{"product_id":"9781623097776","title":"Gentle Hills","description":"These one hundred forty-one poems are the voice of a woman who loved God, life, her children, and the beautiful small town of Logan, Ohio, where she was born and lived. Here are short, lovely poems that will warm your heart, bring a smile to your face, and a nod of appreciation for a point well made. The author saw magic and grace in the events of a seemingly ordinary life. These poems express her appreciation for the extraordinary in every small thing, if one only takes the time to look for it. \u003cbr\u003eNo deep philosophical poems here, instead these are poems that will touch your heart, your spirit, and your soul. As you read these poems you can picture the author sitting in her garden, with her cat and her flowers around her. She wrote about what she knew, saw, and loved: Albert (her gold cat), children and grandchildren, tea parties, getting older, Christmas, Easter, thunder \u0026amp; wind—stars and storms, the herb woman, the rocking chair, Mr. McCarty Is Dead, Dee’s pillow and even a Tea Party and The Star Quilt.\u003cbr\u003eTEA PARTY\u003cbr\u003eWhen I was very young \u003cbr\u003eMy grandmother served me tea \u003cbr\u003eIn delicate, hand-painted cups. \u003cbr\u003eWe talked of this and that \u003cbr\u003eAnd I felt so very grown-up. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToday, a gracious old lady \u003cbr\u003eServed me tea and petits fours, \u003cbr\u003eCalled me a dear child, \u003cbr\u003eAnd I, with grown-up children of my own, \u003cbr\u003eFelt so very young, once more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE STAR QUILT \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy the year 1866, \u003cbr\u003eYoung John Hutchinson had come home \u003cbr\u003eFrom the war, \u003cbr\u003eCleared some land \u003cbr\u003eAnd gotten the log house built. \u003cbr\u003eThat was the year \u003cbr\u003eHis wife, Julie Ann, started to make \u003cbr\u003eHer star quilt. \u003cbr\u003eShe used scraps of material, \u003cbr\u003eLike bits of the rainbow, \u003cbr\u003eGathered from cousins and aunts, \u003cbr\u003eNear and far. \u003cbr\u003eThen carefully cut \u003cbr\u003eInto two hundred and thirty-five \u003cbr\u003eSmall eight-sided stars. \u003cbr\u003eWhen it was time to quilt \u003cbr\u003eHer grandmother came \u003cbr\u003eFrom three farms down \u003cbr\u003eAnd Aunt Jessie came from town \u003cbr\u003eTo help and gently chide \u003cbr\u003eIf the stitches weren't small and neat\u003cbr\u003eAnd side by side. \u003cbr\u003eOff and on \u003cbr\u003eAll winter long \u003cbr\u003eThe women worked when chores were thru \u003cbr\u003eAnd as their busy fingers flew \u003cbr\u003eGrandma told them tales \u003cbr\u003eOf long ago, \u003cbr\u003eWhen her grandfather first came here \u003cbr\u003eAnd it was all forestland. \u003cbr\u003eAnd where Uncle Willy's barn now stands \u003cbr\u003eThere was an Indian camp. \u003cbr\u003eSo they would talk and sew \u003cbr\u003eUntil the sputtering of the lamp \u003cbr\u003eTold them it was time to go. \u003cbr\u003eJulie Ann loved her star quilt \u003cbr\u003eAnd later on, \u003cbr\u003eHer children loved it, too. \u003cbr\u003eIt passed down thru the family \u003cbr\u003eAnd for ages seemed like new. \u003cbr\u003eIt warmed many a small child \u003cbr\u003eAnd chased away \u003cbr\u003eThe winter's chill. \u003cbr\u003eYet in all her dreams \u003cbr\u003eNever did she guess \u003cbr\u003eThat one day her quilt would hang \u003cbr\u003eOn the wall of a great museum, \u003cbr\u003eA thing of beauty still, \u003cbr\u003eTho’ faded now and worn. \u003cbr\u003eHow proud she'd be \u003cbr\u003eTo see this day \u003cbr\u003eAnd hear all that the people have to say \u003cbr\u003eAbout her old star quilt \u003cbr\u003eThat she made in 1866, \u003cbr\u003eThe year John got the log house built.","brand":"BookBaby","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47113727017200,"sku":"9781623097776","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781623097776_p0.jpg?v=1763861610","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781623097776","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}