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  Dear Reader: This has been the most restful week (after stomach viruses and Halloween last week.) I have slept more hours the past four days than I usually do in a full week. It is as if I just … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I had heard of the poet, Mary Oliver, earlier in her career, but I didn’t immerse myself into her poetry until rather recently in life. I thought the title photo visually defined two lines from her poetry which … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: After reading about the term “Novemberish” in yesterday’s blog Anne sent me this picture that her sister, Nancy, had emailed earlier…a photo of an exquisite November Maine morning. (No “Novemberish” gloom and doom up there either.) Hi Becky, … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I came across the term “Novemberish” (which I don’t ever recall seeing before) so I looked it up in the dictionary. It means “dismal, bleak, dark” as attributed to the month of November. Really? I thought to myself….I … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Finally…after waiting all summer…a moon flower bloomed last night on the outside of the garden…the first one all season. The other moon flower blossoms have bloomed inside the garden gate where no one could see them unless they, … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: With Halloween over and All Saints’ Day here….the weather seems fitting today with its cloudy overcast skies. This is the day we remember loved ones we have lost in the past year and/or years prior to that….it is … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I received this adorable old-fashioned Halloween card from Honey who said she saw it and immediately thought the card was saying:” Please send me to Becky Boo!” She was right…the card did want to come home to my … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: It is the day before Halloween and Boo is revealing her mask for the big day. In tribute to my garden (which brings me such joy) I am the “lost” monarch butterfly….who is running late getting to Mexico … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Isn’t one of the most exasperating annoyances (that start occurring as we age) forgetting names and words? When I looked up the reasons for this common frustration…it deals with harmones, aging glands, and several other technical, medical problems … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: October is flying too fast….if I could be a witch (a good one, of course) and fly on my magical broom through the night…it would be to turn back the hands of time  to October 1 and welcome … Continue reading →