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We Rise by Lifting Others…
Dear Reader: “We rise by lifting others…We grow by caring for others.” Haven’t we all been in situations that leave us deflated and at a loss to find any blessings in the situation? Sometimes, I think...
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We Are One in the Spirit
Dear Reader: The Sunday I did the Children’s Message at church we sang one of my favorite hymns….”We Are One in the Spirit.” It was the hymn of response in our service following the sermon. As I was...
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The Way It Was….
Dear Reader: Take a good look and then wave good-bye to my old porch…the way it was! My moon flower and morning glory vines are gone… Here are where most of the vines and planters are located...
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Life is Short…Don’t Sort
Dear Reader: Don’t we humans have a tendency (especially) in today’s society to compartmentalize? Nothing makes us happier than sorting through drawers and getting organized….by color, size,...
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Perfectly Imperfect
Dear Reader: I had some sort of epiphany after leaving Doug Cargill’s office (my Horace Mann “rep” and old friend) yesterday. But before I tell you what happened…let me fill you in with my visit to...
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Finding Fall…
Dear Reader: Can you hear it? Listen…do you hear it? The sounds of fall. The sounds are very subtle…the soft swish of freshly fallen pine straw hitting the ground or the ruffle of wings of monarch...
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“Holy Moly”
Dear Reader: *(This post is dedicated to my Ya friend….Jackson-God’s Wink!) “Holy Moly!”…it is hard to believe that August is winding down…and before we blink September will arrive in all her splendor!...
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Creating Our Own Design for Life
Dear Reader: It dawned on me one day that what I am doing right now is creating and designing the life I always wanted. I have lived a lot of my life, like the carriage horses with the blinders...
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Raise Your Words…Not Your Voice
Dear Reader: Don’t you wish that we could pin this reminder on the back of every politician and/or speaker? When did politicians begin thinking that the noise level of their message was more important...
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What a Day for a Daydream!
Dear Reader: The other day (on the blog) we were talking about taking the initiative to design the life we wanted to live… well, the best way to do that is to “craft our life from daydreams.”...
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Beach Chair Musings…
Dear Reader: With the dog days of August nearing its end and the official exit of summer arriving with Labor Day…the days of beach chair musings are coming to a close. What is it about sitting in a...
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The Price of a Day
Dear Reader: The nicest thing about looking for a certain book or a piece of jewelry or whatever it is…is that, more often than not, we get detoured by another “find.” That is what happened to bring...
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A “Turn-Around” Day
Dear Reader: I had an epiphany yesterday ( well, maybe a little wink) when I walked into my den around 9:00 a.m from the garden. I had my door open and the sun was shining through the glass storm...
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“A Think Tank for the Soul”
Dear Reader: Dear Reader: I came across an interview with Gordon Hempton, (who I will have to admit, I had never heard of until now), and loved every word he was saying in the discourse-things...
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There Are People Who Would Love to Have Your Bad Days
Dear Reader: The other day Rachael Ray had Tom Brokaw on as a guest on her show…promoting his book and telling his story of how he is coping with a rare form of cancer called: Multiple myeloma – it...
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“All the Windows of my Heart I Open to the Day”
Dear Reader: Yesterday about half of my fourteen vinyl windows were installed and the workers are finishing the rest today. I got so excited, after the first window was installed, that I ran around...
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Riding Hope
Dear Reader: When Rutledge, Lachlan, and Mollie arrived yesterday (amidst the driling and hammering of new windows) Rutledge called out to me “I want Hope, Boo Boo”…“I want Hope, Boo Boo”! I knew, of...
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The Tapestry of Nature and Human Nature
Dear Reader: “Nature is the living, visible garment of God.” Goethe Now I will never have to wonder again what God will be wearing tomorrow….a thought I have had since a child….”What does God wear...
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The Special Light of September
Dear Reader: Isn’t there something quite special about September? In our family… birthdays reign throughout the month…but that isn’t the reason. I have never quite been able to explain the different...
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Sailing Through the Voices of Others
Dear Reader: When I pulled out a book on poems the other day…this beautiful picture that Joan drew (a few years ago) slipped out where I had marked a piece of prose that seemed to match this painting....
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