Where Have All the Good Songs Gone?
I enjoyed the Trinity Christian Center Church Christmas concert Friday, delightfully performed by a host of singers led by pastor Reydon Stanford They have done this concert for the last 17 years, spreading Christmas cheer and accepting a love offering to be...
A Word About Blessings
A Sunday or two ago our pastor Mindy McLanahan neatly tied together finding one’s purpose in life to being a blessing in someone’s life. She read a story to us from a book titled Enough; Discovering Joy Through Simplicity and Generosity, by Adam Hamilton (Abingdon...
A Mini-Movie Marathon
My friend Hellen took a road trip with me a couple of weekends ago. We spent Friday being led astray in San Antonio by a misbehaving GPS program while looking for a Toyota dealership, which the car GPS eventually found for us. So when we made it back to Marble Falls,...
Veterans Day 2016
I did lose an uncle, but I am one of the fortunate ones: I lost no father, no son, daughter, no husband, and so far, no grandchild in any American war. I am also blessed to be an American. Nothing breaks my heart more than to see the headstones at a National Cemetery....
Tales and Trails of Bailey County… the first seventy years
Bailey County has its own history book, a labor of love put together by Bailey County citizens. The book was published in 1988 by Taylor Publishing Company of Dallas. When it was published, many citizens who contributed information for the history book eagerly awaited...
The Book Signing- From Tea Cakes to Tamales
My friend Nola McKey had a book published this Spring, From Tea Cakes to Tamales: Third-Generation Texas Recipes (Texas A&M University Press) and I am in it! So when she was asked by the Marble Falls Public Library to give a short presentation for their Lunch with...
Colorado Springs:Ramparts Reservoir and Home
The plan for our last day in Colorado Springs was a trip to Ramparts Reservoir for Bill to fish and for me to hike and take a few pictures. Which we did. Because the lake is a municipal water supply, swimming and motor boats are not allowed, which makes it totally...
Colorado Springs: Pikes Peak
Today we ventured up Pikes Peak, one of the main reasons we came to Colorado Springs in the first place. We also learned that it wouldn’t have killed us to put at least one of our watches-or the clock in the car- on Mountain Time because we showed up for the train...
Channeling Roger Ebert Again: Hell or High Water
Sorry, Clovis, I just can’t agree: New Mexico doesn’t make a great Texas, and this is not an Oscar-worthy movie. I checked out a few other movie reviews, however, and I seem to be the only person on the planet who thinks this movie is pretty much a pile of stereotypes...
Pueblo and On to Colorado Springs
When you drive through Pueblo on the Interstate, it just looks like an old mining town, which it is. But if you get off the I-25 and go downtown, it’s another story. We found beautiful old buildings and a lovely Riverwalk on the Arkansas river that runs through town....
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