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Christmas Cards

Christmas card

Backstory – Christmas Cards Christmas cards are sometimes cherished and sometimes taken for granted.  Those that I send, and receive, are treasured.  I so appreciate those friends and relatives who write a few lines.  I love cards that seem to be selected specifically for me.  This exchange is significant in my world.  So, I decided […]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Podcast Episodes Tagged With: cards, Christmas, Thoughts

A Woman’s Prayer

a womans prayer

Backstory – A Woman’s Prayer I enjoy reading letters, poems and prose written long ago.  Living in Civil War country, the libraries and museums hold a wealth of hand-written words from soldier, parent or brokenhearted lover.  Viewing artifacts from the period and hearing of the battles sets the tone for reading the words with sympathy and […]

Filed Under: Inspiration/Life Lessons, Podcast Episodes Tagged With: Inspiration, prayer, Thoughts

Mystique of Love

mystique of love

Backstory – Mystique of Love Picture this.  You are an adult, independent and strong, on your own in the world.  You go through life, just putting one foot in front of the other, and feeling satisfaction with what fills your days.  Things are OK.  You have no overwhelming joy, but no complaints either. And then, out […]

Filed Under: Getting Older, Happiness, Podcast Episodes Tagged With: love, Thoughts

World Upside Down

world upside down

Backstory – World Upside Down The last few months of 2016 in our house were spent in a stupor of political rhetoric, promises, accusations and commentary.  No different from homes throughout America.  But it was more than listening to the candidates and making your best guess to separate fact from fiction.  Views and values were […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Podcast Episodes Tagged With: Decisions, Thoughts

Fog

fog

Backstory – Out of the Fog  It’s a foggy morning here in the Shenandoah Valley.  The vapor moves slowly along, hiding from view, everything over 10 feet away.  It’s early morning and very quiet. The silence is not even broken by the buzz of an occasional vehicle on our country road.  The driver would hardly be […]

Filed Under: Podcast Episodes, Remembering Tagged With: Fog, Thoughts

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