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“The Fullness of Nothing”
Dear Reader: Finally…last night I believe I received a momentary insight into my sudden “minimalist” tendencies of late….cleaning out and throwing out…drawer by drawer, cabinet by cabinet, and closet...
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Passport to the Soul…a Lifelong Journey
Dear Reader: Once again I am ‘going to town’ on cleaning out drawers…this time the bench at the end of my bed. It was originally designed to keep bed linens, quilts, etc. Instead, over time, it became...
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“The Natural” Life…
Dear Reader: If someone asked me to name my five top movies (seen in my life)…The Natural would make the list. Like the recent The Hundred Foot Journey… it is a beautiful movie. Not beautiful in the...
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Seeing Things as We Are…Not as They Are…
Dear Reader: Isn’t it always the word “assumption” that brings us more trouble than just about any other word? As in….we assume everyone sees everything exactly the way we do. Today we know….through...
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Ambika…Our Darling Dentist from Dubai!
Dear Reader: Today is a very special day for our “Doc” Ambika….Listen to the song below for the clue…perhaps not St. Jude’s Chapel of Hope is calling but the “Chapel of Love” sure is! The Dixie Cups...
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The “Dog Days” of August…
Dear Reader: Monday night…my son-in-law, John, and I were talking and he asked me if I knew how August became known as the “dog days” of summer. I honestly couldn’t remember….so he informed me that a...
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The Hidden Secret Message…
Dear Reader: Another big God’s Wink…a message written in August 2011 appeared rather “miraculously” today. John had put Eva Cate’s first day back at school (ECDC)- College of Charleston Child...
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Glorious Normal Day!
Dear Reader: If this first line sounds familiar…you are a baby boomer for sure… It was a very popular quote when I was in college. It was written (originally) as part of an essay by Mary Jean Irion...
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“A Gracious Plenty”…
Dear Reader: As I was cleaning out books (Yes still…I swear they are reproducing on my bookshelves) ….anyway….I came across a local author’s little book I purchased many years ago… and the titled...
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“Bits and Pieces”…
Dear Reader: I have come to the conclusion, as I am cleaning and straightening on a typical Saturday morning, that it is a “Bits and Pieces” kind of day. I remember when my own children were little…I...
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Feeling Special…Still…
Dear Reader: Today we are going back in time (in a special blog time capsule) to August 25, 2010. The blog had just started that month and this particular post was about feeling special…and now here I...
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” I am a part of all I have read”
Dear Reader: When we stop and think about this (title) quote from John Kieran…it really is quite powerful. Everything we read does become embedded in us…for better or worse, doesn’t it? In a sense...
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We Look! We See!
Dear Reader: Did you know that the number one most used word in the old Dick and Jane sight reading series was SEE? Followed by LOOK. Having grown up on these books I can now smile and realize just...
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The Lengthening Shadows of Approaching Fall..
Dear Reader: Have you suddenly noticed shadows where there were none…even just a few days ago? I sure have and several other people have commented on it too… The other day I picked up a friend to...
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The Creation of Color…
Dear Reader: I took this photo of Anne’s colorful daisies before we left to go to the airport yesterday morning…this time I was just a chauffeur…not a fellow traveler…but I told her I felt like the...
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“Right Out” Our Mistakes…
Dear Reader: One has to be a certain age to even recognize, much less appreciate this life-saving (correction fluid) product…because it was used only with typewriters. (The computer was just coming...
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The Importance of “Quotes” in our Lives…
Dear Reader: The older I get the more drawn I am to quotes. Being a history teacher I have always had a fondness of them for teaching different ideas and attitudes in the classroom…from people of...
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Life in Low Gear…
Dear Reader: Anne and I (on a whim) decided to take the quite mountainous Connor Pass out of Dingle to head towards Ballyvaughn while on our Irish adventure back in June. You might remember we had a...
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“Little” Matters…
Dear Reader: I just experienced a great lesson in mis-communication. It took me back to all the discussions we used to have in our eighth grade social studies class (before studying American history...
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Uncreative Days are Real Life, Too…
Dear Reader: A couple of days ago…I was reading an excerpt from one of Sarah Breathnach’s daily devotionals in Simple Abundance. She was complaining of a time when she felt that she was losing her...
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