by Alice Liles | Feb 9, 2016 | Bright Lights
Oscar time is upon us again, The Revenant being one of the front-runners this year. AJ and I went to see it the other day on $5 movie night, and I am really glad it only cost us $5! To begin with, the whole movie was cold and gray. And white. Snow everywhere. And the...
by Alice Liles | Feb 6, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
My silver dollar jade tree, crassula arborenscens, has been with me since 2005. It is one of my favorite jade trees, despite the fact that it tends to grow slower than some of the others. But that’s okay. Its common name is jade tree, but it is actually classified a...
by Alice Liles | Feb 2, 2016 | Bright Lights
Founded in 1879 and named for the Indian pictographs painted on the cliffs overlooking the nearby Concho River, Paint Rock, Texas, is the county seat of Concho County; pretty obvious when the courthouse stands grand and solemn on US highway 83 as you drive into town....
by Alice Liles | Jan 29, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
If you travel U.S. highway 67 between San Angelo and Ballinger, you will pass CactusTown, a nifty combination cactus/succulent/ drought-tolerant shrubs and trees/rusty junk/antiques/Western artifacts shopping bonanza location for those of you interested in...
by Alice Liles | Jan 26, 2016 | Bright Lights
My posse is grieving the loss of our smallest member. Peaches died in my arms Saturday morning. Peaches was the most head-strong, independent, fearless little cat you would ever want to meet. From the day she showed up in the yard and announced herself to Bill and his...
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