It’s heeeeere. The end of summer. The beginning of fall. As in…autumn. On Friday the 22nd to be exact. A favorite season for most. Cooler mornings. Softer sun. Crisper moon. Stars to beat the band. A season for retreat. Reformation. Refocusing. Resting. Reaping. But also planting. Bulbs. Bare-root. Root vegetables. Kale. Spinach. To everything, there […]
Read more "COLOR IT FALL"Stormy weather. Harvey. Irma. Now there’s a pair to draw to. Hope they don’t have any offspring. The poor gulf. And east coast. America, America. God shed his grace on thee. Holy moly. Hang on, Houston. It ain’t Texas without ya. It ain’t America without ya. Being one of the Top 10 largest cities in […]
Read more "LIFE OVERFLOWETH"S. As in, September. The 19th letter of the English alphabet. From the Greek sigma. A borrowing from the Phoenicians. They might want it back. “Pardon me, but that S belongth to uth. And we’re tired of lithping.” But sigma is the name of the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet. Not 19th. According to […]
Read more "SAY “SÍ, SÍ ” TO SEPTEMBER"Flowers. Something special about them. Fresh flowers, that is. Also called “cut flowers.” Flower bouquet. Flower arrangement. Flower petals. Or a single flower. Like one red rose. Symbol of love. Buy flowers. Bring flowers. Give flowers. Send flowers. No matter how you do it— Say it with flowers. The Petal Patch can help with that. […]
Read more "FLOWER POWER"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) […]
Read more "BEYOND BLUEBONNETS"Back by popular demand. Originally published August 4, 2004 Last week Mason County News published the School Supply List for Mason Elementary and Mason Junior High. You can probably find most of these items at Dollar General. Anyway, I was so intrigued I just couldn’t put it down. The list began with Pre-K. One large […]
Read more "TIME FOR SCHOOL"Rock. Paper. Scissors. Scissors. Paper. Rock. A fun way to see who goes first. Or maybe draw straws. Now there’s an easy way to make decisions. Ah, the simple joys in life. Eeny-meeny-miney-moe… Or…tag, you’re it! Things have gotten so complicated. No wonder everybody’s on drugs. Those legal, pharmaceutical, advertised-every-five-minutes-on-TV kind of drugs. No wonder […]
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