Monthly Archives: October 2022

Dear Reader: Isn’t it strange when we go somewhere with a certain intent and then are drawn to something completely different… for a reason we only discover later? I decided to go to the Edisto Bookstore to check on when … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday I got in my car to find fall on Edisto… but soon forgot my mission by just discovering scenes of sheer beauty… no matter the season… like these awe-inspiring marshes. And I had to laugh … after … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: As I turned onto Brooke’s road last Thursday… I stopped long enough to snap a photo of Brooke’s street sign. DAWHOO! For years now I thought Dawhoo was a branch or sub-tribe of the Edisto Native-Americans who originally … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: If grief is the price of love, then falls, ” little ” c,” doctor’s appointments, surgical procedures, and rehab must be the price for longevity! And guess what? As we Ya Ya’s once again convene at Edisto … … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: While packing earlier this week… Hoda and Jenna were talking on the Today Show and I caught the most excited expression on Hoda’s face. I turned up the volume and apparently she had been interviewing some or a … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Richard Rohr ( “Yes and”… Daily Meditations) observes that the basic question, put before Jesus in the temptation scenes, was ” Is God to be trusted?” That is the great question the human race is still asking at … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: What many Floridians are discovering in the grief and overwhelming sense of loss in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian… is that …if all their loved ones survived the monster hurricane… and the damage and destruction involved only man … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I can’t let October go any farther before stopping today to share my thoughts on the significance of October-Breast Cancer Month. Some days it is hard to remember a time when I didn’t have breast cancer. And as … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Being human is a given but keeping our humanity is a choice. Humanity is defined as compassionate, sympathetic, or generous in behavior or disposition. There is only one race-the human race and everyone in that race, deep down, … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I was pleasantly surprised yesterday when I started examining the debris left behind by Hurricane Ian … and discovered that rain, torrential at times like it was… perked up many of my late summer flowers, like Black-eyed Susie’s. … Continue reading →