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Act Three: The Garden Tour at Waning Time

In the early weeks, exuberant, happy growth pours forth from the garden. (https://inpraiseofangels.wordpress.com/2015/07/07/the-garden-tour/) By midsummer, a spectral reveal takes over: the yellows and oranges of the early lilies demur to the mauves and pinks of hydrangeas that, in their own … Continue reading

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God’s Kaleidoscope: Garden Tour – Midsummer

Yes, I know the summer has flown, but I did promise, when I posted my “early phase” Cedar House garden tour a few weeks back, that I would return with updates as the season progressed and our gardens grew in … Continue reading

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Day Lilies!

My penchant for day lilies is not hard to fathom, as they were one of Mama’s favorite flowers – she of the very green thumb – and we never moved anywhere that she did not, as one of her first … Continue reading

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Remembering Mama, and Margaret Sandlin’s Cherry Dessert

The first day of September is rich with meaning for so many people in so many ways. For students of every age, from Pre-K (something that hadn’t even been invented in my day) right on through doctoral studies, it marks … Continue reading

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Happy Grandparents’ Day!

No morning passes that I don’t check to see what news may have sprouted from the Pope of Surprises, and today he surprised me again. As he ran down his weekly list of blessings during today’s Sunday morning talk from … Continue reading

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Recipe: Cheese Grits Soufflé

Cheese Grits Soufflé. I guess it really is true that you can take the man out of ‘Bama but you can’t take ‘Bama out of the man. When you cook a big dinner for 10 hungry beachcombers every weekend, some … Continue reading

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Sandy Soil

Whoa! What a spring it’s been, and how can it already be early July? The weeks leading up to summer are always busy ones for Richard and me as we work to get the beach house ready for the onslaught, … Continue reading

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Recipe: Salmon Ceviche

Believe it or not, we’re already into week three of our Fire Island share house season, when Richard and I play host to a great group of shareholders who either take a time share that includes every fourth week throughout … Continue reading

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A Boy’s Tale, Complete Part I, “The Wedding”

About A Boy’s Tale To my mind, one of history’s – especially Christian history’s – most under-appreciated personalities is Mark the Evangelist. Oh, we’ve heard of him well enough, but only as the author of the Gospel bearing his name. … Continue reading

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A Boy’s Tale: Chapter 11

XI The rabbi raised his arms to Heaven and said an opening prayer in Hebrew, then switched to Aramaic as he turned to Abner and Rebecca, “Is this your daughter, whom you surrender on this day and in this place … Continue reading

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