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…And This Little Piggie Went, “Smile, Smile, Smile…All the Way Home”
(Jo Dufford Pooh Cards for Daily Messages) Dear Reader: I love days, like the one Piglet describes in the title photo…and yesterday was one of them. The cold weather prompted me to make...
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You Can Take It With You…and Then Give It Away
Dear Reader: I remember several years ago doing a blog post on Hershey’s candy bars in connection to my mother’s love of them. She always had some stashed around her house or apartment. It was a...
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It Always Comes Back to the Hug
Dear Reader: As I was thinking about Bob Williams’ closing remarks yesterday concerning the best thing he receives, in exchange, for his Hershey candy bar giveaways…getting a hug and that at 94 it was...
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Digging Deep Inside Our Pockets…and Finding Happiness
Dear Reader: If this all-purpose weather coat could talk it would have some tales to tell…some of you long-time readers know this was the “coat”…the one Mandy and John gave me for my Ireland trip with...
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A Lifetime Story in a Single Night
Dear Reader: You might remember, several years ago, I started a personal contest with Scheherazade to tell one more story than her famous 1001 Arabian Nights… through blog posting…to write a post...
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A Little Nudge Towards a Big Risk and Total Fulfillment
Dear Reader: Today I am leaving to stay over at the Turners to help out with the grandchildren while John is gone…so I thought that random acts of kindness might be just the thing to leave for each...
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Small Acts of Kindness Really Can be Just Small
Dear Reader: When it comes to thinking of a small act of kindness to do on any day that comes along…a small act can go a long way. When I read this little short idea…I thought to myself how simple it...
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“A Love of Reading”
Dear Reader: As a teacher, when I came across this story, and the desire this young boy, Matthew, had to read anything he could get his hands on…I was touched. ( *And the generosity of the American...
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“And Now in Age…I Bud Again”
Dear Reader: The quote in the title comes from George Herbert (1633)…an amazingly insightful poet, who metaphorically saw his aging life through a beautiful bud on an old flower that looked like it...
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A “Pocket Kindness” Story
Dear Reader: This true story of a ‘random act of kindness’ re-enforces my belief that every thing in life does happen for a reason…and that reason connects us to others and the universe...
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Stormy Weather Brought Me Back Home
Dear Reader: I am back home safe and sound…getting in a little after nine last night. I got to Lincolnville before the rains hit and believe me they hit. Crossing the bridges, however, was spectacular...
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It’s Never Too Late to Bloom
Dear Reader: One of my favorite things is mailboxes covered with flowering vines or small shrubs…. my most favorite is our own state flower on top of mailboxes…the yellow jessamine vine. It is very...
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Respecting Personal Space with God Within Us
Dear Reader: With so much personal family going-on’s around St. Patrick’s Day I didn’t really have time to talk much about St. Patrick himself this year. Yesterday my pastor, Jeff Kackley, decided to...
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“Let the Beauty of What You Love Be What You Do”
Dear Reader: When I read the title quote for today’s blog (Rumi) I knew this is what I wanted to address today… because every day when I wake up I have the opportunity to discover something new and...
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Out of Adversity Comes Advocacy
Dear Reader: I was just thinking the other day that when we all face different adversities along our path through life we are also given the opportunity to dig a little deeper inside ourselves to find...
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Cloudy, Chilly…Nonetheless Spring Arrived!
Dear Reader: I had to go get “Pinkie” (my faithful old pink robe) from off the back of my bedroom door to write the blog yesterday…it is the first day of spring and downright cold for us low country...
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Am I Growing As Well As My Garden?
Dear Reader: Yesterday I was having a little bit of a “pouty” party…I have been scared to hardly walk through my garden for the frustration of not being able to work in it like I love…so many pine...
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The Gift of Reading
Dear Reader: I decided yesterday afternoon to switch some birdhouses around…I felt like the “Little Chapel in the Woods” bird feeder needed to look like it was in the woods. By moving it from the...
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To Be Home Again…
Dear Reader: Summerville has turned into a beautiful fairy land of flowers and colors of every kind imaginable. These days when I turn into my neighborhood…heading to 100 Rainbow Road…I give a silent...
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Sunday Afternoon Musings…
Dear Reader: In spite of increasing health issues…I really like getting older because it doesn’t take much to make me happy…actually clap my hands in glee. This aged, old tree (outside my “office”...
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