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Getting Rid of “Novemberish” from November
Dear Reader: I came across the term “Novemberish” (which I don’t ever recall seeing before) so I looked it up in the dictionary. It means “dismal, bleak, dark” as attributed to the month of November....
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The On-Going Question… What’s Around the Next Bend in the Road?
Dear Reader: After reading about the term “Novemberish” in yesterday’s blog Anne sent me this picture that her sister, Nancy, had emailed earlier…a photo of an exquisite November Maine morning. (No...
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“Do We Need a Little Darkness to get us going?”
Dear Reader: I had heard of the poet, Mary Oliver, earlier in her career, but I didn’t immerse myself into her poetry until rather recently in life. I thought the title photo visually defined two...
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“It’s All in the Presentation”
Dear Reader: This has been the most restful week (after stomach viruses and Halloween last week.) I have slept more hours the past four days than I usually do in a full week. It is as if I just can’t...
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Open Windows…Open Homes
Dear Reader: I never cease to be amazed how just one different thought can be a catalyst to so many other happenings. Yesterday I stopped by Tuesday Morning to really just pass some time away before...
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The Scare After Halloween…
Dear Reader: Early Saturday morning something woke me with a jerk…the first thing I heard was my heart pounding in my ears…it was so loud it felt like my heart was ready to jump out of my body and run...
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When a Family Memory Comes Full Circle
Dear Reader: I certainly don’t want to bore anyone (reading this blog) by pulling out my family album and introducing you to second cousins twice removed on my Grandmother Seawright’s side….Believe...
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Thoughts on a ‘Rainy Day in Summerville’
Dear Reader: I must admit on this Monday morning while writing today’s post I am really, really tired of rain! It’s just not the rain…it seems like it has been weeks since I have awakened to sunshine....
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America’s White Table…The Rest of the Story
Dear Reader: As I was going through some Veterans Day stories, on-line, this little book popped up and I just had to smile. How many Veterans days did I spend traveling (with Carol Poole) around the...
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Where There is Hope…There is “Big Red”
Dear Reader: I wanted to share some updated news with you about “Big Red”…my red geranium of hope and perseverance. It never bloomed this summer. Leaves would appear and even sometimes a tiny...
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“It’s a Good Day to be a Good Day”
Dear Reader: Wasn’t yesterday one of the most beautiful days of fall so far this season? I found myself sitting on the deck stretching out my legs and just being. It has got to be one of my most...
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Discovering Our Birth Right of Self
Dear Reader: I discovered a poem that sounded vaguely familiar yesterday but it really spoke to me where I am at this stage of my life. Apparently I am not alone. Soon after re-discovering the poem …I...
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Make Time for It…Family Time!
Dear Reader: We hear this old adage often…perhaps more often than some people want to hear it…along with the same defensive excuse …”When I finish this project” or “When I get promoted to…” this or...
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Discovering And/Or Deleting
Dear Reader: Isn’t the discovery that you have left something behind fall into two “Oh No!” categories. Coming in at number 1: Your cell phone and/or Iphone. (2) Your charger to your cell phone or...
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Holding on tightly….The Thanksgiving Stretch – Christmas!
Dear Reader: You might remember, in an earlier blog, I commented on the fact that the first half of November feels like an extended October period to me. Then after that…I feel like it is time to...
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“Am I Sticking it Out….or am I Staying Stuck?”
Dear Reader: If you have been to Columbia lately…especially in neighborhoods affected by the storm last month…you have probably seen these signs all around. The idea, behind the words, shows a united...
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Finding Joy in Unusual Places
Dear Reader: Isn’t it a “joyful experience,” in itself, when we discover a writer whose words flow like a ‘ babbling brook’ over smooth stones… transforming ordinary words into an intoxicating prose?...
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The Day the Blog Stopped Last Year…
Dear Reader: It was last year, November 19 (anniversary of the Gettysburg Address) that the bottom temporarily fell out of my life. I think I shed more tears that day than the total accumulation of...
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The Christmas Camel at Mt. Vernon
Dear Reader: As a history teacher for over three decades I thought I knew everything about our first President-George Washington. That is until I came across this article on the purchase of a camel...
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Hope Unveils Slowly…
Dear Reader: When I got back home yesterday afternoon from Mt. Pleasant I immediately ran to check on my one cluster of buds/ blooms from “Big Red.” In an earlier post, I explained how fragile the old...
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