Tag: Dayle Rogers
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The Light Will Come
When local meteorologists assume the role of Dougie Downer to let us living in Florida know that this will be a rough hurricane season, the rising winds and darkening clouds make me wonder if IT is coming. We’ve lived through the effects of hurricanes. Gratefully we don’t live on the coast, so we don’t have…
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Cultivating True Beauty
There’s something beautiful in watching flowers blossom, where little buds break forth into riotous color, their scent wafting lazily on the breeze. My sister-in-law grows hydrangeas, a remarkable bloom that can show up in a variety of hues that create the look of a painter’s palette. I have no ability to grow flowering anything–I’m fortunate…
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A Little Sweet Makes It Easy
We were using my son-in-law’s truck to pick up some merchandise, and Kolly was not up for the adventure. On our way to the store, I sat in the back seat with her, and she tolerated me. She was civil, but she wasn’t her happy, grinning self. It was wretchedly hot in her carseat. Her…
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Do You See What’s There?
photo courtesy of Baptiste Buisson on Unsplash I have a sweet friend who has been losing his eyesight slowly over the past several years. A degenerative disease has methodically robbed him of the clarity of vision to the point where he is legally blind and uses a guide dog. What amazes me about my friend…
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When Little Things Get You Down
The littles adore their very tall cousins. We are fortunate to have a plethora of grands living close to us, aged two through twenty-one. We have enough interactions with family to appreciate the beauty of them genuinely enjoying each other. To a degree. Younger children have an energy level that seems unlimited–constant-motion machines that never…
Tip of My Iceberg 