Thank you to those who are sharing yesterday’s blog post. If you haven’t yet done that, just click on this link: http://www.blanchedaymanos.com/a-small-gift-for-you I mailed some of the pens yesterday and will mail others today. Fall was in the air yesterday. It was in the small rain that fell off and on, pattering against fallen leaves. It shone in […]
Oct 19, 2018
Love Makes the World Go Round
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Thought: Love makes itself known in the simplest way: a home-cooked meal, a family well-provided for, treasuring each hour and each day. My family likes to tell each other, “I love you,” as one or the other goes out the door. Through the years, we’ve come to realize how important it is to say these words while […]
Oct 10, 2018
That Heavy Load on Your Shoulders
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No, the heavy load isn’t the wonderful rain we had yesterday afternoon. That would lighten most people’s load. The rain was wonderful and the cooler weather is a relief. Now, it’s really seeming like fall. I’ve been thinking of late about a heavy load called a grudge that some people tote around for years. […]
Aug 24, 2018
The Magical Mystique of Mushrooms
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I don’t believe in fairies. Of course, I don’t. They show up only in children’s stories of years ago, those magical little folk who can zip through the air, who appear and disappear at will. And yet, when I wandered through the yard yesterday, I noticed the loveliest mushrooms that had appeared out of […]
Aug 20, 2018
Rain and Remembering
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What is there about rain that prompts remembering? Is it the closed in or closed off feeling from the rest of the world? Is it a childhood memory of being read to or tucking up in bed with a favorite Nancy Drew mystery while rain slid down the window and tapped on the roof? […]
Aug 17, 2018
Lightning Popped and Sizzled
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Whew! What a night! Lightning popped and sizzled; thunder crashed and Nemo paced. Because he wasn’t asleep during the heavenly fireworks, neither was I. What is it about a storm that terrifies some animals? Do they feel an electrical charge in the air? Is it the noise? Are they afraid […]
