Monthly Archives: July 2020

Dear Reader: Don’t we all wish we could bring the hilarious “big guns” of comedy back to life right now when our country needs humor desperately in our lives? Especially the Queen of Suburban  Housewives and Common Sense…Erma Bombeck! How … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The nicest thing about having a garden…is that over time, with added plants for different seasons, even parts of seasons…like early spring or late spring, early summer or late summer….one gets to enjoy something new popping up throughout … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I have never given much thought to horoscopes and the signs of the Zodiac…except as light entertainment if the daily horoscope just happened to match my day or wish….but one thing I am pretty confident of…I am definitely … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Sunday evening…as the Dingle family was getting settled in their rental mountain cabin in  Elk Banner, NC…Eloise was being drawn to the skies. The sun is going down…there is a white streak cutting through the sky…I imagine some … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: So glad it has “cooled” off somewhat here the last day or two. (Of course cool/heat are relative terms… depending on where you live in this country during the summer time…the low country is not just hot…it is … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I think I remember telling you about my Ya friend, Libby, who has given the rest of us Ya’s the gift of music to help us through this pandemic. She selects a song and then surprises us with … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I hope everyone had a marvelous Fourth! Mine was just like Vickie, my neighbor, expressed when she texted me a message from a friend of hers that she loved and forwarded it on to me. It was perfectly … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I wish I could say I remember my Granddaddy Wilson…You have heard me refer to Grandmother Wilson many times with her wits of wisdom and common sense approach to life…She was the one who also helped raise me … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Just before I headed over to Vickie’s beautiful back garden to feed Sweet Fuzz (the cat I am babysitting) her breakfast and pour some clean cool water in her bowl…something caught my eye in my own back yard … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I had two green mountain apples the other day and was just about to place them in a hanging fruit basket in the kitchen…when suddenly I remembered how pretty the shadows were on the side garden fence with … Continue reading →