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Take Time to Look UP…A Surprise Just Might Be Looking Down

Dear Reader: While pulling information on the latest mural about “sweet tea” that has gone up on the side of the Visitor’s Center (artist-Kevin Morrisey)… another link to an old mural in an historic building in Summerville popped up. It is … Continue reading

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It All Began with a Turnip

Dear Reader: Everywhere you turn these days there are pumpkins, more pumpkins, and even more pumpkins for sale. Boone Hall has the largest “pumpkin patch” in the Charleston area (filled with food, drinks, mazes, and all kinds of games and … Continue reading

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An Old Story that Still Rings True

Dear Reader: You might be guessing that the “old story” (in the title) refers to the ‘Old woman who lived in the shoe… who had so many children she didn’t know what to do’…. but if you assumed this…you would … Continue reading

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“Big Red” Lives on in Art

Dear Reader: I never checked my mail Sunday since I wasn’t expecting anything from Amazon.com….so it was Monday morning when I dropped some note cards in the mail to go off. There was a small package in the box and … Continue reading

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Sights and Sounds Around Summerville

Dear Reader: It suddenly hit me when I had time to slow down and relax this weekend (except during the Clemson-Syracuse game) that I had missed a lot of “going-on’s” in Summerville while I had been gone most of September… … Continue reading

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Being Faithful Doesn’t Require Being Fearless

Dear Reader: I took this picture last Wednesday when I returned to Mandy and John’s house to help with the grandchildren while John was gone to an out-of-state meeting. The beautiful diverse orange flowers’ arrangement was still glowing in the … Continue reading

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Pumpkins Please…

Dear Reader: What in the world happened this year? Normally by now all my pumpkins and “Boo’s” would have been decorating my house for at least a couple of weeks? Fall has officially come and my house is still summer. … Continue reading

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The Many “You’s”

Dear Reader: Eva Cate’s art class had to do a self-portrait drawing recently, and this is how Eva Cate perceives herself at age eight. I love to compare these drawings with earlier years and see her self-image evolving as her … Continue reading

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Why Being Old Works…

Dear Reader: This is where the “Green Vue” was discovered….on the other side of Old Orangeburg road…a location we local folks call the “boonies.” The car ended up less than 10 miles from my house. It was trashed but remarkably … Continue reading

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Beauty is Truth; Truth is Beauty

Dear Reader: Beauty and Truth…they are synonymous. John Keats has had it right all along. When I unloaded my car Monday morning and took all the plants out I had gotten for my birthday…along with more plants waiting for me from … Continue reading

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