The times, they are a-staying the same
We live in amazing times. Technology has grown by greater leaps during the past one hundred years than it did during the previous six millennia. Airplanes, telephones, helicopters, and plenty of other great inventions have come along. Just think where society would be today if William Whoopee hadn’t invented the cushion, or Alex Cell hadn’t invented the telephone, or AlGore hadn’t invented the internet, or Shirley Penter hadn’t inv ...
If you didn’t come to hear John Erickson last week, you missed a terrific time! We had about 115 people, and he thoroughly entertained us. Be sure to mark your calendars for the special programs next week: Percussion Things (comedy sketches, stories, and drum performances) on June 20th; the O’Donnells (musical performance on recorders) on June 21st; and Wild Things Zoofari (exotic animals) on June 23rd.
O Beautiful
For spacious skies
For Mason County land.
For coreopsis
In the fields
And tanks so full
Again.
For hills of green
And coastal tall
And rainfall
Blessings be.
We sow and reap
And eat and sleep
And give our thanks
Deeply.
Coreopsis.
Or “Golden-wave.”
Some call ‘em Black-Eyed Susans.
(Actually, we only have Brown-Eyed Susans in the Hill Country.)
Some call ‘em “those yeller flowers.”
Whatever they are, those golden waves are risin’ and swellin’ this season.
Our pastures ...
It has been a busy week at our house. Grandson, John Sanders, graduated from Mason Junior High on Friday. Congratulations John. We went to the Kensing Reunion on Saturday. This is my mother’s family. We had a great time. There were 47 family members there. This is about one third of the family.
Brotherly Love Lives On...
It is a treasure these days to stumble, like blind hogs, upon “good news”--the kind that doesn’t come close to banner headlines or the “breaking news” teases that introduce TV newscasts.
Had this one occurred in Philadelphia in other days, it may well have extended its claim to being the “city of brotherly love.”
But in today’s culture, this “news” is little more than a blip on the screen of life for more than ten million folks in the Metroplex.
I’m trying to take life in the slow lane, however or whatever happens, I seem to get caught up in traffic. This past weekend was a doozy! A lot of going and coming! Getting ready for company, I had to put stuff up and now I find myself wondering where did I put it.
Walking on the wild side
For years peta has provided me with material, free of charge, for my columns. Whenever I’m in a bind to meet a deadline, I can generally do a Google search for whatever nonsense peta has been up to lately, and get a pretty decent column out of it.
Wednesday’s the day! Read to Swim and the Book Hounds Club start today at 1:00 P.M. Read with a Dog begins next Monday at 10:00 A.M. Story Time for preschoolers is also in the works—watch this column for the date and time—and Reading with Miss Diane starts on June 13 at 11:00 A.M.
The Mason Lions Club met Tuesday, May 24th, for it’s weekly luncheon meeting. there were 32 members and 7 visitors in attendance.
Lion Marty Bentson, chairman of the 5K/10K event passed out sign up sheets for sponsor contacts. Lion Thom Canfield reported on the Lions Club scholarships that were given out at the Mason I.S.D.
Speedy No-Knead Bread
variation on a recipe from popsurgar.com
I continue to search for breads that are easy to make, and “quick to the table.” The original recipe for this bread had the baker mix up the dry ingredients and then add the water before allowing the mixture to sit, without kneading, for 4 hours.
