Monthly Archives: November 2016

Dear Reader: Today I am leaving to go to Conway to spend the night and attend a presentation Friday- Veterans Day- (by my brother at his local church) about his memoirs of Vietnam in his book called Grace Under Fire. … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: You have probably noticed that I have kept a low profile on the campaign and election of our new President. Friends and politics don’t mix. I am typing today’s blog before noon…so I have no idea who the … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: What is it about a key that captures our imagination…especially a key without a lock? What could the key go to…a treasure box…a dancing ballerina music box…an old metallic, dusty bank box in the attic filled with old … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I don’t want you to think it has taken me this long to get my DNA report back on my ethnicity and heritage from ancestor.com. It actually arrived in late August… right before the avalanche of cataract surgeries, … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I was reading some thoughts from Kate Wolfe-Jenson the other day and noticed that her blog centered around gratitude also. I think that is why I love the holiday Thanksgiving so much…it makes us all pause and remember … Continue reading →

  Dear Reader: We are off and running with your “thoughty thoughts” on the blessings that have come your way. In chronological order…here are the responses I received back yesterday… (as a request and challenge to share your blessings with … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday was spent taking down all my “Boo” signs…it is always a sad day…especially this year…since I “out-booed” myself for sure. It is time to say good-bye to Halloween with all its “boo’s” and hello to blessing and … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: As children weren’t we always seeking reassurance from our parents, as we let go of one stage of development and reached towards the next one, that we would be okay and come out just fine on the other … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: There are just some places that you anticipate seeing items of beauty that mark your day, as well as, your memory…a day of “ordinary” miracles. Yesterday was such a day! I got home from Mt. Pleasant around 8:00…got … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Sometimes our greatest adventures start in the most ordinary ways. Last week on Lowcountry Live (a local television show) a special segment was being shown about the most haunted places in the lowcountry. I was half-listening to the stories … Continue reading →