“Matlock has a gift for telling what she calls ‘the secret lives of ordinary people.’”
~Detroit Free Press
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Happy Birthday, C. S. Lewis
Born this day in 1898, Clive Staples Lewis, the writer the world would know, and love, as C. S. Lewis. All that we call human history–money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery–is the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.” ~ C.S. Lewis, in…
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Miracle On I-40 Book Giveaway
Where did the year go? Are you thinking that? Are you one of the organized types, who has all your Christmas gifts bought, even perhaps wrapped and neatly stuck in a closet? Or are you like me, with a few presents in shopping bags hidden, well, somewhere, you’re sure you can find them if you…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Just popping in to wish each of you, reading friends, a very happy Thanksgiving. Aren’ we blessed to have this thanks-giving tradition? A friend of mine says she loves the day because there’s so much food, no one cares if it’s cooked correctly or not, and there’s no presents to buy and wrap, and it’s…
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Warm, Bloomin’ Fall in the South
My word, it has been downright hot here. Sultry. Except for the thick layer of all the crunchy brown leaves, it could be spring. You know those people who are so prompt and responsible about cleaning away their fall leaves? We’re not those people. This was appreciated by my little granddaughter yesterday, who delighted for…
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Coming Unstuck on Garden Bloggers Bloom Day.
I received a sweet message from my friend, Brenda Miller, wanting to know where I was, because I had not blogged in so long. A full month since I’ve been here, and a busy month. We had a precious visit from family on the Matlock side, lots of time sitting on the porch, and picking…
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Learned Lessons on Garden Bloggers Bloom Day
It’s Garden Bloggers Bloom Day for November! (Lordy, did you see that? I skipped a month! I imagine you can relate. I’m already looking at Christmas gifts– yet sweet olive is blooming here, again!) I learned the past week: Don’t give up. Good surprises are always just around the corner, like sweet olive blooming a…
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