I Love Fall, or “Soup’s On”

♥♥I love Autumn, I love her tastes and colors♥♥ I love how she feels, the days when the temperature falls When you catch an afternoon flick, walk out and you feel a delicious chill. When you go Saturday grocery shopping, spend an hour in the store Push the cart outside and the temp has dropped!  [...]

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Once upon a time in Mexico

Once upon a time, my Dutch grandfather married and brought his bride to Mexico City. Business interests brought him there. My grandparents raised five lively and intelligent children living in various parts of what is now Old Mexico City. The oldest of the five children was my red-headed, green-eyed aunt, my tía from Mexico. She [...]

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Change of Plans

I couldn’t wait to find out how my students had done on their tests, so I spread out on the table as I have done hundreds of time before. The phone rang. I answered it, talked for a bit. Then, it hit me I needed to change the clothes from the washer to the dryer. When [...]

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The Story of a Benefactor

Benefactors are true and real. They invest their money wisely. They invest in people. I wrote a few weeks ago about a group of West Texas ranchers who invested in our daughter. Now here is a story about a woman whose family came from a completely different world, a woman who appears in The Proper [...]

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My First Blog-a-versary

One year ago over Labor Day weekend I started this blog. “Do you really want to post on the internet?” I was warned. “Hey, I’m careful.  I stood in front of class after class of high school kids for thirty-three years + four more years of college.  I think I can handle this, ” I [...]

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Eating Well, a Healthy Distraction

Many recipes, more than I can cook come to my blogging home, but I save many to a “go to” file as needed. Two found fruition this weekend. As I went grocery shopping I carried two of the recipes with me so I would be sure I had on hand what we needed to prepare [...]

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Evacuated…Again

Update: Our young friends thought they were spared. Upon returning home from work tonight, the sheriff’s office told them they could not enter the neighborhood, not even to pick up things. Thankfully they got their dog and stayed with family yesterday. It was under control last night, but the fire has come back. This is [...]

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5 Months Later: It’s Still Dry in Texas

Back in May I posted “It’s Dry in Texas”. Since then we have not experienced even a handful of showers, more like two digits on one hand. TexWisGirl has a bottle cap as a rain gauge at her blog.  Her little bottle cap remains empty.  Not much to ask…huh?…just enough to fill a bottle cap. [...]

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A Story for Labor Day: Can You Be There at 9:00 AM?

As another school year begins and we reflect on all the workers honored over our Labor Day weekend, I have to remember with gratitude a group of Texas ranchers, two thoughtful employers and a major university with a heart. The call came in on my cell phone during a busy teaching day. “Mom, there’s going [...]

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Those Giant Binoculars

A special thank you to “the island traveler” for helping me prepare this photo. What do you see With those giant binoculars? Can you see**********all the way to China**********across the sea? Can you see**********all the way to Texas**********Houston, Papa and me? Can you see**********your school playground**********for a small fee? What do you see with those [...]

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