Monthly Archives: August 2016

Dear Reader: Of all God’s creatures here on earth, man is the only one who berates himself for mistakes, self-perceived or not, and becomes easily his own worst enemy on many occasions. It was Walt Kelly who came up with … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday morning I received some challenging news. A couple of weeks ago my oncologist decided he wanted me to have a biopsy on a small patch of dry skin near my sternum…it had been there for quite awhile … Continue reading →

( Photos by Emilia Leigh-The Last Beginning Blog) Dear Reader: France seems to be calling me as I have now read three novels with different geographical locales situated in France. In my last story, the main character, Katherine, travels to … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday as I ran several errands returning to a hot car after each completion, I, once again, wished the future would push the present out more rapidly, so Fall would return faster with cooler weather. The stage is … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I know I am trying to hurry Fall along, guilty as charged. I am just so ready for the smell of bonfires, crisp, brightly colored leaves falling, the sound of football bands, gorgeous mums of every color, pumpkins, … Continue reading →

  Dear Reader: Teachers often talk about the “magic moments” in teaching when they are witness to the “light coming on” in a student’s eyes during a particular lesson concerning a basic tool or concept of knowledge. It is what teachers  live … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Does it bother any of you, like it does me sometimes, to watch the beauty cable channels (early in the morning if you can’t sleep) and realize that every other word coming out of the sales ladies’ mouths … Continue reading →

  Dear Reader: In a surprisingly good read, The Night Garden, from an author I was not familiar with, Lisa van Allen, I found myself stopping and marking passages as I read farther and farther into the book. Olivia, a … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: A God Wink for me! Yesterday I was doing some research on a cool sculpture I read about in a novel and ended up going *from sculptures to wooden plaques* and there it was: “She designed the life she … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: One of the items on my medical exit “not to do’ list is work in the yard/garden for five days following eye surgery or lift anything over 20 pounds. Oh no, I thought, my garden will have turned … Continue reading →