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Dear Reader: As I watched the progression of Anne’s blue crab painting, on Facebook, I knew I wanted a copy of this little cutie when it was finished. Timing is everything….after I got home from Mt. Pleasant Friday, I unpacked … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The rest of the quote from the blog title today reads: “Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts”. Paramahansa Yogananda Can’t we … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: What a day Wednesday June 29 turned out to be. As I texted Anne….I must honestly admit “It was NOT my favorite day.” The “Bad Mojo” started Tuesday morning with a text from Mandy saying that the family … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Most evenings I watch the ABC Evening News with David Muir and have been an avid fan of their “Made in America” series. Almost by osmosis, I do find myself checking labels more now to see if a … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: You will be quite proud of me ( I am! Whew!!!) for having gotten almost halfway through Hamilton. (“If I were a rich man”….surely two hours of the Broadway play would be a lot easier on the eyes and … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Madeleine L’Engle once said: “A self is not something static, tied up in a pretty parcel and handed to the child, finished and complete. A self is always becoming.” As children, don’t we all remember wanting to be … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: One evening, as I watching Jeopardy, I heard a buzzer go off (several times) dismissing the correct answer because a contestant forgot to frame the answer into a form of a question. In a sense don’t the rules … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I thoroughly enjoyed all the stories in the latest edition of Azalea Magazine but one article, Family Tides by Tara Bailey, really struck home with me a familiar ritual, as well as, I am sure many of you. Summer … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: In one of Jerry Seinfeld’s  questions on life (in his famous sit-con series) he wondered out-loud to Elaine one day (reflecting on his parent’s move to a tiny condo in Florida) why when people got older…everything started shrinking … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The other day I came across an article which made me pause and reflect on our daily greetings and their cultural significance. We, Americans, are used to “How are you today?” as we briskly pass a stranger or … Continue reading →