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” The South: Where Summer Starts in April”
The South The place where…Tea is sweet… accents are sweeter Summer starts in April Macaroni and Cheese is a vegetable Ya’ll is the only proper noun Chicken is fried and biscuits come with gravy...
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Pastimes of Spring with Photos
Dear Reader: Since it was pretty cool yesterday morning…(like Lucy the cat) I found myself basking in the beautiful sunshine…actually sitting on the deck in “Lucy’s lounge chair” as she looked at me...
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The Rest of the Story…
Dear Reader: I used many of Paul Harvey’s books (The Rest of the Story) to teach history to my students…(because his stories were so fascinating)….He would tell this amazing narrative and then wait...
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Listen!
Dear Reader: This is my “listening” spot….when I eat breakfast outside and listen to the birds and the world waking up….when I eat lunch or dinner out here and watch the sun set, while listening to...
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Letting the Springs of Silence Overflow
Dear Reader: The stream that flows softly and gently with a tinkling sound as it passes over ancient mountain rocks ( located behind St. Jude’s Chapel of Hope in Trust, North Carolina) is simply named...
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The Story Behind the Passion Flower’s Bloom
Dear Reader: This is my first time and season seeing a passion flower (vine) bloom…and oh, how beautiful it is! I can hardly wait to see the vine climb over the fence with these beautiful blooms...
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Be Your Own Kind of Beautiful…
Dear Reader: Yesterday was a girl’s day out….Cinderella Day…to be exact. While Mandy was on spring break we planned a girl’s day to take Eva Cate to see Cinderella, go the nursery and look at the...
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Sticking Around When the Sun Goes Down…
Dear Reader: This was the last scene I saw before leaving Rutledge’s home last evening. Walsh had just gotten in from work and was playing with Rutledge in the yard…Mollie had come outside to share...
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Easter…the Day to “Lay Down Our Burdens” and Rejoice!
Dear Reader: As I searched around the yard for the flower that should symbolize Easter this year…my white petunias (who popped out in vivid abundance in both hanging baskets by the fence yesterday...
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Enjoy the Little Things…
Dear Reader: The “little” things we remember are usually the things that don’t go as planned. All of us were hoping, Easter Sunday, for some pictures that are hard to get in daily life with everyone...
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May You Trust God That You Are Exactly Where You Are Meant To Be
Dear Reader: You might have noticed a pattern lately with these sayings…they are on cloth material (which is hanging over my kitchen window on the B&B side) so that is why the letters seem a...
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What’s Meant to Be Will Always Find Its Way
Dear Reader: We continue with the week of the speaking “scarves.” I hope you are enjoying the messages on each one as I much as I do… while walking past my “wall of scarves” in the kitchen. I find...
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Spread Love Wherever You Go…
Dear Reader: I certainly hope that statement is true when people drop in and visit me. I am always so delighted to have a distraction from me! So if you ever feel like dropping by….just do it! If I am...
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“Moderation in All Things”…
Dear Reader: We are down to our last “speaking scarf”…along with the correlation to the famous quote from Aristotle “Moderation in all things.” I know exactly where I was and who said the quote when I...
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“It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”
Dear Reader: Wasn’t yesterday a beautiful day in the neighborhood? This is my neighbor Jane’s “Joseph Coat of Many Colors” roses. Aren’t the blooms beautiful…and more colors will emerge throughout the...
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Sticking to the Story…Our Story
Dear Reader: Saturday morning I got to share some stories with a wonderful group from the Aldergate Methodist Church. It was the annual fund-raiser for the Men of the Church and I am never disappointed...
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“A Problem Well Put…is Half the Solution”
Dear Reader: John Dewey was right when he observed that if a problem is well-stated (which correlates to much thought-out problem solving) then the solution is already half-solved. I learned this...
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Tell Me the Stories of Jesus
Dear Reader: Jerry Falek, master storyteller, told us in Sunday’s blog, that: …The wisdom of elders is available to us whenever we want it. It’s in the old stories.” He was referring, in this...
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Gone Fishing!…For All the Right Answers
Dear Reader: The food served at the wedding Sunday evening was in such abundance…it took one’s breath away. There were “stations’ throughout the premises, inside and out, where “snacks” were served of...
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Trees and Humans…Seeking the Light
Dear Reader: On a stroll Wednesday (between pop-up rain showers) Jakie discovered trees! I still pause in wonder and gratitude (now in reflection) for the observation of these magical, spiritual...
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