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” Too Bad… It’s the Life You Lead… You’re so ahead of Yourself… You’ve...
Dear Reader: In 1977 Billy Joel released (what he later admitted) was one of his favorite songs-Vienna. A personal song about time and his father living in Vienna. Today’s post title is a line from...
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A Surprising ” Good Surprise ” Thursday!
My First Morning Glory!!!!!!!!!!! Dear Reader: Life is full of surprises, some good, some not… but none of us can escape them… ALL surprises are simply a part of life. (And as such… the relevance they...
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Simple …but Spectacular !
Shooting Stars Dear Reader: I happened upon that phrase yesterday while reading a summer novel…” Simple … But Spectacular!” I loved it. It started me reminiscing about how accurate this phrase is....
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It Starts with One Little Flower…
A Powerful Observation by Hans Christian Andersen Dear Reader: One day during my stay in Denmark Benedikte took me to city hall to see the most popular statue ( in all of Denmark) erected in front of...
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” Nature is the Living , Visible Garment of God”
The title quote by Goethe was best expressed visibly… by a Georgia tourist who came across this slamming car brakes spectacular spectacle moment! Dear Reader: Did you ever wonder, like me as a child,...
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Make Friends, Not Enemies with Yourself…
A Great Truth Dear Reader: Haven’t we all heard that to have a friend one must first be a friend… but before we can do that… we must be a friend to ourselves. In certain cases we , as a human race,...
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Finding Our Special Space and Place…
When a flower doesn’t bloom, you change the location and or environment for the flower … but not the flower itself. Dear Reader: Being a total novice in gardening ( a member of the ” Know Nothing” ”...
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Joy Appears Daily in Many Shapes and Forms…
Dear Reader: Many of the God Winks I refer to on this personal post… actually arrive…bearing a ” wink of humor” to lighten our lives for a moment of laughter and levity… I call them ” Twinkle Winks.”...
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Ya Ya October… and Edisto!
Dear Reader: Anne of Seven Gables made the perfect observation … October is Ya Ya Reunion Month at Edisto Beach and some days I feel that our shadows have gone ahead to prepare the feeling of...
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Lessons from the other Kingdom Beneath us…
Dear Reader: I came across a devotional from the book, Devotions From the Beach, that made me pause and wonder about a line we are told in scripture by Jesus that says ” My Kingdom is not of this...
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High Roads, Low Roads and God’s Road
Dear Reader: The only childhood memory I have from the expression ” I’ll take the high road and you take the low road” comes from the popular Scottish song (” Lach Lomond-a rather sad lost-love...
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Silence is Golden
Dear Reader: When I came across a funny ( but relatable) anecdote a few days ago… I saved it because I intuitively knew it would make a fun story for some future theme. ***But before I share this...
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Take Time … to Take Stock in … and …of Yourself!
Dear Reader: As a child I remember getting a rather negative impression of terms like ” inventory ” and ” stock.” My uncle ran a dry-cleaning store and every Christmas he and his wife would talk about...
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Shine On… Your Way!
Dear Reader: The hardest part of ” surviving ” the Wonder Years” ( aka middle school) is having the courage to be yourself and shine on your own terms. Not all, but most tweens and early teens are...
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Is It Time for a Ferris Bueller’s Day Off?
Dear Reader: It might seem strange … already thinking of a day off when the schools in the area just started back this week… but I am thinking of an adult ” Ferris Bueller’s Day Off?” ( Singles,...
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How to Live Joyfully in a Digital Age…
Click Off! Dear Reader: From comments I hear around me from friends and everyday people just trying to ” dog paddle” through the dark waters of a ” wired world” (that threatens to pull us under with...
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Making ” Scents” of the Past
First Friday Night Football Game of the 2023 Season-the Green Waves … Dear Reader: Last night, just as it was starting to get dark… I jumped up and drove to a gas station ( almost on empty) and then...
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The ” War of the Hibiscus”
The ” House of the White Hibiscus ” The ” House of the Red Hibiscus” Dear Reader: After taking a quick early morning photo of my two revived side yard hibiscus plants …with their white and red blooms…...
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” Today is My Favorite Day”
A Day When a Forever Memory is Made Dear Reader: Yesterday was a special day … a combination of recent and past memories, with a few God Winks thrown in for good measure! It was the kind of day that...
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WHATCHA DOIN?
Dear Reader: How many times have we texted or called a friend …asking this very same question? And then how many times have we been the recipient of such a question from a friend? We respond by saying...
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