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Dear Reader: I have been using these cold, wet, windy days inside… to begin looking through old books …deciding which to keep and which to give away. Suddenly I came across The Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo. As I … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: A few days ago I heard from one of my best teaching co-horts in the Social Studies Department at Alston Middle School. Patty was an amazing teacher and when the Social Studies Department would meet monthly …we all … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I remember when I was teaching the Civil War Unit… I would story-tell many sad but courageous stories while playing the tune ( not the lyrics ) of ” When Johnny Comes Marching Home. ” Without fail one … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Mandy arrived around 10 and left at noon… my ” Happy Place” Christmas Decor completely put up in organized boxes …as well as we got the whole apartment re-organized … ( first time since we first arrived… so … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Mandy is coming this morning and together we are going to “un-decorate.”My heart is sad. For two glorious weeks the Angel tree has been lit-day and night. My favorite time is early evening as I turn off all … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The old history teacher in me… gets emotional every time I read the Emancipation Proclamation each New Year’s Day -it still sends shivers down my back. The public reading of the Emancipation Proclamation in South Carolina took place … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: One memory from my childhood was our annual trip to Grandmother’s house at Christmas. The road we took back in the fifties and early 60’s were the backroads between Fayetteville and Laurens… mostly along country roads with lots … Continue reading →

And speaking of shelves… Mandy and I are going to have to get creative and find a way to put up one… the first two books completed are: Yesterday ( before and after the game I finished a paperback book … Continue reading →

Dear Reader! Tommy and Kaitlyn drove up to Tennessee yesterday to have a short visit with her grandmother, Judy, who is in her nineties and , is fighting cancer for the second time in recent years. She is amazing… sending … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Just a few days ago we recognized Walsh’s ( Kringle Dingle) birthday on the 23rd and I brought him home on Christmas Day. Today is my youngest’s son ( Tommy’s birthday ( Deduction Dingle) and we brought him … Continue reading →