As a young girl, I still remember my dear mother, smile on her face, curled up with Family Circle magazine in her lap. She was engrossed in an article titled “Butternut Wisdom,” written by Gladys Taber. At my age, it didn’t mean a thing to me. But as I grew up and began perusing used bookstores as a hobby, I came across books written by Mrs. Taber. I would snatch them up and present them to my mother on special occasions.
After she passed, I gathered all the books I had given my mother and put them away in my bookshelf. Soon after, I realized I had no idea what her precious books were about. I slowly opened one of the volumes and began reading, and after the second or third page, I was hooked!
The words immediately escorted me into the world of Stillmeadow, a 1690 farmhouse in Connecticut, purchased by Gladys and her best friend, Jill. Their idea was to have a place in the
