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Hearts Tell Love, Not Time…
Dear Reader: Take a minute and walk around your Christmas tree. Do you have a heart ornament(s) on it? You should-after all Christmas IS love! Thanks to my Danish friends ( Kewin and Rikke Hvidt) I...
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Christmas is Doing Something Special for Someone Else
Hollowtree Nursery Dear Reader: Yesterday was one of those bizarre days , especially for Anne, when our personal life seems to fall out of sync with the universe. Anne had planned to pick me up at 11...
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Light and Shadow
The Adoration of the Shepherds-Rembrandt Dear Reader: Rembrandt has been called ” a compelling storyteller on canvas.” His painting The Adoration of the Shepherds portrays the darkened stable in...
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Holy Christmas
Turn Inward to Find Holy Dear Reader: The other week our pastor asked the congregation to call out their favorite Christmas hymn-without a doubt-o Holy Night brought many nods and applause. I remember...
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The Tradition Lives on
Mike and Honey Arrive with a new platform for the Colonial Williamsburg Christmas Apple Tree Centerpiece Delicious Red Apples-beautiful color! Dear Reader: I was over the moon yesterday when I was...
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The Ghosts of Christmas
Boo! Telling ghost stories on Christmas was a tradition for hundreds of years. ( Marley’s ghost surprises Ebenezer Scrooge in an illustration from the first edition of the classic tale-Illustrator:...
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A Little Birdie Told Me…
Dear Reader: A little birdie told me yesterday to hold on tight… warp speed Christmas is about to descend. Every fiber in my being agrees with the cute Christmas birdie’s message/ assessment....
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The Hope for Tomorrow… IS Tomorrow
” Big Red” will not be outdone by an artificial Christmas wreath Dear Reader: My faithful friend, ” Big Red” ( the geranium) is the epitome of Hope- once thought gone but ” resurrected ” by my young...
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Gloria… The Christmas Angel
My “Last ” Christmas Story at the 5 O’ Clock Children’s Christmas Eve Service Dear Reader: Gloria is the ” underdog ” we all love rooting for… even if she is an angel! Because, in spite of her status...
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Sacrifice, Shadow and Light
Dear Reader: Just one thought I want to share with you today. One of my favorite Christmas stories is the O’Henry classic-“The Gift of the Magi.” It tells of Jim and Della , a young married couple who...
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” The Truth is …Everyone is Winging it”
Dear Reader: I am in love with this book…I received it for Christmas from Doodle and Harvey. It took me twenty minutes to read it the first time… fifteen to read it a second time and then 30 minutes...
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Mary DID Know…
” Mary did you know? ” Dear Reader: I have always loved the melody and lyrics to the hauntingly beautiful Christmas song- ” Mary Did You Know?” However… this time when I read each stanza-the one...
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Merry Everything and Happy Always
Dear Reader: We are growing closer and closer to the New Year-2022. I am watching Eva Cate and Jake and Winnie… while John and Mandy take a well-deserved hiatus to Asheville-their Christmas gift to...
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A Special Christmas Veil
Dear Reader: When I came across this interesting observation between man and God … and the protection man has needed when confronting God face to face… I couldn’t help but connect this dilemma with...
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A Personal New Year’s Remembrance
Dear Reader: Once you have a birth in the family on a New Year’s Eve, it is hard to remember anything else that preceded it. New life takes precedence over anything else. So December 31, 2018 will...
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2022… Let it be the Best for YOU and YOU and YOU!
Dear Reader: The other day as I was scrolling through Facebook I saw a wooden plaque on a friend’s house that I loved… along with the owner…but then of course, a few hours later when I went to...
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What a Way to Start the New Year-Filled with Beauty
The ” Snowflake ” in all its glory Dear Reader: As I was finishing some errands late New Year’s Eve afternoon I caught sight of the ” Snowflake” in the center of the trees all lit with white lights-it...
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” Patience” for 2022
Take time to Savor the Memory Dear Reader: Yesterday was my usually ” dreaded” return to normalcy day …as all my decorations came down and were packed away for another year. But this year, instead of...
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Make Your Soul Happy in 2022
Dear Reader: Blessed longevity ( never thought I’d make it this long) does provide all of us with diversified, timely, life experiences and what I have learned from all of them ( the good, bad, and...
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People Pleasers… Beware!
It was an ” one-eyed, one horned purple people- eater! ” Dear Reader: When you read how strangely my mind works making connections today …you might wonder what is scarier… me or the purple people...
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