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He looked at her, then to his watch. “I reckon we have a few minutes till Jimmy arrives.”
Scarlett blew out a breath.” Thank you. I guess I should have researched myself, but for some reason I just didn’t care.” She smiled.”It was like it was mine already.”
Mr. Connor raised his brow. Scarlett blushed.” I know [...]
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Advent season is upon us.
Advent means coming or arrival. It is a time when Christians await the arrival of the birth of Jesus the Christ and is traditionally celebrated during the four weeks that proceed Christmas.
When raising my girls, the four weeks before Christmas would feel like a lifetime to them. So I delighted in [...]
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Moments…There are some that occur with such clarity that it allows us to embrace the gift it is bestowing. Then there are times we are riddled with a fear that engulfs the soul, and we turn from it not recognizing its beauty. This moment we all share as individuals. Though we may not walk the [...]
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What joy! When I opened my mailbox today I saw the now familiar orange post card announcing the long awaited arrival of the Clarke County FFA annual Florida Fresh Citrus sale. This year like last year, I had placed my order early in the fall. Last year, I had grand plans to use every inch [...]
I often ponder the magnitude of these words clustered together. When I was young I would hear these simple words often spoken by my Grandmother. Either when she was tucking me in at night, or said after I got into a whirl of trouble. It’s nice to stroll back in time when we were young. [...]
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Tractors and Tomato Sandwiches
By: Michelle Hayes
In a small town amidst the Allegheny Mountains is where my childhood took place. This is where lessons were learned and where my story begins… One hot summer day in July I was bored senseless. I had no friends that were home and absolutely nothing to do. I was lying [...]
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A small silver metal winged pin brings back memories of the early 1950s, when volunteers manned shacks with binoculars and scanned the skies for aircraft then logged it into a record. I used to go with my parents and soon learned the silhouette of every aircraft imaginable. How important I felt when they [...]
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Have you ever heard the old saying, “It’s a dog’s life”? Evidently the term was first used in the sixteenth century, referring to a life of misery, subservience and often abuse. Dogs of old weren’t carried around in designer bags and fed off of their owner’s plates while sitting on their laps. They were fed [...]
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Did you ever have a dream? Dreams are good; though converting them to reality often takes hard work.
Several years ago Elva Buddenhagen, of Berryville, VA, the wife of Rev. Ralph Buddenhagen and pianist for Bluemont United Methodist Church (BUMC), had a dream. Her dream was to create a music and worship event where people [...]
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When our son was six and our daughter was two my family moved. We moved over the mountain from a place I will call Oz. You know the Oz of which I speak, just follow the yellow brick road. I lived there for twelve years and the ‘keeping up with the Jones’ mentality and HOA’s [...]
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