Editor’s Letter
Dear Friends In Shepherds Abiding, our final Victoria Classics Book Club selection for 2021, Jan Karon makes this astute observation: “Indeed, it seemed to be the wont of most people in a distracted and frantic world to blast through an experience without savoring it or, later, reflecting upon it.” As we enter the holidays, days pass even more quickly, and the challenge for each of us is to seek periods of stillness. Let this November/December issue serve as an invitation to inhale deeply the joys of the coming season. Amid the scent of fresh-cut evergreens and the sight of treasured adornments, we survey the beauty of interiors dressed for Yuletide. View Artist-in-Residence Annie Sloan’s colorful projects on page 15, and step into a Georgian home filled with heirlooms on page 73. Beginning…