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Sometimes… God Winks in Butterflies…
Dear Reader: Yesterday I left the Ya’s to come home-unpack and head over to Daniel Island to check on Ben at Wellmore. So much had happened in such a small amount of time I knew he would be confused…...
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Butterflies and Armageddon…
Dear Reader: Before I left for Edisto last week… for the first time… I heard a word ( in the news) I hoped to never here again… Armageddon. I was Eva Cate’s age (12) the last time I heard it-at Horace...
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The Words You Speak Become the House You Live in…
Dear Reader: Yesterday I plopped down at my kitchen table to eat lunch-after a morning of catch-up errands, and caught a question -answer discussion (about apparently some acronym) referring to...
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Sharing a Reflection on Life
Kaitlyn’s moment to “birthday wish” last year Dear Reader: For some reason yesterday morning… I woke up early and was wide awake… I checked on my blog post ( just popped up) and then Kaitlyn’s post...
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The True Joy of Life is not the Grand Gesture but in the Consecration of the...
Dear Reader: When I came across this line from a book by Kent Nerburn… I decided to use it in today’s post because I was immediately taken back to Flagstaff, Arizona in June of 1991. I understood this...
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On the Sunny Side of the Street
Dear Reader: The other night when this ridiculous negative memory popped up, once again, for about the 1000th time… I shook my head in frustration and googled… ” Why do we seem to keep recalling and...
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Hocus Pocus… I think I have been ” Boo’ed”
Dear Reader: If everything goes crazy with your post you have written over a decade… surely it must be blamed on Halloween with all its tricks. Even though John was able to get the post sent out...
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Sweater Weather
Dear Reader: Winnie is helping me write my first post under a new and expanded program … I can’t thank John enough for troubleshooting the problem for me! And now Winnie wants to leave her ” paw” mark...
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Trouvaille-Secret Happiness!
Dear Reader: Just discovering this new word ( trouvaille) made me happy since I have always been in love, when it comes to learning new words. ( And what a joyful word to add to one’s personal...
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An Interesting Historical ” Note”
Dear Reader: *** One other interesting ” note” before we start our story today is that today is Saturday October 22, 2022! Lots and lots of ” two’s” !! Lucky Two! Two is the smallest even number that...
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Feeling the Universe Shift…
Dear Reader: This fall is so beautiful… everyday takes my breath away and like the sign says (outside Walsh and Mollie’s neighborhood ) fall is proof that change can not only, be a good thing, but put...
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Drawing a Line in the Sand
Dear Reader: Being a product of the Baby Boomer generation… I was raised ( as a future southern wife and mother) to play the role of peacemaker and strong home anchor. All my life I have tried to...
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It’s An Enchanting October… and I Need a Little Archibald Rutledge!
Hampton Plantation Dear Reader: When Archibald Rutledge returned home ( August-1937) to Hampton after a forty-four year absence… he was fifty-six… but driving up to his childhood home… he knew...
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A Bewitching Foggy Morning..
Dear Reader: I knew that Jeff, my amazing lawn maintenance magician, was coming early yesterday morning… and he did… arriving around 7:30 … as I was groggily trying to get my heart re-started. As I...
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Out of the Garden Graveyard… Natural Beauty Resurrection…
Boston Ferns Growing Freely in the Wild Dear Reader: After excitedly surveying my yard and gardens ( after being given a complete ” physical”) Tuesday… I found my self drifting back to the wooded...
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Every New Beginning Comes From Some Other Beginning’s End…
Dear Reader: There is no doubt in my mind that every post I have written since August 7, 2010 has simply been an extension of a story, conversation, comment, movie, or experience that happened to...
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” Be Warm Inside and Out”
I want guests to walk in my house and feel like they are going to have a good time! I want my house to SMILE inside and out! Dear Reader: Every time I notice something new or actually old, but...
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Cravings and Combo’s
Dear Reader: While looking for a pair of loafers at the back of my closet, I found one of my favorite pumpkins… looking sad and forlorn… hidden behind boxes. I took it out… gave it a good dusting and...
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Happy Halloween
Dear Reader: It’s finally here… we have to wait to the last day of the month to go a little crazy, a little creative and take OFF our everyday masks we present to the public and become a child again!...
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Scary Out… Scarecrows Still In… It’s NOVEMBER!
Dear Reader: Isn’t it hard to believe that a whole new month is upon us? Since I love Autumn… I want to freeze/frame this month. October left yesterday taking Jack o’lanterns with it… but leaving...
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