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Back Road Trips are the Best! Far out!
Dear Reader: I don’t know if you remember the scene from the old movie Michael starring John Travolta…who plays the part of a winged, cookie smelling, cigarette smoking, slob…the Archangel Michael who...
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Rabbit Tobacco, Sour Grass, Camp Meeting, and Oh Yes…Roses!
Dear Reader: Doesn’t the title photo just make you gasp and inhale once again? There was double, triple, and even more combinations of roses and attached buds that ‘blew my mind’ in their unique...
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Just Passing Through…
Dear Reader: When I came across another short anecdote yesterday…it brought about another ‘pause and ponder’ moment. The more I thought about it; the more I liked it. The spiritual anecdote went like...
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Going to the Dogs…Thank Goodness!
Dear Reader: Meet my grand-dogs…Tigger and his kissing cousin Khaleesi, along with her brothers Atticus and Pip…and of course Poogan or Poogie as we call her…a large dog who thinks she is a puppy too....
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Creating Our Own Space for Others
Dear Reader: When you watch HGTV as “religiously” as I do, it is easy to notice the subtle trends of change emerging over the years. One of these is the return of wallpaper…which for years now has...
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After the Rain…Peace and Serenity
Dear Reader: What is it about the smell of earth after a much needed rainfall? If someone could bottle that smell…they would be a billionaire. It is a mixture of purity, cleanliness, freshness…it is...
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The Chips that Tell a Story
Dear Reader: I have loved potato chips since I was a little girl and have never walked out on my love affair with them to date! Any one in our family… aunt, uncle, grandparent, cousin… whoever kept me...
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The Memory Letter
Dear Reader: Sometimes all it takes to change a day around completely… is one small letter…almost lost in my dark mailbox…squeezed in between Belk and Pizza Hut advertisements. A letter that brought...
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Joy, Peace, Happiness
Dear Reader: Ellen Degeneres is always talking about and signing off her show by reminding us to be ‘kind to one another.’ Yet…in order to be kind to one another…we first have to start with being...
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The Final Solution is God’s…
Dear Reader: The other evening, as darkness descended, the lantern on the upper deck of the recently renovated outside garage apartment came on, as usual. But for me…what it symbolized was hope that...
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“Can’t Get No Satisfaction”
Dear Reader: All of us ‘Baby Boomers’ remember singing the lyrics to “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction” throughout the year of 1965 and for many more years to come. We couldn’t get enough ‘satisfaction’...
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Is It a Boy or a Girl? Beautiful Hydrangeas
Dear Reader: Sunday morning, as I was watering the garden and plants around the yard, before leaving for Mt. Pleasant to spend the next three days…I noticed that the two dwarf hydrangeas I planted...
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A Life Dreamer
Dear Reader: In Charleston Magazine’s May Edition…there is an article on my nephew Lee titled “Dream Project.” It is about a dream that came to him months before his wife Vikki announced that she was...
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Our Wonderful “Persnickety” God
(Artist: Kimkhansen. blogspot.com) Dear Reader: Aren’t there some words that are just fun to write with lots of squiggles and funny lines…and even more fun to pronounce? For me “persnickety” is one...
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Snippets of Life…Observations of a Grandmother
Dear Reader: While I was at Mandy’s helping out with the children from Sunday to Wednesday this past week…I found myself drawn to the lake and the soothing scene of the ‘lilies of the lake’ as I call...
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Flowers and Stories
Dear Reader: So many flowers…so many stories. Everything in life has a story and this picture/painting note card Honey sent me by a local artist and friend of hers touched me… Honey bought it because...
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Pastoral Scenes of Serenity
Dear Reader: Traveling vicariously does have its benefits. It’s free! (Quite cost-effective) Stress-free (No panic attacks over the location of your passport, or waiting in long lines, or going...
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“If You Plant a Garden, You Will Walk with God”
Dear Reader: Yesterday when we discussed the importance of taking time out of our busy lives to live the ‘pastoral life’ I realized that when I went to water the plants (a daily ritual these hot days)...
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“It’s Just the Right Thing to Do”…
Dear Reader: I mentioned a few days ago that I had a story to tell about last Wednesday, May 2…the same day ‘The Dingle 5′ flew out to start their new adventure…I had one of my own. Only mine wasn’t...
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The Weight of a Prayer
Dear Reader: I love this little anecdote…on the miracle of prayer…with emphasis on the weight of prayer…not its length. How Much Does a Prayer Weigh? Louise Redden, a poorly dressed lady with a look...
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