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We Have More in Common than We Have Differences
Dear Reader: After decades of teaching in a classroom I would be the first to admit that if we could offer the perfect education to every person on earth it would be the opportunity to travel the...
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Walking on Clouds
Dear Reader: Two hours after I took this photo last Saturday the dark clouds moved in, the thunder boomed, and the lightning started flashing…I was not only “walking on clouds” in my euphoria over...
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Hope: “The Best is Yet to Be”
Dear Reader: At one pivotal moment (the Mitford Series) in Father Tim’s life he must choose whether he is willing to make blood transfusions to someone he just discovered is a half-brother….through...
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Always Thank a Teacher…and Don’t Forget the Hug!
Dear Reader: As school winds down for another year…Teacher Appreciation Week is here! As a retired teacher and a big proponent of a teacher’s right to fight for better teaching conditions… I was with...
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Meet Skippy, the Audacious Squirrel!
Dear Reader: I think it was Mark Twain who once said, “I don’t know if history repeats itself, but it sure rhymes a lot.” First there was Sammy, initially the stalking cardinal who about demolished...
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Imagine a World of No More “What-if’s”
Dear Reader: I am coming home today from Edisto Beach….the bittersweet day we knew was coming all week, yet we are never quite prepared when it arrives. Everyone is conflicted with mixed...
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Edisto… Over-Easy
Dear Reader: “Over-easy” was definitely the lifestyle and theme for the week…I was starting a new cancer medication while on the retreat, Brooke was preparing psychologically for her upcoming rotator...
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The Amazing Attachment of Mother and Child
Dear Reader: While I was at the beach I came across an article by Guide Post…Mysterious Ways that I found fascinating. It is about the miraculous and inexplicable bond between mothers and their...
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Mother Nature’s Surprises on Mother’s Day
Dear Reader: Yesterday morning, Sunday May 12, Mother’s Day, I awoke to the long-awaited sound and luscious fresh smell of rain! I immediately texted my neighbor Vickie and got an instant reply…“Best...
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Back in the Saddle Again…
Dear Reader: It has been a long time since I have done a story in a school and I didn’t realize how much I missed it. Rutledge’s kindergarten class was just precious and every pair of eyes listened...
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Return To Dingle
Dear Reader: As you look at the pictures today of Dingle, Ireland…just say “Hallelujah” that I have a friend like Anne who saved this post from becoming non-existent. The computer gremlins hit...
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Thank Goodness for Lantana in the South…the Summer Survivor!
Dear Reader: This year I have decided to add lantana to the garden because it is the only flower that can take the hot humid days ahead in the lowcountry. The photo above is my lantana “patch” in the...
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“Ring the Bells that Still Can Ring”
Dear Reader: When I opened a kitchen drawer yesterday there was this piece of poster board with an “Anne original drawing of trees” from the Louise Penny’s detective novels and this quote found in the...
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Little Seen Lunar Luminations
Dear Reader: My garden, originally started out as a moon garden…one of the reasons that I planted moon flowers around the entrance gate and on my front porch for the first two or three seasons. After...
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Those Special Days that Come…”Just Out of the Blue!”
Dear Reader: “Ask and you shall receive.” You might remember in yesterday’s blog post I sent out a call for anyone who might be returning to the Community Cultural Arts (Public Works) Building to...
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When an Imaginary Place Jumps From a Book into Reality
Dear Reader: I love my little reading angel…when I first got her she was supposed to be outside because she had a solar panel and batteries….but neither seemed to work and I didn’t want her getting...
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“I See You, I Honor You, and You are not Alone”
Dear Reader: I had saved this poster from one of Kelly Rae Robert’s art works for several months on my desk top without ever using it…and now I know why…the perfect time had not arrived. I finally...
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Don’t Tell People Your Dreams…Show them!
Dear Reader: Telling people about your dreams without ever doing the necessary background initiatives/work to make them real is like trying to keep my sun coleus plants from toppling over on my...
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Let Your Heart Be Your Guide
Dear Reader: “When you are going through something hard and wonder where God is…remember the teacher is always quiet during a test.” I have never forgotten this quote that I heard sometime during my...
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Love Can Be Murder
Dear Reader: Over the last three days both Anne and Cindy have excitedly “messengered” me to let me know that while we wait for Louise Penny’s latest detective book to arrive August 27 (the 15th in...
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