Tales From The Kitchen: Learning to Make Pie Crust

Tales From The Kitchen: Learning to Make Pie Crust

Following recipes accurately was one problem in my early cooking days (see “Tales From the Kitchen: The Giant Cake,” January 31, 2013); incomplete recipes were quite another matter. Besides the cook books I received as wedding gifts, most of the recipes I tried to use...
Tales From The Kitchen: The Giant Cake

Tales From The Kitchen: The Giant Cake

When the kids were growing up, they spent most of their summer afternoons over at the country club pool right across the street from our house, and because the walk from one to the other was short, they and friends would pop in and out from time to time during the...
Quanah Parker Shot An Arrow Into the Air…

Quanah Parker Shot An Arrow Into the Air…

Quanah Parker shot an arrow in the air and one of them landed in Muleshoe. The latest addition to the Muleshoe Heritage Center is a 22-foot tall arrow sculpture, the 48th such marker to be installed on the Quanah Parker Trail, a project undertaken by the Texas Plains...
In Defense of Litter Boxes

In Defense of Litter Boxes

I thought about taking a picture of one of the litter boxes referred to in the story, but a picture of the cats who use them seemed a better choice! I read a newspaper story the other day about a man and his wife visiting a woman who had 32 cats. His wife warned him...
Colten Brings Home Another Dog

Colten Brings Home Another Dog

TThe blog is late this week because have been conducting triage on our newest family member.  Meet Porche, Colten’s latest contribution to dog rescue. Porche, which we choose to pronounce pour-sha, came to live with us after her accident Sunday afternoon. Colten...