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Made in America…
Dear Reader: Most evenings I watch the ABC Evening News with David Muir and have been an avid fan of their “Made in America” series. Almost by osmosis, I do find myself checking labels more now to see...
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“You Just Have to Keep on Swimming”
Dear Reader: What a day Wednesday June 29 turned out to be. As I texted Anne….I must honestly admit “It was NOT my favorite day.” The “Bad Mojo” started Tuesday morning with a text from Mandy saying...
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…”Let My Heart Smile Through My Eyes”
Dear Reader: The rest of the quote from the blog title today reads: “Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts”. Paramahansa...
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“Carolina”– the Blue Crab
Dear Reader: As I watched the progression of Anne’s blue crab painting, on Facebook, I knew I wanted a copy of this little cutie when it was finished. Timing is everything….after I got home from Mt....
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“Sending Out Ripples of Hope”
Dear Reader: My garden wants to wish you a special Fourth of July Independence Day with red, white, and blue symbolic flowers of “ripples of hope.” But before we talk about “ripples of hope” on a very...
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Independence Day Farewells
From the Federalist Papers that Madison and Hamilton wrote together….(though later they would disagree on many political philosophies) they both agreed on the following thought: “If men were angels,...
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“We Have Only What we Give Up”
(Left-garden 2013 and Right-yesterday 2016) Dear Reader: I had an epiphany yesterday as I went out (one more time) to water my garden. (How my side of Summerville lucked out on any...
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“Zilch, Nada, Zip…Wait it Out”
Dear Reader: The drought over my beloved “Rainbow Road” is over! As I am typing away, the rain is falling…beautiful, beautiful rain. It is 6:30 P.M. and the rain storm started right around 6:00. This...
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We Are Living the “Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer”
Dear Reader: It does work! I couldn’t resist the urge to crack an egg on the ledge of my deck around 3:00 yesterday…. Then I forgot about it for about half an hour before I went to look and there it...
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Simply Be with What Is…
Dear Reader: The problem with living alone is that when the house gets messy there is no one else to blame. That said, ever since the children all moved out (long ago)…overall the level of messiness...
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The “Backwards” Path that Leads us Forward; Leads Us Home!
Dear Reader: Yesterday morning I realized when I went to water the garden that Mother Nature had “snuck” in during the night and done just that for me! All the flowers and plants were beaming in...
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The Angel Who Saved “Big Red”
Dear Reader: This beautiful “birth stone” hanging angel that Marcia -Mollie’s mom gave me one year (several years ago) – always lifts my spirits when I open the glass storm door to enter my happy...
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The Shadows of Memories in Special Places
Dear Reader: I am becoming pretty adept at telling time by the shadows on the driveway outside my “Happy Place” computer office/room. By just looking at the shadows in the photo…I would guess it is...
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An Unexpected Act of Kindness
Dear Reader: Monday evening something unexpected happened that took me a few moments to register. It was an unusual act of kindness… providing a much needed smile across my face. Let me start at the...
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“Talking the Haint Talk”…Southern-style
Dear Reader: Now this good southern home is well secured against any “haint” or “boohag/boodaddy” who might think about entering. All the doors and windows are painted blue (“Haint blue”) to ‘keep the...
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We Are Closer to the World than We Think…
Dear Reader: Well…I finally did it! My Ancestry DNA Test Kit arrived Wednesday afternoon and yesterday morning I got up and went straight to the kit to get started. (I would have done it Wednesday...
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Living a Good Story Based on Our Individual Journey
Dear Reader: Rutledge and Lachlan came over to play with Boo Boo for awhile yesterday while Mollie waited on their car to get fixed. Pirates became our favorite game…..We named Rutledge Captain...
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Reflecting in Gazing Balls…Rich in History
Dear Reader: Joan, John’s mom, sent me this beautiful gazing ball a couple of years ago and it just lights up the garden. It is so iridescent that any light reflects back making the ball mirror people...
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Staying Soft in a “Hard-Knocks” World
Dear Reader: At the age I am now…I don’t have the same intensity towards obtaining goals that I did when younger. Thank goodness! I have finally come to realize that changes in life usually happen...
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Becky???
Dear Reader: I, once, heard an educational speaker give this (paraphrased) quote and found myself literally shaking my head while mentally disagreeing with the statement. He gave this definition of...
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