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Dear Reader: I followed John O’Donohue’s last stanza directions on how to spend my birthday yesterday…I did it in solitude. On this echoing-day of your birth, May you open the gift of solitude In order to receive your soul; Enter … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The most beautiful moon flower blossom to date…one that secretly bloomed during the night, bloomed in an azalea bush instead of on the trellis…thus putting it in the path of the morning light that shone through the exquisite … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Wouldn’t life be extremely dull if we knew everything that was going to happen ahead of time? If we lived in a world with no surprises? The best thing is… surprises don’t have to be big…in fact, in … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: These days it is very easy to be in love with life in nature…every minute of it. Mums, pumpkins, butterflies, gords, chilly nights and cool mornings. Truly…what is there not to love about the favorite season world-wide…Autumn? And … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Anne sent me one of Quinn Caldwell’s recent devotionals….she knows how much I enjoy his takes on life with all its surrounding circumstances and complications. In this devotional he was concentrating on the musical “Hamilton” and the mystery … Continue reading →

  Dear Reader: When I “laid my eyes” on my college roommate, my sister in all ways but biological, my friend forever-Brookie…I knew Covid had to take a backseat…while we physically hugged. I told God we needed Him to protect … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday was “Real I.D. Drivers License Day.” For the past couple of days we have experienced a little of everything when it comes to weather…some wind, on and off torrential showers, gray skies and bursts of sunshine followed … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: By now many of you have heard my story, the setting-home, the time… the night before my first surgery, the plot my left breast mastectomy, for breast cancer. *It would be the first of four surgeries in all…to … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Occasionally I like to look back on earlier posts written the same month or season I am in now…and see what was on my mind back then….compare and contrast my thoughts about life and my place in it. … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Monday started out a little “iffy.” I was all excited about calling the local DMV to schedule my appointment to finally get my new drivers license. I had to wait on some missing documents to be certified/copied, then … Continue reading →