Monthly Archives: October 2017

Dear Reader: There are now two passages of “truth” that I feel unequivocally adamant about in my sixth decade on this planet. 1) We are all connected 2) Obtaining a meaningful and fruitful life depends on choices…life is a series … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Continuing with my five-day ‘Power Thought Cards’ challenge…I drew the card above for today, Tuesday’s blog post. (My home is a peaceful haven.)  And it is! I am very careful to keep bad spirits out and only good … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Today I am leaving for Edisto Beach for our Ya Fall Retreat. We meet in early summer, fall, and winter. It is always a wonderful way to start the season spending it with “seasoned” friends of the past, … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Friday when I returned back home it was too dark to see anything in the garden and then yesterday morning when I first woke up…it was drizzling and gray outside.  I walked out on the deck and my … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Kelly Rae Roberts painted this particular ‘mantra of the soul” painting calling it “Divinity of Gladness.” Happiness, humor, and laughter should be a divine attribute to our Creator. I think we got off to a rocky start with … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: It happened! I went out yesterday morning to admire all the work my “fire boys” (as I call my firemen lawn cutters) had done. They surprised me by digging up all the dirt, leaves, and pine straw that … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I came across a funny little poem about “Grandma getting lost in cyberspace”…and I thought  to myself,  she sure isn’t alone. Every time I start getting just a little cocky about my “fair to middling”  computer skills it … Continue reading →

  Dear Reader: While I was walking around taking photos of decorated fall designs on homes in the neighborhoods near me Monday…I came to a dead end and there was the most breath-taking fern forest, for lack of a better … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I was looking for an excuse to be outside yesterday and I found it. When I went walking Sunday evening I took my IPhone and found some Fall decorations in a few yards, porches, and doors. I took … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: We are the universe. Doesn’t that sound like something out of a sci-fi fiction novel or a space alien B-rated movie? Me…little me…I am the universe? Ah…you’re pulling my leg! Really? We are not “in” the universe, we … Continue reading →