Some will, some won’t, I might! However, I’ve gotten really good at the “Don’t want ‘a!” If it doesn’t need doing right now, it doesn’t get done. Oh, eventually it will get done, but on my time table and not someone else’s! As long as we’ve got clean clothes and underwear, then it’s just fine with me.
I used to not be like this.
Uncle Mort and Horse Sense...
Horse sense--my 104-year-old Uncle Mort maintains--is much more than stable thinking. As a charter member of the “spit and whittle club” at the general store in the thicket, they weigh the world’s weightiest problems, often with wild abandon.
If only two geezers show up, arguments are common, but not much is settled.
For the past couple of months I have written about the City elections this spring, and this past Saturday was Election Day. In the two districts that were voting there were 206 votes, and I am pleased to say that Bonnie Beam will continue to represent District 2 and we will have a new commissioner in District 4, Vickie Enrique.
May is here but it feels like July. The leaf raking party continues. It is going slower now. It gets too hot to do much in the afternoon. Hopefully this is the last week. I couldn’t have done this without grandson, John. He is getting to be a pro at loading leaves, and he loves to gather them with the leaf rake.
Class Meetings continue on Tuesday evenings at the Art United Methodist Church Parsonage at 6:00 for soup and 6:30 for the meeting.
Mother’s Day is Sunday.
What does twelve years, the Eckert James River Bat Cave and Vicki Ritter have in common? This season marks my, Vicki Ritter, twelfth season as steward for the Eckert James River Bat Cave.
I have watched eleven generations of bats be born and anticipate the twelfth this season. Have things changed in those years?
Emerald.
Esperanza.
English or Spanish, May is here.
Mayo e aqui.
Green as an emerald.
Thanks to the mighty rain.
It paints the entire county.
And in every shade of green at that.
The official May flower is blooming too.
Lily of the Valley.
Lilies DeValle.
As are a plethora of others.
May is not just full of promise.
It IS the promise.
Of new life.
And rebirth.
The joyful Gaillardia.
And perky Spiderwort.
The hawk.
The doves.
Mourning.
White-winged.
And Inca.
The glimpse of a Summer Tanager.
Or ...
Mason’s own Clint Lane recently participated in the 2017 World English Sporting Clays Championship held at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio, TX. Clint experienced gun malfunctions all week long, but was able to achieve 3rd in the .410 bore in his class and 8th in the 20 gauge disciplines.
Because of numerous malfunctions, Lane didn’t fare very well in the Main (12 gauge).
The World English Sporting Clays Championship had 1665 participants representing 19 countries.
Clint Lane is ...
When: May 16, 2017
Where: Sandstone Bed & Breakfast, 508 E. Sandstone, Llano, TX
Speaker: Charles Wendt
Charles owned and operated “Nailhead Spur Company” for 16 years before selling it to his son in 2011. His passion has always been the designing and making of high-quality spurs for ranchers and cowboys. After the sale, he moved his spur and buckle making and his schools back to his home shop in Llano.
The bands at Mason ISD will be performing their annual Spring Concert on Thursday, May 11th, starting at 7 p.m. in the High School Gym. 5th grade band, 6th grade band, JH band & HS band will all be performing.
Award winning singer-songwriter Terri Hendrix will return to the Odeon theater in Mason with Lloyd Maines Saturday, June 17. Showtime is 7:00 pm and admission is $20 per person. Tickets are on sale at www.theodeontheater.com or call 325 347 6781 for reservations and information.
To hear Terri Hendrix is to know why Acoustic Guitar Magazine says she is one of Texas’ 20 “essential” singer-songwriters.
