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• Lily of the Valley letters….whew what a ride!

  October 15, 2017

  Hello hello hello!It was a job to get back here, but thanks to our wonderful DiaryMaster and his crew....I did it! So happy to be here, it has been a long four years! So many life changes for me, changes filled with joy, sadness, anticipation, accomplishment. In 2010 I was living in South Carolin...

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• Sad news from an old friend

  January 28, 2014

  Hello old friends, Sadly this morning I read on a post that OD will close!  Before this happens I want to say hello and goodbye to many many wonderful people who I consider friends.  I am not a very good friend...but I cherish all the notes and entries from all of you.  I am only&h...

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• Just a few lines…..

  November 29, 2009

  I am still alive....breathing, eating, living, crying...but,...with a lot of help from my friends...I am getting better....It isn't over yet...thanks to the lawyers...yuk..but it is coming closer....after two marriages....I think I am ready to take care of myself...better living thru chemistry......

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• With Love, I thank you….

  August 21, 2009

  Dear Friends.... I am very grateful for all the caring notes to me....I trudge along life's path now...day to day....waiting for a turn in my limbo life...married or unmarried...yuk... I fight against the notion that divorce will have a health toll on me...shoot...how dare he do this so cowardly....

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• Great weekend….

  May 24, 2009

  My daughter and I drove up to Greenville on Saturday afternoon...we were on a mission...I wanted to visit the Greenville County Museum and see the Andrew Wyeth collection.  The Greenville Museum has the largest collection of Wyeth paintings in the country.  It was well worth the trip......

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• Sunday morning solace

  May 16, 2009

  Sunday morning.....bird serenades, cool breeze, hot coffee, screened porch, and my rocking chair.....a good way to start the day... Ollie

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• Broken wing…

  February 27, 2009

  Falling down is not my cup of tea...I pride myself as being fairly agile and athletic....welll...all alone here in SC and what do I do?  Fall off the treadmill and go flying into the wall!....yikes stupidity reigns!!  I even had the emergency stop clipped to my jammies.  I tried to...

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• Wishes for a Merry Christmas

  December 23, 2008

  Merry Christmas to all my friends.   My Little Christmas Tree

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• Troubling…..

  November 21, 2008

  I have saved these words for a long time and why now do they seem so appropriate:   In 1976, Taylor Caldwell summarized the Iron Mountain Report: "There will be no peace in the tormented world, only a programmed and systematic series of wars and calamities - until the plotters have gain...

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