I am the proverbial storyteller. My goal here is to share stories of joy, wisdom, and some of my life experiences and observations. I feel a deep appreciation for life and beauty. I love nature and all things living, (well, maybe not mosquitoes, and creepy dangerous things!) I am a retired nurse, who has dabbled in many different hobbies over the years. I have one cat, two grown sons, and the two wonderful daughters in law. and three beautiful grandchildren. I love my life in NC.
I was diagnosed as pre-diabetic as early as forty years ago. I lost fifty pounds since the Covid epidemic. My A1C stayed stable and just 0.2 of a point higher than normal for many years. Now that I am seventy-three years “young” my A1C went up a whole number. So I was put on Metformin … More I’m No Betty Crocker But…
I wrote this psalm as a message of God’s love By Melodie E. Estes You are the Great, Ancient Sequoyah Tree.Impervious, immortal, immovable.Insects of human frailties can not touch You.You weather storms; massive, powerful, ancient. You shelter me with your love.You give of your strength to me.You give of your ageless wisdom to me.You give … More A Modern Psalm
One of my four favorite seasons each year is winter. (Yes, for various reasons, I love each one.) I’ve seen them all from South Carolina to the north to the western, mountains of North Carolina, and eastern North Carolina; I have been through one hurricane in New Orleans and one in North Carolina. I have been … More Winter Beauty
I have a friend who loves, feeds, watches and cares about animals on a deeper level than most people. She lives on the east coast of the USA. I met her through a friend we had in common. She and I talk on the phone almost every morning. This dear lover of nature has demonstrated … More Mother Nature in Disguise?
Not that there was ever any doubt! But it is easy to lose the connection between our bodies and our minds when we are on the run all day driving here and there, working, checking our cell phones, worrying about our children, where we have to go next, or what we have to do next. … More I Am Alive!!
I grew up in a very loving, close knit family. I was taught to be polite and kind to everyone regardless of race, beliefs, or who they were. But after I left the protected environment of my home and went to school, I saw that the world was not like my family. I couldn’t just … More Love Makes the World Go Round
We all have families of one kind or another. I grew up in a closely knit family. The six of us traveled in a car, a travel trailer and even a motor home. We ate, hiked, played, watched TV together, went to church together and more. After we two oldest sisters married and moved away … More Hope Through a Thorny Present
I tried to write a piece to express my feelings of helplessness concerning the division, the hatred, the losses, the destruction and suffering from the recent introduction of our president’s poor decisions, pettiness, temper tantrums, and the reign of terror he has been responsible for over immigrants (even the ones who became citizens here.) The … More What Are We To Do???
I am a very positive person; I try to see the good in bad situations when possible. Many times in the past, I was accused of “looking at the world through rose colored glasses.” Yes, in all honesty, I was and try to be an optimist. Now that I am a senior citizen I have … More How Can I Help?
I have some readers from other countries who have never seen or driven in snow. So I thought I would write about how we should drive safely (or not drive) in snow, at least here in the Southern States of America, which is the only place I have lived and with which I am familiar. … More Driving Safely in Snow
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