Monthly Archives: July 2021

Dear Reader: One of our greatest challenges in life is finding inner happiness. It isn’t that we don’t know how to find it…we simply don’t make time for inner happiness, contentment and joy. We know what to do… we simply … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: As luck would have it… I texted Anne yesterday and asked what she thought happened with the weather prediction of a 70% chance of thunderstorm and pouring rain. She responded: ” ” By guess and by golly” I … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Every day when we wake up the possibility of a memorable daily delight awaits us… the secret… being open to the prospect that it exists. Ross Gay came upon this same conclusion about a year ago and decided … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: If you are a Lowcountry gardener… the most challenging time of the year has arrived. How to keep the spring/ early summer plants alive! It ” ain’t” easy! Overwater and you get root rot, under water and you … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Some days the past just seems to creep up on us… leaving us lost in memory … thinking to ourselves… ” Those really were the days.” When I first visited Hampton Plantation in 1973 the old Rutledge plantation … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: We humans tend to like pigeon-holing others with negative similes like ” stubborn as a mule.” In fact the American Donkey and Mule Society defends this attribute in mules. Mules aren’t really stubborn … they just won’t put … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The other day I happened upon some witty, tongue-in cheek adult observations about life lessons from fairy tales and I just started laughing. Since there isn’t enough laughter in the world I selected a few examples and added … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Today if you take the B. I. R. D. S. scavenger hunt in downtown Summerville you can use the hidden clues on your guide to find the Carolina Parakeet. The rhyming limerick clue reads: “At Town Hall, there’s … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Don’t we all have those days that just seem to start out wrong and go downhill from there? After the first five things in our to-do list goes ” south” we know it is probably going to continue … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Some times it takes seeing someone else’s thoughts in written form to realize we are not alone in our own feelings-something akin to a broken heart-but not necessarily over a particular person … but a situation. ( Source: … Continue reading →