Monthly Archives: July 2018

Dear Reader: At Tractor & Supply last week the whole stock of Trisha Yearwood’s Home designs were on sale – 50% off! I love her homey decor tastes and discovered this water can pitcher that I fell in love with….the … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: While watering the garden this morning I noticed that “Cleo” (nickname for clerodendrum) and her one beautiful bloom was almost full. I, also, noticed the contrast between light pink blooms and the darker pink pods not yet open…and … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Today,  historical sites are hiring, not only, professional landscapers and lawn maintenance personnel to maintain the outdoor park areas for millions of tourists annually, but parks are also hiring landscape historians to implement a “Witness Tree Protection Program.” This … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The name Ben Franklin always conjures up in my mind adjectives like brilliant, witty, earthy, curious/scientific, patient, folksy, foxy, and flirty. (He really was quite the ladies man even in his old age. Historian and one of the … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Haven’t we heard others and ourselves label someone as being nice enough…perhaps too nice…because he/she always leads with their heart instead of their head? (In the South…this comment is usually followed by a negative “Bless her heart.”) Perhaps … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Sometimes the best lessons (or perhaps reminders) in life stem from some of the simplest daily rituals. A few years ago I was walking by a neighbor’s house (a few streets over) as she was just pulling into … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The history teacher in me wouldn’t let me walk out of Walgreens Tuesday without a copy of this special Time magazine…featuring our Founding Fathers. Before leaving for the July the Fourth family gathering in Mt. Pleasant yesterday afternoon, … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I decided to forgo any serious, personal commentaries on freedom and our country this Independence Day, but selected instead, humor for this Fourth of July. Sometimes when the times we live in and the images we live with … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: “Canicular” means “of/or relating to the period between early July and early September when hot weather occurs in the Northern Hemisphere.” According to the Old Farmers’ Almanac…’Dog Days’ start today…July 3! After reading the almanac’s predictions… we all … Continue reading →

  Dear Reader: There are still some historical dates that stick in my memory neurons from my “old” teaching days. July 2 is one of them… for two different reasons. July 2 is the real celebration date for the Declaration … Continue reading →