50 Stars Sailing in the Wind

Celebrate, celebrate the 4th of July, my 50th post and anniversary on Sunday. “Guess what?” my father announced in our household one day. “I’ve joined the Tyler Yacht Club.” He joined it when we lived in Tyler, TX. My mother was delighted that he found an outdoor hobby, but probably a little concerned about the [...]

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Two Rabbits in Wyoming…Ohio

As you may know I went on a business trip to Ohio.  The last part of my trip I opted to stay a few extra days with my old college friend who lives in Wyoming, OH.  This friend is very special to me.  Perhaps because we were both out of state freshmen and we both [...]

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Is This The End of Our Drought?

Wednesday morning it rained.  It started around 5:00 am and continued past noon.  It wasn’t just a passing cloud, a real Texas gullywasher  hung over our city and poured out almost 1 inch of rain in Houston and almost 2.5 out at the farm.  It came with thunder, lightening and the electricity went out.  Nobody [...]

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“Guess what?” II

“Guess what?” my dad used to ask.  In a household of four kids and my mother, someone was bound to be near and would always hear the question and ask “What?”, giving an automatic answer as in a “knock-knock” joke “Who’s there?” routine.  We would hear his question knowing something wonderful and unexpected was about to [...]

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A Surprise Award

I am very excited to say that a fellow awesome blogger, of The Self-styled Life , has nominated me for the “Versatile Blogger Award“! There it is! Like The Self-styled Life, I was not too familiar with the award, so as per her post: this is an award given among bloggers to other new or recently [...]

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Where in the US Am I?

If it’s June, I am here.  Where am I?  Here are a few clues. After dinner around 7:00 PM I stand in line at Graeter’s for ice cream.  Next to Blue Bell from bluebonnet country it’s among the best. The Purple People Bridge, a pedestrian bridge, links two cities and two states. The Freedom Center, a [...]

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Swimming: Calculated Pain, Uncalculated Gain

One thing about  competitive swimming is it doesn’t hurt too bad.  No shin splints, no knee injuries, no twisted ankles, torn muscles or tendons.  Yes, after a good hard race where you swim your heart out, and every ounce of strength is spent, one does drag him/herself out of the pool and collapse.  But that’s [...]

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ANGEL: An Opportunity for Instructional Design

Now that spring term is over and summer faces us, I encourage my friends who teach (foreign languages) on the college level  to consider an online component to your class.  And, I encourage my students to consider taking a technology-based class.  If you’re in my blogging neighborhood, this is what I do. I never teach [...]

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If you’ve ever been pregnant…

I remember a period in my elementary years of always having cuts,scrapes, bruises and scabs on my knees. It was just a fact of growing up. I climbed many trees and I had my favorites. Instead of taking the back steps from the porch, I usually favored jumping over the railing and bee-lining it to [...]

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