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April… The Month of Beauty and Blessings
Dear Reader: Just saying the word April softly produces a lilting sing-song to my voice… a soft melody. Sara Teasdale, in her prose on April, expresses it so well. …”I could not be sure of spring-save...
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I Never Make the Same Mistake Twice…
Dear Reader: By now you probably realize that yesterday you got two posts for the high price of one-insanity. The first one that popped up at six had center stage until about 9:30 am and was...
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The Best Prizes Aren’t Found on a Stage
Dear Reader: Like most people growing up I would dream about what it must feel like to win a National or international award or prize. Every year I watched them come and go… getting no closer to that...
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Francis Marion and the Ebony Chippendale Armchair
Dear Reader: I can’t help myself-this retired history teacher wants to share a revolutionary tale today about one of South Carolina’s ” Favorite Sons.” General Francis Marion-better known in history...
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Food for ” Thought”
Dear Reader: The last few days have been troubling ones since the news broke last week about the murder of Dr Robert Lesslie, his wife Barbara. their two young grandchildren and an appliance employee...
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My Tree and Me
Dear Reader: I think a friend of mine, Dee Lesko, and myself were on the same thought wave yesterday. All five grandchildren’s Japanese Maples are breaking out in leaves all over -the girls’ are green...
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Making Our Words Invaluable
Dear Reader: Being an ardent lover of words… I remembered this little story while cleaning out my garden fountain yesterday and finding a dime and a nickel lying at the bottom. Most times words carry...
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Bonding Words that Outlive Life
Dear Reader: On ” Ellen” the other afternoon she had a brother and sister who are trying to get a fun word accepted into the dictionary-the word is ORBISCULATE-that moment when citrus fruit...
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“Portaging”– Prioritizing What’s Most Important
Dear Reader: A few years ago I finally got to visit Maine and fell in love with it. Anne has family who lives there and we had so much fun taking in the fall’s breath-taking beauty and enjoying all...
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Simplify Your Life by Verbal Declutter
Dear Reader: Have you ever thought about who you talk to the most? Guessing a friend, spouse, family member? Wrong! The person you most talk to daily is yourself! Want to take a guess at the number of...
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She Wore a Pink Ribbon
Dear Reader; Grandma Moses was right when she said, ” Life is what you make it. Always has been. Always will be.” I came across this story that I read, a long time ago, from lots of different stories...
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The Best Hug in the World-The “CWTCH” from Wales
Dear Reader: Every time I get an update on my ancestry lineage from Ancestor. com -the percentages shift among all the countries that make up the British Isles… with Wales overtaking England now-and...
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The Treasure of the Seeds
Dear Reader: You might remember a few posts ago-we learned that we averaged around 70,000 self-thoughts per day. So when someone assures you-you will ” think of something” to a problem … they are...
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The Giving Spirit of Detachment
Dear Reader: Yesterday when I came across a parable that begins with a man sitting beside a river bank-my thoughts immediately took me to Mepkin Abbey-one of my favorite places to go and just let my...
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The Magic of Mnemonics in Jesus’ Time and Today
Dear Reader: Jesus’ teaching style was one I emulated as a teacher-instructing through stories… or as known in Biblical times… parables. Jesus used simple word pictures/ parables to help people...
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Sending Love to my Home- Earth
Dear Reader: I realize that I am a day late sending this appreciation card to my beloved home planet-Earth Day was yesterday… but I felt a late ” thank you” was better than not sending one at all. The...
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An Expression that Came True During the Pandemic…
” I’m Never Taking This Off” ! Dear Reader: It is true confession time and I hope you readers don’t leave me hanging on this observation turned reality. Was I the only one who wore the same outfit...
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Lost in Time
Dear Reader: A few years ago I came across this quote by CS Lewis ( while shopping) and like so many of his quotes it made me stop in mid-stream and take this picture. ” Isn’t it funny how day by day...
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Time for a ” Teehee”
Dear Reader: I was filled with such happiness yesterday-I didn’t have to water because we got the first substantial rainfall this month-and I used the time to casually stroll the garden instead of...
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National Hug A Friend Day
Dear Reader: Don’t you love it when you take a chance… and it all works out? Yesterday when I heard on the radio that it was Give a Friend a Hug Day I knew the universe was winking-go for it! This is...
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