Monthly Archives: November 2022

Dear Reader: While reading a recent article, the author ( Cydney Weiner) promoted the idea of ” wintering” … adding that all of us ” winter” – …usually several times in our lives. “Wintering” normally follows life-altering events that send … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Obviously it is just not ” gals” who are ” born with books in their souls” … but guys too! And the very things that draw us to books… immersion in other places, adventures, feelings, thoughts, opinions, imaginations … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I just got home yesterday afternoon from visiting Brooke in her home in Walterboro…today called the ” Front Porch of the Lowcountry.” Once a few years back Brooke and I climbed the tallest red rocking chair…located in Walterboro… … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: You know by now how much I love Madeleine L’ Engle’s writings and Story as Truth–The Rock is Higher … is one of my favorites. She always leaves me with a God Wink and fresh perspective on situations … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: When it comes to Americans and their holiday traditions-be forewarned: Don’t Mess With Them!!! FDR learned this the hard way… the year was 1939… still a time of Great Depression economical challenges. The ” mobile ” Thanksgiving idea … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Ever since I told the story of Archibald Rutledge’s memory ( as a teen) of being caught in a terrible thunderstorm that threw him out of the buggy as his horse bolted when lightning struck a nearby pine … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: As I watched trailers on the latest Pinocchio movie starring Tom Hanks … I was taken back to my childhood …watching it in the movie theater for the first time. I can still cry at the drop of … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Have you ever heard the term ” NOVEMBERISH?” I don’t recall ever hearing it growing up or since… so when I discovered the term in a story I was reading … my curiosity got the best of me… … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Have you ever thought about how we see God’s handiwork and more importantly His love of diversity? Starting with the animals… God made them adaptable to live underground, on the ground, in the seas and trees and skies. … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I love this design by Native-Americans for Veterans Day. The symbolism is so moving! Native-Americans regarded dream-catchers as protective amulets. Different tribes based their unique designs on their legends created for their specific dream-catcher symbolism. But all had … Continue reading →