Monthly Archives: October 2022

Trouvaille-Secret Happiness!

Dear Reader: Just discovering this new word ( trouvaille) made me happy since I have always been in love, when it comes to learning new words. ( And what a joyful word to add to one’s personal vocabulary!) *** “A … Continue reading

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Sweater Weather

Dear Reader: Winnie is helping me write my first post under a new and expanded program … I can’t thank John enough for troubleshooting the problem for me! And now Winnie wants to leave her ” paw” mark on my … Continue reading

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Hocus Pocus… I think I have been ” Boo’ed”

Dear Reader: If everything goes crazy with your post you have written over a decade… surely it must be blamed on Halloween with all its tricks. Even though John was able to get the post sent out yesterday it still … Continue reading

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On the Sunny Side of the Street

Dear Reader: The other night when this ridiculous negative memory popped up, once again, for about the 1000th time… I shook my head in frustration and googled… ” Why do we seem to keep recalling and retaining negative memories over … Continue reading

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The True Joy of Life is not the Grand Gesture but in the Consecration of the Moment…

Dear Reader: When I came across this line from a book by Kent Nerburn… I decided to use it in today’s post because I was immediately taken back to Flagstaff, Arizona in June of 1991. I understood this thought because … Continue reading

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Sharing a Reflection on Life

Dear Reader: For some reason yesterday morning… I woke up early and was wide awake… I checked on my blog post ( just popped up) and then Kaitlyn’s post popped up a few minutes later. Kaitlyn is a gifted writer… … Continue reading

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The Words You Speak Become the House You Live in…

Dear Reader: Yesterday I plopped down at my kitchen table to eat lunch-after a morning of catch-up errands, and caught a question -answer discussion (about apparently some acronym) referring to thankfulness and gratefulness. I turned the volume up and the … Continue reading

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Butterflies and Armageddon…

Dear Reader: Before I left for Edisto last week… for the first time… I heard a word ( in the news) I hoped to never here again… Armageddon. I was Eva Cate’s age (12) the last time I heard it-at … Continue reading

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Sometimes… God Winks in Butterflies…

Dear Reader: Yesterday I left the Ya’s to come home-unpack and head over to Daniel Island to check on Ben at Wellmore. So much had happened in such a small amount of time I knew he would be confused… and … Continue reading

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The Earthy Smell of Life

Dear Reader: Since I have been on a chemo regime for so long I have pretty much lost most of my taste buds and olfactory smell senses. But have no fear… I keep eating and have learned that memory senses … Continue reading

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