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You just never know how life can change, and dramatically, from one week to the next. Hurricane Helene was expected to be a devastating storm when it rolled into the Big Bend of Florida on

This is the opening line in a story on CNN by Oscar Holland dated August 29, 2024: “A 4-year-old boy accidentally smashed a Bronze Age jar at an archeological museum in Haifa, Israel.” Do you

Here is a quote by Saint Augustine from my desk calendar: “People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long course of rivers, at

On Monday evening I attended a funeral mass at the Basilica of St. Mary in Wilmington. The mass was held for Alexandra Angelis Brigantti Abraham, the granddaughter of our neighbors, Carmen and Victor. Her birthday

You cannot know a person’s story by just looking at them. You have no idea, based on looks, what another has endured or what they are experiencing at this moment in their life. Even when

We took our cat, Mae, to the emergency vet hospital on Sunday night. She was passing blood through her bladder. It was alarming to both of us. Her behavior before that was a little off.

One more post about my trip to Pennsylvania. Seeing the sunrise is special. I saw this from the back porch one morning, resting with my tea in hand. Isn’t it something? Just sitting there and

If you read my previous blog, you know I was recently in Pennsylvania visiting my mom and sister. They are experiencing a drought. While we are literally swimming here in Southeastern NC, they have gotten

There are always chances to practice going with the flow. Two examples. I was in Pennsylvania this past week to do a project with my brother and sister. We reinstalled pavers and built elevated planter