<![CDATA[The Charleston Gazette - Alyce Faye Bragg]]> Op-Ed http://wvgazette.com http://wvgazette.com/feeds/logo.jpg <![CDATA[The Charleston Gazette - Alyce Faye Bragg]]> http://wvgazette.com 144 31 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201202030070 Springtime is worth waiting out winters February has always seemed like a dreary month to me. Not quite winter and not yet spring, it stretches between the two like a dingy, worn-out blanket, frayed and full of holes. Winters debris seems to collect in this month ...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201202030070 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:55:40 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201201270103 Morning prayers brighten gray days The morning was warm with the shadows of night still lingering. Daylight was struggling to break through the darkness while the landscape was still obscured by misty shadows. A sudden burst of song pierced through the stilln...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201201270103 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:33:16 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201201200083 Leaving behind heritage for loved ones A few scattered snowflakes drift lazily through the air on this cold January day, reminding us that it is still winter, even though weve had many mild days. Many folks call this "pneumonia weather" with the tempera...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201201200083 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:00:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201201130073 Memories warm during winters cold The tantalizing fragrance of sassafras tea floats through the house today, while the dark, robust tea bubbles on the stove. No better potpourri can be purchased, and in my opinion, no better tea can be brewed. Mom always sai...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201201130073 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:00:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201201060072 Modern conveniences make us forget our difficult days The first day of our new year came in on the wings of a cold north wind, bringing swirling snowflakes and frigid temperatures to our hills. Snow quickly covered each meadow and hillside, outlined the bare limbs of the trees ...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201201060072 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:00:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201112300081 Let the new year be better than all the others New Year

Dear Lord as this New Year is born

I give it to Thy hand.

The Christmas season is so much different now than it was when I was a child. Our excitement began early as December rolled around, and we began chiding one another to "be good or Santa Claus will see you." Of cour...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201112160079 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:00:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201112080279 We should celebrate the coming of Christ every day Autumn

The warm sun is failing, the bleak wind is wailing,

The bare boughs are sighing, the pale flowers are ...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201112080279 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:00:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201112020102 God sends us aid in times of need We turn over another page on the calendar as the last month in this year begins. The days and weeks seem to pass faster as we grow older, and winter is nipping at our heels. The weather is beginning to change. The landscape ...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201112020102 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:36:27 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201111250073 Thanksgiving memories, blessings outlast the holiday "Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness; come before His presence with singing. Know ye that the Lord, He is God: it is He that made us and not we ourselves; we are His people and ...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201111250073 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:33:23 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201111180082 November closes the door on summer AUTUMN ORACLE

A sunset sky, and the west wind sighing,

A threat of winter . . . the wild gulls crying;...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201111180082 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:33:07 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201111110103 Remembering veterans heartbreaking stories Our hills have been basking in a week of idyllic autumn weather, with warm, sunny days and skies as blue as Octobers bright blue weather. We have thoroughly enjoyed every moment of it; made sweeter because we know that it ca...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201111110103 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:52:18 -0500