Monthly Archives: November 2017

Dear Reader: No…I’m not jumping the season…I love Thanksgiving too much for that…but I read something by Madeleine L’ Engle in her book The Rock that is Higher that made me stop and reexamine myself again. (I need a lot … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: One of the nicest thing that happened when I finally took on the “Goliath” task of cleaning out and giving away so many of my books that have accumulated over years…decades…was re-discovering the special stories/books I had long … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: *** A God Wink happened yesterday. Another blogger had read this post and liked it….I was trying to remember when I wrote it ….actually almost two years ago. It is funny how, even I, as the author, need … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday was one of those days I had circled on my calendar in red…a day best wished for it to be over….kind of day. Yet, it turned out anything but… Since losing my long-time friend and oncologist, Dr. … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday when the blog on “Big Red” went out Cindy Ashley asked me if I had read the “Happiness Project” yet…I have not but I do remember it was an answer on the game show Jeopardy, no less. … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: “Big Red” is starting to attract neighborhood attention. Vickie came over and took a picture over the weekend (the photo above) when I was in Mt. Pleasant (Vickie said the morning sun had just set it aglow) helping … Continue reading →

Dear Reader:   One of my favorite local writers has always been the late-great avid sports writer, Ken Burger, who later branched out with his writings authoring my favorite book of his, Baptized in Sweet Tea. I could and still … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Never have these words (Grateful for Family) rung truer than this past weekend…when the family split up forces/shifts to go in and keep Rutledge and Lachlan while Walsh and Mollie took one last weekend alone… until Eloise makes … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I never tire of stories that remind us that self-perceived or self-imposed stumbling blocks in our eyes often turn into our most important personal stepping stones. I have been gone since last Friday….I am helping keep Rutledge and … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: How many of you remember the “Where’s Waldo” books? They came out at just the right time for my children growing up…especially the boys. I would give Walsh and Tommy a book for their Christmas time birthdays and … Continue reading →