As it was foretold hundreds of years before the birth that changed everything: “The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.†Isaiah 9:2 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to All!
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A Coastal Autumn and the Nagging Questions of Childhood
Historically, October tends to have some high tides in the coastal Carolinas; this past October certainly attempted, thanks to the excessive rains, to outpace its past outpourings (apologies!). Social media in these here parts was flooded (apologies again!) with pictures of people wading and kayaking across driveways, streets, and yards. Once day when I arrived […]
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A Halloween Wish
Happy Halloween! I offer y’all the best wish I can think of this Halloween night: May your collection of Halloween candy be mostly all chocolate. Enjoy the bounty, y’all!
Thoughts on the Sea #14
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong […]
Girl Meets West # 6: Quail Ridge and the Drop Off
If you’re new to this tale, you may want to read #1, #2, #3, #4, and #5 first. For our last night, we booked a campsite at Quail Ridge RV Park, located just north of Phoenix. Originally, we had planned to stop at the Grand Canyon on the way to Phoenix, but due to various […]
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Summer Vacation: A Backward Glance
In her autobiographical work A Backward Glance, Edith Wharton quotes Henry James as saying, “Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.†With summer vacation long gone and summer’s official days waning fast, I must tip my hat to James, a man after my own […]