Category Archives: Living Letters

Purple Majesty for Mother’s Day

Posted on May 12, 2013 by

                            You can’t get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough                                 to suit me.  ~ C.S. Lewis . Before … Continue reading →

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They’re never out of date…

Posted on February 6, 2013 by

The other day, I came across what sounded like a shimmering idea among compassionate women bloggers … ** It reminded me of sending up balloons to heaven, with tiny love notes tucked inside.  Of watching   we miss you’s, tied … Continue reading →

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Stories by heart…

Posted on January 26, 2013 by

“Let me read to us,” he said.  He thumbed through the little volume of Longfellow’s poems…and read from Endymion: “’…O drooping souls, whose destinies                                                                                          Are frought with fear and pain,                                                                                                      Ye shall be loved again! No one is so … Continue reading →

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One not-so-random act of kindness

Posted on November 23, 2012 by

I thought today… in a sort of jumping in with Lisa Jo at — considering her one word prompt of thank you–  I’d re-share one of my         thank you stories for those God writes into our lives … Continue reading →

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Andy Williams: Adieu to one of the last true songpainters

Posted on September 30, 2012 by

  Adieu:  Fare thee well [Old French, from a  to + dieu, to God!]  – until we meet again in happier times. As you may know, Andy lost a year long battle with bladder cancer last Tuesday night, September 25, … Continue reading →

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You’ve Got Mail

Posted on September 19, 2012 by

Waiting at the post office that morning, 15 years or so ago, I suddenly felt like I’d come home to Mayberry.  Not really a warm and fuzzy Aunt Bea sort of feeling. “Hi, Pam!” the woman behind the counter greeted … Continue reading →

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When Stories Echo

Posted on August 28, 2012 by

“SO… WHAT’S YOUR..STORY? Outside the movie theater that day, they hand out oversized buttons with these words.  A clever catch phrase soon to have us rolling with hilarious, tear-spilling over, side-holding, cracking up laughter… every… time… we… recall… the actor’s … Continue reading →

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Classic Musicals Still Rock!

Posted on July 14, 2012 by

As a writer, I’ve just accepted something about myself. I love to eavesdrop. To listen in on conversations going on around me in the public square. To enjoy the characters and hearts I find in real life…. surreptitiously. As I … Continue reading →

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Day 8: The Autumn Angel in Sturdy Shoes

Posted on October 12, 2011 by

Her music drew me over to another part of the waiting area.  She looked up from the piano, met my smile with a shy one of her own.  Fur Elise spilled from her fingers like water singing over a brook.  … Continue reading →

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Sasha’s Treasure

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

When I was a child, my grandparents sometimes joined us on our trips to Disneyland.  Often, Grandma would find a bench in a beautiful old-fashioned garden square to wait while we ran around from ride to ride, her feet too … Continue reading →

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