Monthly Archives: January 2020

Dear Reader: Isn’t it a tingly feeling to think that the same Creator Who did create the mountains, oceans, and stars also thought that “the world needed one of us too” in it? A statement like that makes us feel … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: In the Sarah Addison Allen sequel to Garden Spells (First Frost) one of the main characters’ teenage daughter, Bay, wears fun, creative t-shirts to high school daily. Examples like: “I have not yet begun to procrastinate.” “Either you … Continue reading →

    Dear Reader: Some of my most favorite quotes deal with the mysticism of sunbeams (as cited in the examples below:) “I am always humbled by the infinite ingenuity of the Lord, who can make a red barn cast a … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Well…yesterday I didn’t go in the woods like Thoreau to live or find a path less traveled like Frost…I just wanted some quiet time in my garden sanctuary. I felt like finding a big, big blanket and wrapping … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I know that I am one of those weird people who actually likes to pay the monthly bills…I just can’t help myself. I find such a deep satisfaction in paying my bills in full…while gleefully picturing the frustration … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Haven’t we all been guilty of watching something on a talk show, or the news, or even hearing about something right in our own community that completely ‘unsettles’ us from our daily routine of complacency? Something that seems … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: At the funeral service, for fellow friend and educator, Ellen Styles yesterday afternoon… I think the visual quote above could have summed her life up completely. Ellen, was one of those people, whom you wanted to be around … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: As a South Carolina history teacher for three decades…I feel like Charleston is home to me in so many ways. And our state history always started with a little boat called The Carolina when it pulled into what is … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I did it…oh how it saddens me to take down the Christmas decorations but I knew it was time. The top string of lights on the tree had gone out…the apple tree collapsed with bruised apples flying everywhere, … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday I experienced something quite magical…due to the timing of the incident. Something good actually came out of my frantic search for the book To Bless This Space Between Us. I found (tucked away in the back of one … Continue reading →