The new and the old
This collection of the Ceremonials of a Year is an Anthology of the Wonder of Common Days. The Ceremonials of a year are accumulative; they can never be concluded, as long as one lives on earth. A Ceremonial may be interpreted as a spiritual obeisance to the created beauty of the world. From the Forward
A few months ago I was contacted by a woman named Michele Lamond who wanted to reprint Abbie Graham’s Ceremonials of Common Days. Originally published in 1923 it was due to come into the public domain and she wanted to use a quote from one of my posts on the back of the reprinted edition. I was only too happy to give permission and was thrilled that this beloved book would now be widely available.
Having just received the new edition I am happy with the more modern format and engaging graphics.
The book celebrates simple loves of daily life as the seasons turn: lighting the first fire of winter; celebrating ink and letter-writing as a means of “conquering distances;” the Coffee Ceremonial that acknowledges this “gregarious beverage” which Graham observes in the morning that follows the first night of camping; and the Ceremonial of the Roads–in praise of rambling–in which Graham quotes Thoreau; and many more ways of honoring ordinary life. There is a page at the end of each season for readers to create their own ceremonials.
On Thanksgiving Day I celebrate the Ceremonial of Being Glad for People. A year is a lean year or a year of plenty in proportion to the poverty or richness of its fellowships….Thanksgiving is an articulate season, a time for expressing the unspoken things of the heart. The Ceremonial of Being Glad for People was the initial ceremonial. Because of it, the other ceremonials were made necessary. From Autumn
Revealing a kind of quiet bygone age of simple observation, generosity to others and a slower pace of life, yet Graham calls for being fully engaged in a world where the mundane is not taken for granted, but celebrated in grand style.
The holidays are coming and I say, “Celebrate the Ceremonial of the Stocking Stuffer!”
Available from:
Michele Lamond, Proprietor
NelliesNotecards.com
Venice, Florida
Happy Thanksgiving to Friends everywhere…
Oh, how lovely! I am so pleased, and pleased for you, too. How nice to be quoted. 🙂
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Thank you, Jean, it does feel so good!
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How lovely! Congrats on having your words given this honor. And thanks for notifying us of the reprint.
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Thank you, Lory. You know how good it feels when a beloved book is reprinted/republished 🙂
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So what’s the quotation from one of your posts?
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Jeanne, it’s the second photo of this post.
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(redface) I have been caught in my text-only reading habits. I’m so non-visually oriented I often skip over photos. A Physics Prof who works with me has a slide show of a textbook page with text and a graph, and she would show students the page the way I see it (all text) and then the way she sees it (only the graph).
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I’m glad you cleared that up, because you had me looking and looking at my post thinking, “what am I seeing that she can’t!” 🌹👍
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Laurie, I am so pleased to hear this! I can contacted Michelle at Nellie’s Notecards to see if there’s any possibility of shipping to the UK. Fingers crossed!
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Yes, I did not ask about overseas shipping, but double the crossed fingers that it is possible!
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