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Clearing Paths Along Our Journey
Dear Reader: Yesterday was the day of the dirt, and nails, and hangers, and lots and lots of “stuff” bags… stuffed into the back of my car to take to Goodwill. Whew! I am back on my mission of...
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Friendship is a Slow Ripening Fruit…
Dear Reader: Within the “Ya” friendship circle lately…there has been a lot of chaos spreading out among us. Health concerns for our children, grandchildren, financial worries, unexpected renovations,...
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What a Wonderful World!
Dear Reader: Since my savings definitely took a dip from all the home renovations…(a well-worth-it dip…but still a dip)…I have been trying to get creative by using old “stuff” in new places to fix up...
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Make Your Life Worth Loving
(Pinterest: Lovelife.typepad.com) Dear Reader: Haven’t we all heard the expression “Make your life worth living?” When I came across this poster, however, I realized that this was the right message,...
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Enjoy Each Step of Your Journey…
(Pinterest: Pinned from Soulcysters.com) Dear Reader: While I was working on Mandy’s birthday card message yesterday I came across this poster on Pinterest and the more I thought about it…the more I...
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BOO! It’s Time for Pink to Bloom Again!
Dear Reader: With the Labor Day Weekend over (hope everyone enjoyed it!) our eyes now turn to the next family/friend event….The Race for the Cure! Seven years…and we are still going strong…in health,...
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Admirers of Autumn
Dear Reader: Every summer, it seems as temperatures break new heat records around the country, we start lamenting the excessive heat and begging for autumn to arrive earlier and earlier. Autumn, in...
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The Power and Beauty of “Hereness”
Dear Reader: I have come to realize that the beauty of flowers lies in their “hereness.” From the moment their bud opens revealing their own special individualized beauty…everything stops and we pay...
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A Pumpkin, A Mum. and a Lantern…
Dear Reader: What is it about certain items that have the power to draw us to them, like a magnet, both separately and together? If I could re-create the world for one day and night…I would add...
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Remembering Who We Are…
Dear Reader: This quote from Madeleine L’Engle made me pause and reflect on all the stages of my life, but especially my childhood, yesterday. As I studied photos of my childhood, from old, dusty...
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Building Boundaries…
Dear Reader: When Robert Frost wrote, his now immortal words, “Before I built a wall I’d ask to know…What I was walling in or walling out” …he acknowledged a very personal dilemma we all face in our...
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The Same but Different, Different but the Same…
Dear Reader: It had been awhile…at least a couple of years…since I had gone to Conway and suddenly (Saturday afternoon) I found myself noticing different things along the same route I always took. I...
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Finding Joy as a Spiritual “Late Bloomer”
Dear Reader: Haven’t we all, throughout periods in our lives, looked around and felt that we were somehow “stunted” in our growth…whether personally, chronologically, or professionally? Everyone...
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When Beauty Calls…
Dear Reader: In one of the last interviews Irish poet and philosopher, John O’Donohue, participated in… called ” “The Inner Landscape of Beauty” (before his untimely death) he made the challenging...
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The Field of Faith and Understanding…
Dear Reader: When I returned home from Conway Sunday afternoon I opened up all my new windows and let this luscious cool weather into my home. The old house seemed to shudder with surprise and...
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Breakfast for Supper-Fall at Edisto
Dear Reader: You know it’s Fall…when you start dreaming of breakfast for supper! It’s something about the cooler weather that brings back an appetite for a cool night, hot meal…and there is nothing...
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The “Rest” of the Meaning of “Rest”…
Dear Reader: I had a personal “mini” epiphany the other day concerning the word “rest.” In an English dictionary the word “rest” has many different meanings. “Rest” can be a noun or a...
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“Plum Pretty”
Dear Reader: I remember when I was presenting social studies workshops around the state, particularly for third grade teachers, their biggest challenge was teaching time (and its relevance to the...
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The Last Weekend of Summer…
Dear Reader: We all just experienced the last weekend of summer…and true to form…summer went out the way it started…hot! It wanted to show who was still in control as the fall equinox draws closer....
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May All Your Weeds Be Wildflowers
Dear Reader: I just love this saying “May all your weeds be wildflowers” because there is nothing prettier, in my mind, than a field of wildflowers. In my parallel life…I will one day have a little...
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