbridge Morris. Through keen observation and heartfelt prose, Morris paints a vivid picture of Connecticut country living. This enduring memoir offers a glimpse into a simpler time, exploring the rhythms of nature and the beauty found in everyday moments.

With a focus on the joys and challenges of rural existence, "The Jonathan Papers" reflects on the essence of nature and the unique character of the Connecticut landscape. These essays, a blend of nature writing and personal reflection, capture the timeless appeal of country life. Readers interested in classic memoirs and literary essays will find much to savor in this elegantly written volume.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781023289658
Publisher:	Anson Street Press
Publication date:	03/28/2025
Pages:	114
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.24(d)

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m A Desultory Pilgrimage Many of our friends seem to be taking automobile trips during the summer months very rapid trips, since, as they explain, "it strains the machine to go too slowly, you know." Jonathan and I wanted to take a trip too, and we looked about us on the old farm for a conveyance. The closest scrutiny failed to discover an automobile, but there were other vehicles there was the old sleigh in the back of the woodshed, where the hens loved to steal nests, and the old surrey, shabby but willing, and the business wagon, still shabbier but no less willing; there were the two lumber wagons, one rather more lumbering than the other; and there were also various farming vehicles whose names and uses I have never fathomed, with knives and long raking arrangements, very uncomfortable to step over when hunting in the dark corners of the barns for hens' nests or new kittens. Moreover, there was Kit, the old bay mare, also shabby but willing. That is, willing " within reason," although it must be admitted that Kit's ideas of what was reasonable were distinctly conservative. The chief practical difference between Kit and an automobile, considered as a motive power, was that it did not strain Kit in the least to go slowly. This we considered an advantage, slow-going being what we particularly Mashed, and we decided that Kit would do. For our conveyance we chose the business wagon a plain box body, with a seat across and room behind for a trunk; but in addition Jonathan put in a shallow box under the seat, nailed to cleats on the bottom of the wagon so that it would not shift and rain would run under it. In this we put the things we needed by the roadside the camping-kit, drink-ing-cups, bait-boxes, camera, and so on. Then we stowed our trout rods and baskets,...