Clik here to view.
” Look Me Straight in the Eyes”…
Dear Reader: Did you know that eye contact is central to the human experience? Humans are the only primates with white eyes who are drawn to eye contact from infancy? Infants follow parental eyes...
View ArticleClik here to view.
“Whatcha” Gonna Do with a Boy and his Turkey?
Tad Lincoln Dear Reader: In 1863 a live turkey was sent to the White House for the Lincoln family to feast on for the Christmas meal. Tad Lincoln, 10, youngest son of the Lincoln’s, quickly befriended...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Thanksgiving ” Manifesto”
Thanksgiving ” Thank You” bouquet Dear Reader: Like most holidays… Thanksgiving stares back at us all month through the ” coming up” date marked on our November calendar. And then ” suddenly” it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Learning From the Graces
Dear Reader: The Graces were the Greek Goddesses who represented beauty, grace, and gratitude. The sculpture was just not seen as a monument but a conscious ” stumbling block” prompting man to slow...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Traditions…
Dear Reader: Traditions date back to the earliest human civilizations… actually since the dawn of time. They fulfill four criteria for achieving the ” Four B’s”- Being, Belonging, Believing, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Life is Only As Good as the People You Share It With…
Dear Reader: Never have truer words been spoken. What happiness it brought this grandmother yesterday… the first time all the family has been together in a long time… coming in from Alabama and Fripp...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sometimes It Ends Up Different… and it is Better that Way…
Dear Reader: Edison’s Early Lightbulb As much as failure is not something we would willingly seek or select… especially over success… if you take a minute to reflect back on the successes and failures...
View ArticleClik here to view.
LOVE
Dear Reader: Love… it really must make the world go round…. in conversation, literature, and quotes… the word ” LOVE” takes first place in usage around our earthly home. Even in these disturbing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
APRICITY
Dear Reader: Yesterday, Tuesday, November 29, certainly lived up to this definition ( title) that has become obscure with time. The sun was out and the temps in the mid-seventies. Remember my...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Welcome December… The Month to Remember…
Dear Reader: The first day of December… Besides remembering to say ” Rabbit, Rabbit” … I feel a sense of anticipation upon waking up… knowing that by the end of December a special good-bye will...
View ArticleClik here to view.
An Amazing First Day of December Lucky “Rabbit Rabbit” Day!
Dear Reader: I have been sitting here shaking my head ( for the last half hour) wondering how ” lucky” yesterday, the first day of December was for me…after starting it off with the first words out of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
” Make the Chili!”
Dear Reader: Yesterday Kaitlyn sent me today’s story and as fate would have it… I was talking myself into making more spaghetti sauce to have this weekend to give away… but all the decorating had...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Making Room for Christmas Change
Dear Reader: Quinn Caldwell, in his usual witty and ” right on target” outlooks on life started his December meditation commenting ” Sometimes I think we ask too much of home.” At Christmas it is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Creating Santa Claus
Dear Reader: What Charles Dickens did to revive celebrating Christmas in England ( holiday was sparsely celebrated in his day) by his memorable tale in A Christmas Carol, German immigrant and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
“Time is Money”… Not!
Dear Reader: A few weeks ago Brooke and I went ” antiquing” in Walterboro… and had such a good time! In one store a little book (literally 6 ” by 6″ ) was seating on a table. I took one look and knew...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Christmas is not for the Timid of Heart…
Dear Reader: Quinn Caldwell, author of All I Really Want… proclaims ” I mean , this is Christmas we’re talking about , people! Christmas! The day that unto us a child was born!!! The day that made all...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Give Peace a Chance…
Dear Reader: My “Pray for Ukraine” flag is a little more battered than when I first put it out but it is still standing proudly in front of the pear tree by the street. This Christmas,for many...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Looking For Christmas Decorations… Try ” FRAMILY”
Dear Reader: It has occurred to me this year that Christmas would not be the same if we removed, not only family, from the core of the Christmas season, but also ” framily”… chosen friends who...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Secret of Christmas Jars of Love
Dear Reader: Yesterday was the 20th Summerville MS Christmas Luncheon-Elizabeth Peterson, has been the on-going President of the chapter for all that time, but she stepped down officially at the end...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Camellias…Southern Gardens’ Christmas Gifts
Dear Reader: In spite of the overcast chilly weather yesterday … it was a joyful day! Anne, Donna, and I drove to Ridgeville to get barbecue at Duke’s …. part of Anne’s belated barbecue birthday...
View Article