Monthly Archives: November 2020

Dear Reader: As I was staring at my sign on the hearth – G A T H E R – that I always put up after Halloween and leave until after Thanksgiving…I started remembering all the Thanksgivings that have preceded … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: As I was glancing at yesterday’s top news stories on my computer…a photo of a  bridge collapsed from the weight of a tree falling on it…caught my attention by its name…Poohsticks Bridge…built in 1907 and made famous by … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Each day as I walk through my garden and smile at a new bloom or flower peeking up from the ground…I see God. The seeds of life are under the ground and reveal themselves as God’s Handiwork. I … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Two weeks ago I bravely grabbed my lawn cutting tools and went to work on the Confederate Rose…toppling down branches that extended well above the garage/potting shed. I decided to keep the one stem that had bloomed at … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The coronavirus has certainly changed many of our daily habits…thus changing our personal time-tables too. Prioritizing time is still important in life…but finding a way to keep family a top priority and close … without risking anyone’s health … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Isn’t it always a shock when we read something that really impresses us…only to discover that we have read that exact book passage, phrase, or message before? Time diminished the memory but not the effect on our psyche…our … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Margot Theis Raven’s last book she wrote before passing away (from complications of breast cancer in 2014)…was interestingly enough about a little dog. It is a true story about a dog named Rags and the lives he changed … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: It is rather ironic that today is not only World Kindness Day…but also a Friday the 13th day. Since starting this blog (a decade ago) and doing all kinds of stories on a Friday the 13th month… year … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: You might remember Monday my stomach was doing circus acts …flipping, flopping, and flapping all day. I needed something in it…but something soft and easy to digest. Then I remembered the Chick Fil-A advertisement for their new mac … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Happy Veterans Day! When I find myself in cemeteries where military tombstones and markers are in abundance…like the cemetery in Laurens where mother, daddy, and David lie…I feel such strong emotions for these men and women who ‘cut … Continue reading →