Monthly Archives: January 2015

Dear Reader: Isn’t this picture beautiful? It almost looks like a negative with light shining through it. Last Sunday evening Walsh and Mollie had the family over for a get-together. It has been awhile since we did so… Walsh, Mollie, … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: When I taught middle school and would tell someone what I did for a living…usually a look of sheer horror would cross their face…middle school! Are you crazy! The worst age possible! Since my first teaching job (right … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I remember the first time before entering St. Jude’s Chapel of Hope…stopping to read the scripture outside the entrance (one of my favorite verses…and as I recall, Pap, yours too.) It was the Welcome sign “Everyone Welcome” however, … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: What a day May 29, 2013 was…a day that I honestly didn’t know would ever come to fruition! It was the day I told the 1002nd blog story to beat the famed Scheherazade and her 1001 stories in … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: It was time to “clean house” and Saturdays are notorious for just these types of chores…except in this case…”cleaning house” was my blog format. On the right hand column of the blog…were certain links that lead to nowhere. … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I sincerely hope that we all wake up to sun today…as the weathermen (women) have promised…and we can actually walk on the real sunny side of the street. When Anne and I met at Oscars Wednesday for lunch…a fair … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Lately on the local weather reports…I have heard the term “unsettled” ad nauseum. I feel like yelling back at the television “Enough of this unsettled weather….Get settled… and bring the sun back while you are at it!” When … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I enjoyed the rainy Monday to catch up on some reading…and once I did I started skimming through the Chicken Soup for the Gardener’s Soul book. I enjoy the short stories about so many different flowers, plants, and … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: One rarely hears “winter” used outside of a noun…especially as a verb. When we do…it usually has to do with wealthy “migratory” families and migratory animals…as in these samples: Henry Flager (Standard Oil) and his family began to … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The third amaryllis bloomed yesterday on a cloudy Sunday morning. It brought sunshine into an  (otherwise) rather gloomy, shadowy surrounding…it “restored my soul”…”my cup runneth over.” What makes it even more special is that there are three more … Continue reading →