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The Daily Grace
The Daily Grace
My Top Ten Reads of 2023 (+1)

My Top Ten Reads of 2023 (+1)

WHAT A GREAT book year! I have to say I look back at 2023 with gratitude and great admiration for the writers who brought such powerful stories to the page. I'm not one to consider reading a contest or an activity to check off a To-Do list, nevertheless I love to look...

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What Worked for Me in 2023

What Worked for Me in 2023

HOW GRATIFYING it can be to look over the past year to consider the things you added to your life that actually worked. I love reading other folks’ lists, and it brings me joy to realize even tiny changes can carry significant weight. I thought I’d share...

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the constant of change

the constant of change

IT WAS 36 YEARS AGO today that I first hung the shingle of my new little company, C. C. Rigg's, an advertising studio. I wish I could say I had a big vision, a grand idea, or even a sketch of a business plan that resulted in the firm that's known today as Riggs...

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Cathy Rigg 

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Cathy Rigg Monetti is a writer and maker with far more interests than she has time. Born and raised in Virginia’s Appalachian Mountains, she is currently writing a novel, a work of historical fiction set there and centered around five people whose lives intersect during the tumultuous years of the Civil War.

“Perhaps home is not a place, but simply an irrevocable condition.”

James Baldwin

“We see trees. What more do we need?”

Maira Kalman

“Ultimately, we are all just walking each other home.”

Ram Dass

“I’m just trying to matter.”

June Carter

“Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”

Mary Oliver

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