Here is a follow-up to my latest post about the Moravian traditions in Greensboro and Winston-Salem - a great read on a 94 year old woman who makes the beeswax candles used for the Wake Forest Lovefeast. http://magazine.wfu.edu/2017/12/01/the-candlemaker/
Last Sunday morning, a week before Christmas Eve, I finally hung our Moravian star on the front porch. In the hustle and bustle of the season I hadn’t taken it out of its Home Depot box and gotten Keith to patiently put the plastic triangles together. I missed it shining out there at night and… Continue reading Christmas Past and Present
Do you have something in your house that has been broken for years, but you've just gotten used to it? That's how we've been with the ceiling fans in several of the rooms in our house. Over the years they had quit working for one reason or another. The one in our bedroom still turned,… Continue reading Little Things
For the last few weeks, my morning commute to work has involved going through a maze of detours and stop signs. The entire intersection and bridge crossing over Interstate 75 near my school is being redone. Watching the progress of the workers as they have shifted traffic over the last 8-9 months for this huge… Continue reading Through the maze
A few weeks ago I had a full week-end visiting with family and friends in North Carolina. Being with people I have known most of my life is a special thing and means more the older I get. I have two aunts living, both in retirement apartments in Winston-Salem and I love them. I spent… Continue reading Filling Up
Under the Magnolia Tree 