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Mountain Mama
Dear Reader: How lucky are we…I mean really…could we possibly have landed in a better place? First, by simply being born in America…we won the greatest lottery in the world! Then…to live in South...
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Spring Has Sprung…Everywhere!
Dear Reader: Our new “Win-Spring” (Winter-Spring) season is really giving us some crazy weather. I think the biggest surprise was seeing Saluda more in full bloom than we are in the lowcountry. We all...
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Life Through My Window…
Dear Reader: I don’t know how many of you have seen old re-runs of the Alfred Hitchcock (1954) movie Rear Window? It is about a professional photographer (James Stewart) who accidentally breaks his...
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Soul Vitamins
Dear Reader: Tuesday I had my regular visit with Dr. Silgals…we are coming up on the ending of the third cycle (3 months) since I started the new medications to try and stop “little c’s” re-appearance...
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“Moment by Moment”…. the Connections Keep Coming
Dear Reader: It never ceases to amaze me that if I put something out there in cyberspace…an idea or story or song on the blog post, someone will pick it up, like the torch in a relay, and run with it....
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“Pete and Repeat were sitting on a fence”…
Dear Reader: I do remember telling you that this is the first joke I ever recall being told and (for at least three times at bat) I struck out and didn’t ‘get’ the joke. When I finally did I thought I...
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From a Dime to the X-Plan
Dear Reader: Now I am really dating myself…but how many of you can recall having to wait to go on a date or outing until you found a dime in your purse to show your parent? I remember it well. Every...
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“All Things Come to an End”
Dear Reader: After discovering that my brother David died on the same day of the month as Kaitlyn’s sister, Amanda, (March 4) I got interested in pulling out an old scrapbook…filled with tributes to...
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Changed Attitude to Start a New Week
Dear Reader: Yesterday, Monday morning, I woke up with such a sense of peace and tranquility. I just lay in bed and listened to the birds announcing the new day and then went out to check my flowers....
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Life and Relationships…We are One with the Universe!
Dear Reader: While we are reassured by scripture that “We are made in the image of God” today this message is visibly evidenced by Holographic images of our universe…. God’s Creation. Everything in...
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The “Rush” of Being in No Hurry at All…
Dear Reader: Besides retirement meaning “No more Sunday Slumps or Monday Melancholies ” it also lends itself to a new expression from us retirees that takes awhile to adjust to…we even surprise...
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The “When-Then” Game We Play
Dear Reader: Have you ever observed (on television) terrible areas of the world afflicted with AIDS, starvation, and unhealthy drinking water…yet the little children are excited over every small...
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Every Once in awhile…Unplug from Life.
Dear Reader: Don’t we all have days that are so hectic we feel like “re-booting” (Anne’s 2017 word) by unplugging everything in our life and welcoming the peace and quiet that quickly invades our...
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Azalea
Dear Reader: I know I find myself drawn back to the subject of azaleas but when you are blessed to live in a fairyland filled with them, it is hard not to immerse ourselves in their history and beauty...
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A Fresh Pair of Eyes…
Dear Reader: Yesterday I babysat Eva Cate and Jake and while pulling in to Wakendaw Blvd (Wakendaw Lakes) I was stunned by the beauty of the freshest green on the new oak leaves shining in all their...
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Live Life in Full Bloom
Dear Reader: Everywhere we look these day…the azaleas and flowering fruit trees are in full bloom. I, also, discovered the most delicate apple blossom on one tree and a bush covered in the Cherokee...
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Was it the Luck of the Irish or Daffodils?
Dear Reader: I believe Grandmother was right when she said “Timing is everything in life.” We finally got rain Monday afternoon and it lasted until the early morning hours of Tuesday…I could hardly...
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Turning the Corner…
Dear Reader: As I turned off Highway 17-A into my neighborhood of Miler Country Club, yesterday, I caught myself smiling. I was home! I pulled over to the side of the road and took a picture of what I...
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A Myriad of March Images
Dear Readers: As I was reading blog comments, Facebook comments, and looking through recent photos and some, not so recent, it dawned on me that March takes on many images. March is famous for its...
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Is It Time to Jump the Fence?
Dear Reader: Yesterday I met my new yard man, Tim, who works with Ernie, the fireman, at his fire station. Ernie had started installing garage doors last summer and was working three jobs. He decided...
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