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Down here in the South, we wait patiently…..and sometimes not-so-patiently…..for a refreshing bit of cool weather. We tire of saying: “Oh boy, it’s gonna be another hot one!” We yearn for our sweaters, our vests, our mittens, our socks. We want to turn on the heat. To cuddle. To say things like: “BRRRR. Cold enough […]
Officer Tulo lost his job. And he’d done it so well for eight years. Then, Boom! He’s fired. He’ll never know why. And he certainly won’t have any way to seek reinstatement. Officer Tulo is a yellow Labrador retriever who was certified, trained and licensed to sniff out and detect illegal marijuana in cars, on […]
Please click on the picture for a full image of Twiggy He’s been in the basement for several years. Now he’s back in the spotlight. For many years, he’d been replaced by a fancier, more life-like, fluffier, fake Christmas tree. We’d decorate that fake tree to the hilt, hang everything we could on its […]
We all make them. Big ones, little ones, well-considered ones, spur of the moment ones. Everything we do, ultimately, is an investment of one sort or another, to one degree or another. We invest our money, hoping for the best. Sometimes, the result’s great. Other times, well, not so great. We chalk our mistakes up […]
I just love our little newspaper. It wisely puts all that national gobbledy-gook on page 3. Or 4. Or 5. Page One is reserved for the good stuff. The stuff that matters. Like the recent announcement that the long-awaited and hoped-for Bluffton dog park is now a reality. That little doggie park was twelve years […]
I have a “Bot.” I’m too old to have a Bot but I have one nevertheless. I didn’t request one. He just arrived. At first I was annoyed. I didn’t welcome him but he persisted and now he’s part of my life. He visits my blog. Sometimes many times a day. I know he’s […]
As one who enjoys reading, I look forward to my NYT Book Review every Sunday. I always start at the back and move, slowly and carefully, to the front. A couple weeks ago, I came across some titles which piqued my interest, especially given our political climate. One title I spotted was: “What’s The Big […]
With gratitude to my son, the realtor, there are many of you reading this today who weren’t doing so last week. Apparently, he can sell more than real estate. I welcome you and am so glad to have you with me. Great realtors are meticulous about accurately representing a product and my son is no […]
And so it came to pass that in my highly distracted state last evening, I brushed my teeth with Preparation-H. I’ve been afraid that something like that might happen ever since a good friend told me that Preparation-H is the answer to those awful red bug bites that show up all over my body in […]
A friend ‘s nephew writes a blog and I want to share a recent one with you. This one knocked my socks off and not just because I get the breast cancer/pink thing. It’s so much more than that. Chip Bristol is the author and he writes under “Brushstrokes.” You can find him at […]
According to a recent article on home design, ”they” want me to get rid of my dried flowers, unwanted gifts and broken objects. “They” are the feng shui experts whom I have, for a long time now, respected for their advice on making our homes accessible and happy. But now! Now they are asking me […]
How can we begin to count the number of our “trips to the vet?” Many, many cats and several dogs during 56 years of animal-loving years together? It’s an incalculable number. And we dare not add up the dollars invested. Or remember the pain of letting go of a beloved pet. If we were smart, […]
A well-known design firm on the Island recently offered a workshop on tips and tricks for styling your bookcases. I came close to signing up because those designers are good. But I didn’t. I guess it’s my age and my up-bringing but I still think bookcases should hold books. Period. Books jammed in upside-down, sideways, […]
It was 40 years ago. Or maybe more. I’m not good with timelines. I was old enough to know better. And, more to the point, old enough to have acted when it was important to have done so. But I was too ashamed. Sound familiar? It should. It’s frequently the way women feel and respond […]
It’s Thursday, September 13th, 2018 and I really, really want to know where he is. And this is not just idle curiosity. If you’ve been following Hurricane Florence, and we have, you want to know where Jim Cantori of The Weather Channel is. Jim goes into the stormiest, coldest, iciest, blowiest, harshest weather imaginable. All […]