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Pride Cometh Before the Pollen…
” No No… Not Pollen on my beautiful ” Surcie” … I have kept her so bright and shiny since the Christmas gift… detailing my car!” Dear Reader: I went out to my car yesterday and my ” beautiful ” day...
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God’s ” People Garden ”… Closely Planted to Help Us Grow
Dear Reader: When I first scrutinized the following line (from the recent book series I have been reading)… it produced a long pause for self-thought. The line read: ” There is nothing of which every...
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Here Comes The Sun…
Dear Reader: For so many people today… the popular phrase ” Here Comes the Sun” automatically sends them back to 1969 …as they listened to the melody and lyrics ( for the first time) with the release...
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Simplify LOVE
Dear Reader: We humans are famous for taking the simplest and most beautiful God given ” free” gifts and trying to ” sell” the idea that love can be bought. Love is the most powerful gift of...
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” What a Difference A Day Makes”
Another Day of Sunshine and Look! Just one bud left to blossom! Dear Reader: They say the older we get, the faster time flies. I think it is true because yesterday was packed with lots of ”...
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Heroes Come in All Shapes and Sizes…
Cher Ami-WWI carrier pigeon Dear Reader: Last Saturday as I ran into Walsh and Mollie’s house from the pouring rain…bringing toys , candy and cards…the kids were excited but especially the boys and it...
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All Dried Up… and Beautiful
Dear Reader: This past Christmas, for the first time, I bought lots of dried eucalyptus leaves at an outdoor plant market and put them in a bucket of water… soon the minty, woodsy scent of Christmas...
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The Secret ” Seed” Seasons in Life
Dear Reader: It never fails to amaze me how God uses all His creations to keep life growing ! I had to bring Pink Vine in because the beginnings of a nest was being built inside it…Sorry little wrens...
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An Old Bottle Light… and a Domino Whirlwind Cleaning Day
The ” CATALYST” that Started it All Dear Reader: My crazy ( so unlike Becky) day began Saturday morning innocently enough. I was brushing my teeth and glanced over where the old bottle light was...
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” To Solve a Problem… Take a Walk”
Dear Reader: I learned early on ( through mother’s example) that taking a walk to declutter the extra baggage stored in the brain… as to see a problem more precisely… is the best problem-solving...
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The More Unattainable… the More Coveted Something Is…
Dear Reader: You might remember a couple of weeks ago I was talking about re-acquainting myself with Mark Twain …having missed his witticisms and stories… especially The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. This...
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Time and a Line
My favorite Clock…with Symbolic Wings Dear Reader: I have mentioned before that I am a fast reader, in the sense of moving through chapters pretty quickly. However, I am also a ” pause primer”...
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” Weather” We Like it or Not… the “Times …they are A’ Changing…”
Dear Reader: The Lowcountry was breaking records on Washington’s birthday… climbing into the proximity of the mid –80’s! Yes… you heard me… 80’s!!!!! And the azaleas, are frantically trying to catch...
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Ask for Sight Before Signs
Dear Reader: It took a little red cardinal named Sammy to teach me about signs …probably a decade ago. Some of you faithful readers remember my extreme agitation when I discovered that ( just not one...
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Are You Comfortable in Your Own Skin?
Dear Reader: It dawned on me the other day, while watching a celebrity interview (on a talk show) that I hear the expression… ” Feeling comfortable in my own skin” quite frequently. The celebrity will...
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…Give Peace a Chance
Dear Reader: ” Freedom is dearer than bread or joy” and when it comes to talking about the war in Ukraine … its flag colors explain it all. The blue symbolizes clear blue skies and yellow-its fields...
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When Holding a Door… Holds a New Life
Dear Reader: Some of you might have caught this three minute episode of ” On the Road” over the weekend …and if you did …you will never hold another door for someone without doing so. It will stay...
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A Dribble… A Drop… It Matters Not
Dear Reader: In every series of detective/mystery novels I read ( my favorite genre) I have come to realize that the one important factor that draws me to them is a particular character who provides a...
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” March is an example of how beautiful new beginnings can be…”
Dear Reader: If you plant them ( flowers) … ” they” will come… butterflies, of course! How beautiful… (purposefully posed … I think! ) There is just something about the word March, itself, that pulls...
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The Best Time Capsule -Music
Dear Reader: Okay… I admit it… I’m hooked on Hallmark’s The Way Home … I was so upset this past Sunday… I was reading that evening …waiting for it to come on.. and fell asleep-waking up just in time...
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