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Dear Reader: It is rather ironic that today is not only World Kindness Day…but also a Friday the 13th day. Since starting this blog (a decade ago) and doing all kinds of stories on a Friday the 13th month… year … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: You might remember Monday my stomach was doing circus acts …flipping, flopping, and flapping all day. I needed something in it…but something soft and easy to digest. Then I remembered the Chick Fil-A advertisement for their new mac … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Happy Veterans Day! When I find myself in cemeteries where military tombstones and markers are in abundance…like the cemetery in Laurens where mother, daddy, and David lie…I feel such strong emotions for these men and women who ‘cut … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday was the right time to pause and settle down…my poor stomach has been upset for a few days…thinking it was probably just all the tension around the election but I decided to pamper it and eat some … Continue reading →

  Dear Reader:   Sly and the Family Stone…”We Are Family”…now that brings back some wonderful memories…I must have played that tune hundreds of times as both a teacher and a workshop presenter over two decades at least. I would … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The idea behind this blog came about, indirectly, from a sign that was put up at the entrance to my neighborhood a couple of days ago. I was stopped at the stop sign I (at the end of … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: We might think (and rightly so) that these past few November days couldn’t get any crazier…but all we have to do in the lowcountry is look around at every seasonal plant blooming at the same time to realize … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday I must have been in-between “turn-overs of cares and worries to God” because I felt like I wanted to implode…the house had never felt so quiet…eerily quiet…like the calm before a thunder storm. I gave myself another … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I have to admit that yesterday was ‘not my favorite day.’ But it was a day that tested my faith and taught me that I was too quick to expect immediate solutions to my ‘worry’ prayers. It was … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Another busy day yesterday…which was actually good…it kept my mind occupied with grandchildren and a lunch outing with my children….a lovely day. I kept Walsh and Mollie’s children…thinking it would probably take a few hours for them to … Continue reading →