Rain-lily.
Gentle white proof that it rained.
Stalwart little things.
Trumpeting the good news.
Standing high above the mowed grass.
Cooperia Drummondii.
A Texas wildflower.
Sometimes solitary.
Sometimes an entire symphony.
Another rain prover is Texas sage.
A Hill Country favorite.
Grows into a massive bush.
Whitish-gray leaves.
Distinctive sage aroma.
But then…
(Drum roll)
It is going to rain.
Texas sage says so.
It explodes in purple blooms.
Which dr ...
Another great week is in the books. The Art United Methodist Church continues with some maintenance projects. This week the new carpet was installed in the sanctuary. It is beautiful. It was also the Sunday to bless the backpacks. We had children that attend out of town schools that have started school and local children that are anxiously waiting for the first day on Monday, August 28th.
We had a mini family gathering on Sunday.
Nacho Cheese Bugles Hot Mexican Dip
This is one of the countless recipes my mom would cut out and save. She had a couple of drawers full of recipes that had been cut out of magazines, newspapers, cereal boxes, I can spend hours looking though these. I am terrible about cutting out recipes from magazines or printing them off of the computer, screen shooting recipes, I guess I got my addiction to recipes from my mom I can tell this particular recipe she cut off a “box” of Bugles and I don ...
Upon Finding Still Waters…
Glen Campbell made the most of his decision three dozen years ago when he accepted Christ, was baptized and rose to walk in newness of life. He was led beside still waters, restored and ultimately able to cope with Alzheimer’s. He dealt with life’s final storm on even terms during most of his last six years.
Aren’t we glad the gardener at his Scottsdale, AZ, home invited him to church?
Yes, I smoke! When I started the Surgeon General didn’t say anything about smoking. It made you look,”Cool!” I know, it’s not good for your health, or so they say! I know, that you can’t smoke in public anymore! But, I don’t like when I’m smoking in my own space, for people to gag and give me a lecture on smoking.
Ex-smokers are the worst!
Two Decades
Milestones, it’s been said, are good times to reflect on our past, and anticipate our future. Actually, I said that, so I don’t really know if it’s true. What I do know is that I have a personal milestone coming up next month. September 2017 make 20 years I’ve been writing this weekly outdoor humor column.
August is National Romance Awareness month, and the library has romance writers galore. A small sampling would include authors Barbara Delinsky, Jude Deveraux, Tamera Alexandra, Jody Hedlund, Cindy Woodsmall, Danielle Steel, Nancy Thayer, and Nora Roberts. And that’s not all of them! If you love romances, come celebrate the month!
Audiobooks:
Cut and Thrust by Stuart Woods (CD F WOO Sto.30)
The Lady in Blue by Javier Sierra (CD F SIE)
Non-fiction:
Memory’s Last Breath: Field Gui ...
You've Got To Be Carefully Taught
Who would think that anything having to do with a group called The White Nationalist Movement could ever end well? Forget saying that racism is wrong after someone dies - it should have been said before the event ever began, not two days later.
When I learned that the group plans another rally on September 11 on the campus of Texas A&M, my heart sank.
As some of you already know, I got my yoga teacher certification through Living Yoga a few years ago. I’ve been teaching beginner’s yoga on Tuesday mornings at 8:00 A.M. and Restorative Flow yoga on Thursday mornings here at the library for about 6 years. Now I’m adding another morning.
An Inconvenient Electric Bill
When I go to a movie, I want to see something I can’t see in my everyday life. Some may go to movies for reality, but my wife and I raised three boys. We got plenty of reality. More than our fair share, I think. I don’t need more reality.
