A Boy and His Dog: One True Story

Back in the 1970s, I was blessed with three wonderful sons.  The first came on a snowy December day, and my life has never been the same since. We named him Dave.

When Dave was two years old, my second son was born.  To keep my first son company while our family adjusted to its newest addition, we were blessed to have been given the BEST girl dog ever to walk this planet.  Her name was Lady, and she was six weeks old when a friend gave her to us. 

Lady was an Australian Shepherd who looked like a Border Collie because of her coloring, but her personality was pure Aussie.  We loved her so.

Lady watched over my oldest son constantly.  She was his savior more than once.  They were inseparable by the time my third son arrived when Dave was four years old.

One fine day around that time Dave had learned about dinosaurs.  He was fascinated with them, so when he told me he and his trusty steed (Lady) were going hunting for baby dinosaurs for me to cook for supper, I simply assumed it was because of the books we had been reading, so I told him, "Good idea!"

My mistake.  He really was hunting baby dinosaurs.  Guess what he brought me??

Yep.  You guessed it.  A big ol' lizard.

Dave and Lady had many adventures over the years.  I'm sure he has stories he could tell you that he has never even told me.  

Lady lived to be 14 years old. She was a joy every single one of those days.

If you are on the fence about allowing your children to have a dog, I vote for the dog.  They teach children about unconditional love and kindness.  They show them the important things in life like tummy rubs and never allowing a stranger too close to loved ones without warning them.  

Dogs are the best of God's creation.  If a dog allows you to be its human, you are blessed.  Yes.  Blessed indeed.

House SOLD! West Ashley, Charleston, SC 29407

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1720 Jessamine Rd

Charleston, SC 29407

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$5000 price drop!! Now listed at $194,900!  Make an offer!

House for sale!  MLS Number: 17015919  You can view it ANYTIME by calling Stephanie Davis  at 843-568-0339 and making arrangements to see it.  Inside the Mark Clark for LESS THAN $200,000!!!

Location location location! This house is 10 to 15 minutes from downtown Charleston, a short drive to the beach, an easy walk to shopping or healthcare, near hospitals, a mall, a park with basketball and tennis courts, dog parks, restaurants, movie theaters, etc., and very convenient to the airport and both I-26 and I-526.

It is a great walking neighborhood with old growth trees and flowers. All the neighbors are very friendly (BEST neighbors ever!), but what I love most about this house is it is a dog lover's dream! There is a dog door that goes from the kitchen to the garage and another dog door from the garage to the huge fully fenced and very shady backyard. There is access to water and electrical outlets both in front of the house and in the back, and there is plenty of room to garden. 

The house is an adorable cinder-block cottage in the heart of the West Ashley section of Charleston, SC. It is located in the Pinecrest Gardens neighborhood, which is inside the Mark Clark (I-526) on the Charleston side of Sam Rittenberg.  

The home boasts:

• Original hardwood floors
• Large rooms
• Ceiling fans in both bedrooms and in the living room.  New ceiling fan in master bedroom.  
• Attic storage as well as storage above the attached garage.  
• Linen closet in bath.  Pantry in kitchen.  Additional storage closet in kitchen. Hallway storage closet.  Closets in both bedrooms.  This much closet space is rare in an older home.
• The electrical system is updated including a new breaker box. 
• New sewer line run. 
• Bathroom has been updated including a tile floor. 
• Home has a single car attached garage. 
• Huge fenced in yard. (6 ft privacy fence on three sides. 6 ft chain length fence on forth side.)
• Street to street lot. Front yard faces Jessamine Rd. Backyard faces Wappoo Drive.  You can drive into the large backyard through the gate in back.  
• Old growth trees - Magnolia, Crepe Myrtle, Live Oak, Sweet Gum, Black Cypress.  The property is very shaded for those long Charleston summers.
• Camellia bushes, a blueberry bush, a muscadine grape vine, a long stem red rose, lantana, azaleas
• Lot is .26 acre.  Possibility of re-zoning and splitting lot to sell a portion of the backyard if desired in the future.  $1000+ survey already completed and comes with the house.
• Custom blinds. 
• New refrigerator and gas water heater in 2013. New stack washer/dryer in 2017.  New energy efficient toilet in 2017. 
• All new double-pane, tilt-in to clean, energy efficient windows. 
• Roof guaranteed through September 2018.  Guarantee transferable to new owner. 
• Fresh paint inside and out!

All for Under $200,000!!!

1720 Jessamine Rd; Charleston, SC 29407

Front Door

Red Heeler NOT FOR SALE!!

Very large living room.

Large bedroom.

 2nd Bedroom

Linen closet in bathroom.  New bathroom fixtures and grab bar added to tub.

Tile floor in bath.

New energy efficient chair height toilet - May 2017

New refrigerator. Water filter produces bottled water quality drinking water.  Replace filter twice a year.

Pantry in kitchen - Kitchen dog door goes to garage and can be locked.

New energy efficient washer/dryer 2017. Lockable dog door from garage to large fenced backyard.

New gas hot water heater. 
I had hot water during the electrical outage from Hurricane Matthew!

Dryer is vented out garage window.

New motion activated flood lights in backyard on both left and right sides of the house. Dim from dusk until dawn.  Bright when motion activated.  They turn themselves off during daylight hours.  Energy efficient bulbs.

Gas pack HVAC system.  Central heat and air.  Heat is gas. AC is electric in this one system.

HUGE backyard faces Wappoo Drive. Fence in back has gate large enough for car to drive through.

Rocking chair front porch.  Attached one-car garage.
1720 Jessamine Rd.; Charleston, SC 29407

Orbs and Such on an Autumn Night in Moncks Corner, SC

Today I am longing for Autumn, my favorite time of the year.  This has led me to remember a party at my brother, Tom's house and property back in the Autumn of 2013. 

That particular party seemed to have uninvited guests in attendance.  Here are some photos I took that night.  What do you think?

No.  The fire was NOT burning high like that when I took this picture.  

Strange orbs in this photo.

This one looks like damage to the film, which would explain it if I had been using film.  This was taken with an electronic camera.  No.  This crazy tunnel of light was not there when I took the photo. 

What do you think?  Do you believe in ghosts?

Many Lives Many Masters

Many years ago, back in the 1970s, there was a little bookstore in a mall in Gaffney, South Carolina.  I loved that store and used to go there often when I was young.

I can still see that little store in my mind's eye.  The mall was not enclosed back then.  The stores inside it faced each other, but opened to the outdoors.  You walked to the center of the mall to get to that little store.  The store sold books and things like candles and incense and such.   It smelled really good in there.  I wish I could remember the name of it.  It was not a chain store. 

I bought the brand new 1972 version of Linda Goodman's Sun Signs there when I was a teenager, which started me on a lifelong journey of questioning and exploring things that science can not explain.

Since that time I have read many books about Star Children, Empaths, Feng Shui, Psychics, Mediums, ESP, Astrology, Dream Interpretation, Witchcraft, Palmistry, Life After Death, and Reincarnation.  You know.  "New Age" stuff.  I love that stuff.  Fascinating.

The "New Age" book I've read and shared most often was written by Dr. Brian Weiss, a well respected psychiatrist who put his career on the line to write a book about a patient named Catherine.  

Dr. Weiss is not your average "New Age" author.  He graduated from the Yale University School of Medicine in 1970, completed an internship in internal medicine at the New York University Medical Center and went back to Yale for a two-year residency in psychiatry. He was the Head of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami when he met Catherine. 

Catherine's cast study became the book, Many Lives Many Masters.  If you have never read it, RUN, do NOT walk, to your nearest library or book store and pick up a copy.  It will make you question everything you have been taught in this life.  

Read it with an open mind.  

You will be glad you did.

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July everyone!  I hope each of you has a wonderful holiday.  

Today I am thinking about other holidays when my sons and granddaughters would visit for the 4th or those 4th of Julys when I would go to my brother's house for a cookout.  Those are the best holidays.  The holidays spent with family and friends.  

I have no plans for today.  I hope to watch the parades on TV, but other than that, I just plan to be.  I might cook myself some good food.  Might not.  I'm in an "eh" kind of mood, you might say.

Last July took my dear brother, Howard, and my brother, Tom was very sick at that time.  We lost him last Christmas Eve.  I'm remembering my brothers today.  I miss them.

But I'm also remembering those happy recent 4ths spent with people I love, so I thought I'd share some photos from the happy  years with you.  Enjoy!

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July 2015

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July 2014

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July 2012

I love this picture of my brother, Tom, and my granddaughters so very much!

Kissy boy Buster.

Buster LOVED my granddaughters!

Buster loved my granddaughters so very much.