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Dear Reader: 246 Years Old! ( It actually makes me feel younger instantly! … I am talking about ” My Country Tis’ of Thee!” ) Today , July 4th marks a birthday near and dear to an ole’ history teacher’s … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: After I finished reading a recent post by Kate Wolfe-Jenson ( MS ” journeyman” who writes about her continuum passage living with MS for decades) I immediately thought of my friend Harriett and her amazing journey with cancer. … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: While keeping Rutledge and Lachlan Wednesday I had a ” Velveteen Rabbit” moment. After watching the boys play a few video games I walked back downstairs and decided to go out on the porch and watch the latest … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I just returned home late yesterday afternoon after spending the night in Walterboro with Brooke. I called her Tuesday after Mandy called me while babysitting the boys at Mollie’s … that she had tested positive for Covid. Brooke … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Do you think we had fun yesterday? Never a dull moment! It was a stormy ( weather-wise) day so I was introduced to a whole new world out there. Video Games… where I found myself drawn into a … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Every few years I come back across the book Simple Abundance by Sarah Breathnach, written in 1995, and I marvel at the new connections and realizations we share… even after all the years of separation in our writings … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: This year for Rutledge’s birthday I thought I would give him a compass that came down from his great-grandfather, my father to my mother, when they married two months after Dad being honorably discharged at the end of … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Animal crackers, and cocoa to drink, That is the finest of suppers, I think; When I’m grown up and can have what I please I think I shall always insist upon these. – Christopher Morley Saturday was my … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Isn’t life exciting when we learn something new on an ordinary day? And this ” new” just makes your day! This happened to me yesterday. I was taking a picture of a very popular Winnie the Pooh nursery … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Looking backwards at the trail behind… it hit me how on target and true this title saying is. The first time it happened I was a junior in high school and wanted so badly to try out for … Continue reading →