Thanksgiving for Three; Black Friday for Non-Bargain Hunters
Everyone had something to be thankful for this year: Erin was thankful her parents made the drive from Sedona to share the holiday with them in Kyle; Caroline and Neil were thankful for a safe trip to and from the Texas Tech-Texas football game in Austin; we were...
Snow Days
A blue norther, now days called a cold front, hit last Thursday, November 21st, bringing light sleet. Friday was really cold, Saturday and especially Sunday night brought anywhere from eight to twelve inches or more of snow. As you may remember, I grew up on the Gulf...
Pecan Groves, Ditches, and Construction Workers
My dear husband has embarked on a new project, a pecan grove. It has been an item on his bucket list for a long time, but something that always lost out to priorities like making a living, raising kids, sending them to college, paying bills, taking care of business,...
Mari Update-Rehab is Over!
After three months of pretty much round-the-clock supervision, timed walks on the leash, a ban on jumping, playing, running, maintaining a weight loss, and X-rays for one last look, Dr. Saunders said Mari is good to go, she now owns the TPLO surgery (“Mari Goes...
The Maidenhair Fern
Growing up in Rosenberg, as far back as I can remember, maidenhair fern grew in the front porch flower bed at our house. Mother had azaleas to the back of the bed with the fern filling in below and in front of the azaleas. In the Spring the bed was a beautiful mix of...
Gershwin and the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra
I had the distinct pleasure of attending the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra’s Blues to Beethoven: Beethoven & Gershwin concert Saturday night. Pat Angeley and I began our evening of cultural consciousness-raising with a lovely dinner at the Double Nickel Restaurant....
I Don’t Like Litterbugs, Either
Litterbugs trash Mother Earth just like those spammers litter the Internet ("Spammers Should Be Shot, October 11, 2013). So they’re next on my bad list. The thing is, however, litterbugs have been around way too long and have just gotten worse. I don’t have any...
Spammers Should Be Shot
No kidding. Spammers and litterbugs are two categories of irresponsible, reprehensible jerks that are just taking up valuable space and not contributing anything worthwhile to society. I’ll get to litterbugs another day. Today I choose to vent about the bane of my...
Lucille Liles, 1920-2013
If you read last week’s installment, you know we traveled to Ft. Smith, Arkansas, to pay our last respects to Lucille, Bill’s dad’s second wife. She and Bill’s dad, also named Bill, married on the day of our daughter Caroline’s birth. She was always just his dad’s...
Things Fall Apart. But It’s All Relative.
If you are a regular reader, you know there was no new blog post last week. And this one is a bit late. Computers are wonderful. When they work. And mine was not wonderful and would not work. So on Monday, September 16th, I gave up and took it to the techies at Five...
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