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Home is Where Happy Lives
Dear Reader: As the temperatures started their warming trend yesterday I found myself opening all the windows letting the fresh air back into the house after a weekend of cozy fires that I love but,...
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Be in Love with your Life Every Day
Dear Reader: These past few mornings it has been easy to be in love with my life. The weather is gorgeous, the first signs of spring are peeking out, all is right with the world. My neighbor, Vickie,...
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The Last Word
Dear Reader: Don’t we all remember as children, squabbling with our siblings, cousins, or friends about everything and nothing? In a child’s world, mostly dominated by adults, getting the last word in...
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Pinky Promise…Pinky Swear
Dear Reader: How many of you remember promising not to do this or that with your “bestest” friend, as a child, linking pinky finger to finger. Most of the time this promise or swear involved not...
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I Wonder as I Wander
Dear Reader: I fear the expression “I wonder,” spoken in a thoughtful, pensive way, will soon become obsolete in today’s world. Instead of taking time to ‘wander often and wonder always’ we simply...
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A Book for The “Right Reader”
Dear Reader: On an insert added at the beginning of this novel…the following words were written: “ I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is some sort of secret homing instinct in books...
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Making Sense of My Life
Dear Reader: Don’t we hear catch-phrases (and I have been known to pass them on to others myself) like our title remark (“Some day it’s gonna make sense”) to friends and family who ask why something...
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A Door Knocker, a Dog and a Bright Red Umbrella
Dear Reader: Happy Valentines to one and all! I love the picture of this intricate door knocker with a heart on top! What a wonderful way to greet friends, family, and strangers, year around at one’s...
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The Secret Ritual For Each President…You’ll Be Surprised
Dear Reader: I know it must look like I am ‘jumping the gun’ doing a story on the Presidents on Valentines Day for the next day….a week ahead of time…but when one finds an interesting fact…the story...
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Turning Ordinary Acts of Kindness into Extraordinary Ones
Dear Reader: When I awoke yesterday I automatically began opening my shutters in the den (my happy room) and noticed that the skies were overcast and the rain appeared imminent. A pretty...
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Missing the Point…
Dear Readers: I love whimsical metaphors with a kick and this saying does just that. We are so used to seeing gloomy-looking signs saying “The End is Coming” that seeing a sign that says “The...
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The Distance of Anger
Dear Reader: Have you ever gotten in a shouting match with a spouse, friend, parent, child, or someone else who you felt “Did you wrong?” I rarely find myself in shouting matches since I have such an...
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Aging Gratefully…After Gracefully Passes You By
Dear Reader: Looking in the mirror these days takes an act of courage….especially first thing in the morning with no make-up, runny eyes and nose. I wipe, honk, and blink a few times to confirm this...
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And the Beat Goes On…With Your Password
Dear Reader: As I was lazily fixing a bowl of grits yesterday morning…I turned the television on to the CBS Sunday Morning Show and I found myself putting my bowl down to concentrate harder on the...
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Pot Hole Mosiacs
Dear Reader: How I do admire creativity that helps solves everyday, mundane problems and this story is about that very thing…pot holes! Once again, this story showed up on the CBS Sunday Morning...
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The Importance of Feeling Needed
Dear Reader: Isn’t it a nice feeling to be needed? If I had to make a list of my greatest fears in life, I think this would top the list…no longer being needed. (And just not needed, but a burden to...
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Growing Old is Mandatory, Growing Up is Optional
Dear Reader: Yesterday I sent a copy of the photo of the “Terrific Trio” of Eva Cate and her two best friends, along with Mrs. Kent their teacher, to Mandy to forward on to Mrs. Kent to have with an...
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Reflective Garden Time is Quickly Dwindling
Dear Reader: Winter time for a gardener is a much needed period of time for reflection. Gardens have taught me that spirituality belongs to no particular denomination or religion, it is just a...
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Which is Higher…Our Purpose or Our Dog’s…?
Dear Reader: When Mandy and I took Eva Cate to see the Disney movie SING Monday, we was saw a lot of previews…a lot. The one that already had us tearing up was A Dog’s Purpose. I might have to wait...
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Our Own Funny “Revelations”
Dear Reader: Man has questioned if God has a sense of humor since the beginning of time, but have left it up mainly to comedians to answer it. Jokes, like pointing to giraffes or a platypus, aimed at...
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