“Matlock has a gift for telling what she calls ‘the secret lives of ordinary people.’”
~Detroit Free Press
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Happy Independence Day!
The Declaration of Independence was approved on July 4th 1776. Each of the 56 men who signed the Declaration knew that in doing so they signed their own death warrants and endangered their families and all they owned. They believed that much in their convictions. When Samuel Adams signed the Declaration, he said: “We have…
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My Heart Belongs to Mayberry
Andy Griffith died this morning. The man I, like everyone else in the world, knew and loved as Sheriff Andy Taylor of Mayberry RFD, one of the most popular series in television history. He died at his home down in Manteo. I’m so glad to know that. It makes it easier somehow. He loved Manteo.…
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Wordless Wednesday — Gluten-free Chickens
Shush– I’m sneaking in words. I’ve made a Chicken tab in the menu above. Just mouse-over the Gluten-Free Life tab, and it appears below. I’ve had a number of inquiries about my gluten-free chicken feed. You can find my first recipes and links to other chicken feed recipes/info at my post: The Chicks and Me,…
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The Wisdom of Elwood P. Dowd
Wisdom and delight from the eccentric character of Elwood P. Dowd, played by Jimmy Stewart in the timeless classic movie, Harvey. Elwood drives everyone crazy because he insists on being happy. Tune your ear to Mr. Stewart’s famous drawl: Every day’s a beautiful day. My mother used to say, ‘In this world, Elwood, you must be…
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Garden Bloggers Bloom Day!
Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful for beauty is God’s handwriting – a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Much thanks to Carol at May Dreams Gardens for…
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Asking How, in words on Wordless Wednesday
Wordless Wednesday Photography taught me that to be able to capture transience, by being ready to click the shutter at the crucial moment, was the greatest need I have…And I felt the need to hold transient life in words–there’s so much more of life that only words can convey–strongly enough to last me as long as…
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~ Contra Costa Times
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