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First Flowering, 2016

Posted on June 3, 2016 by ganid11

Well, it begins…. After six months away from the beach garden, we returned in late April to begin anew. This will be the fourth year since the great salt water inundation by Superstorm Sandy, and already Richard and I have … Continue reading →

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TBT:GTS#1: Randall Robbins, Actor, Teacher, Leader, Friend

Posted on April 16, 2016 by ganid11

INTRODUCTION My over-arching challenge here is to write this post – the first in an occasional series – in such a way that it will keep you smiling even if it may, at first, give you pause. But, I know … Continue reading →

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Diamonds in the Rough: Third Annual Posting

Posted on April 8, 2016 by ganid11

“We have nothing, if not belief.” – Sir Reepicheep, Chief Mouse of Narnia, Voyage of the Dawn Treader (C.S. Lewis) “Do the arithmetic or be doomed to talk nonsense.” – John McCarthy, A.I. trailblazer [1] We are the uncut diamonds … Continue reading →

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The Flow of God: Third Annual Posting

Posted on March 12, 2016 by ganid11

“Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God…” – Revelation 22:1 This post is surely my most presumptuous, but perhaps the most important. It is perfectly possible … Continue reading →

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Frazzle-Dazzle

Posted on January 1, 2016 by ganid11

  I’m not entirely sure why I have had an inner urging for several weeks, now, to post this poem, but I have, and since it revolves around the self-reflective mindset that results in what we loosely call “resolutions,” it … Continue reading →

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Common Courtesy, Political Correctness and the Golden Rule

Posted on December 11, 2015 by ganid11

Call me crazy, or addled, or pixilated, or whatever you like, but it seems to me that the American express has veered off course; the roaring of our engines is still robust, and the speed of our progress continues apace, … Continue reading →

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OUR COMMON HOME: What the Pope Said

Posted on December 9, 2015 by ganid11

I’m astonished by the Pope on so many levels. There is his proactive humility, his profound simplicity, his confident spirituality, and all served up to our little lost world in his mind-bogglingly perfect pitch. As both a lifelong friend of … Continue reading →

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God’s Kaleidoscope: Garden Tour – Midsummer

Posted on October 31, 2015 by ganid11

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!

Posted on September 4, 2015 by ganid11

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

Posted on September 2, 2015 by ganid11

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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