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“Let’s Pay Attention to the Good”
Dear Reader: As I rode by Hutchinson Square Friday morning…my eyes lit up with joy! The most beautiful sight beheld me… dozens of gorgeous pastel umbrellas filled the lawn in the park area. I couldn’t...
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The Shared Love of Mr. Lincoln’s Rose
Dear Reader: When I went back out yesterday the second bud on the Mr. Lincoln’s Rose bush had opened and was beautiful. The bloom from Friday, however, had already spotted up (white spots) and lost...
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The Land of the Free… because of the Brave
Dear Reader: When I came across this Guidepost Memorial Day Remembrance story it took me back in time. One thing I am very glad about is that I don’t have to be a teenager again…in this life time....
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Free to Be Me
Dear Reader: When I think back to the first time I was cognizant of the word “freedom” it came only after I had felt it as a child in the form of summer. Didn’t the days seem endless back then? No...
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Welcoming Life’s Interruptions
Dear Reader: Unless we have won the lottery, don’t most of us dislike daily interruptions…like solicitor’s calls, long-winded great aunt Phoebe, canned reminders of this or that appointment still...
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The Crown of Thorns
Dear Reader: As everything in my yard and garden is starting to wither away… my succulents…named appropriately the “Crown of Thorns” can take the 100 plus heat with drought and keep on keeping on. In...
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Go on the “Time Excuse” Diet
Dear Reader: Are you like millions of us who are wondering ….’Is it just me…or does time seem to be going faster and faster?‘ Research tells us, due to continuously evolving technology, people today...
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It All Starts with a Seed…
Dear Reader: These days…the only plants I plant by seed are my moon flower vines. I must admit that there is an extra thrill when you press a seed into the ground….knowing that magic…will one day come...
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It’s Never Too Late to Choose Love
Dear Reader: The other day I scrubbed and scrubbed my refrigerator on the B&B side with at least three different anti-rust solutions…to no avail… the fridge door was squeaky clean but still rusty....
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Connecting Thoughts from Different Friends on any Given Day
Dear Reader: These days Imodium is my best friend…I don’t go anywhere without it. I try to keep reminding myself that these stomach issues that started with the switch to another daily chemo regime is...
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A God Wink in the Early Morning Garden
Dear Reader: Yesterday I woke up around 6:30… refreshed and ready to pounce on the day…I wanted to water early, go by the utilities (electric/water) buildings and pay this month’s bills…followed by...
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“You’ve Don’t Know What You’ve Got…Til’ it’s Gone”
Dear Reader: “Blessings from heaven” probably means different things to different people but for all of us, in the lowcountry, it means rain…and yesterday we got it! A nice, slow, steady rain…the kind...
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Seventy-five Years Ago…the Triumphs, Tragedies, and Brilliant Trickeries of...
An inflatable dummy tank modelled after the M4 Sherman during Operation Fortitude, Southern England, United Kingdom, 1944. (Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images) Dear Reader: June 6, 1944, the...
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The Power of Holding Hands
Dear Reader: Last Christmas Eve when Eva Cate and Rutledge helped me act out one part of the Christmas Eve story “When Christmas Stood Still”…they had to hold hands and repeat three times “Trust in...
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Walking in Wonder
Dear Reader: Do you remember the day before yesterday when I was bragging on the number of morning glories blooming on one of my morning glory stalks… due to the recent rains…there were maybe five or...
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…And the Story Continues…The Pride of Summerville
Dear Reader: I should have known many of you readers remembered different tidbits about the original nursery that is still producing hundreds and hundreds of morning glory blooms along Highway 78. Jo...
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Nature’s Reach for Life
Dear Reader: I love flowering vines…like the morning glories and the moon flowers because I am always in awe of the vines reaching out into nothing-ness…sheer air…as if somehow knowing there is a...
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When a “Break” and a “Cut” Change Your Garden Pause Moment
Dear Reader: Yesterday I planted more lantana early in the morning and it was a good thing…because it poured on and off from lunch time on…buckets and buckets of showers came down. It was the perfect...
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“A Life Well Loved…”
Dear Reader: At the stage of life I am living presently…I have been given time to mull over so many accumulated memories that collectively represent a “life well loved.” I know this deep down in my...
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Becoming Who We Were Meant to Be with Help from God’s Messengers
Dear Reader: This beautiful piece of prose by Nikita Gill reminds us of all the roles we have played with a diversity of personalities within us….that have taken a lifetime to mold …and if we are...
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