Monthly Archives: July 2022

Dear Reader: Before I start the post today… I have to admit what I just did by mistake… instead of writing ” Dear Reader” I wrote ” Dear Santa.” Aren’t there some childhood memories so ingrained in our psyches that, … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Today I am driving to Laurens… my family’s ancestral home town and a place that holds a myriad of emotions… mostly good but also a reminder of the loss of loved ones who went before… who actually gave … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Knowledge is an accumulation of facts and learned experiences we absorb throughout our life. Wisdom is knowing when to apply our knowledge to a situation and when to save it for a later and more appropriate challenge that … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The more I thought about this saying… the more I liked it. If we leave this earth still wondering what people will think of us after we are gone and even worrying about it… I think sadly we … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: John Kieran once wrote reflectively ” I am part of all I have read.” I recognize this statement almost every day of my life. If we were lucky enough to be read to… growing up… don’t we remember … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday was a dot to dot day… where similar thoughts from different programs blended into the same message. We are all connected… We are all connected… We are all connected. It started with a HGTV show about a … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Over the years… haven’t we all agreed that lightening and clearing out excessive junk, we have accumulated over time, produces such a freeing feeling … we are out of the jail we built around us with too much … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: It wasn’t until the fall of 2013 that I remembered how to listen again with plants as my teachers… it was the spring my backyard garden evolved from a dream to reality. By that fall I was, not … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I have a personal mantra I silently and mentally entertain each morning… “Lord, let me be a better person today than I was yesterday. ” I have accepted my imperfections and been a Brene Brown follower long enough … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Did you know that three of our five senses take us back …faster …down our personal memory lanes? They are sound, taste, and smell. In fact this post today is a testimony to this scientific observation. Our Chick-fil-A … Continue reading →