Work is a good thing
During my formative years – many years ago – developing a good work ethic was a very important part of becoming an adult. My family believed in work. […]
Columns
Advice to graduates
Many Facebook posts last week have been devoted to graduations. The pictures of and congratulations to children and grandchildren have sent many of us on trips down memory lane to our own high school and/or college graduations. […]
Connections
Writing is all about communication – about sharing thoughts and ideas through the written word – and about the connections that are made through that sharing. […]
Rescue is noisy business
East Tawakoni held their first Arts & Crafts Expo on Saturday, and I was one of about 15 vendors. Since there were no assigned spaces, I planned to get there well before the 9:00 a.m. opening to get a prime spot. […]
Baby or mass of cells?
Mother’s Day weekend was extra special to me this year. Saturday was the 50th anniversary of the day I first felt my baby move. I was four months pregnant and had been waiting for that faint butterfly feeling I had heard other expectant mothers describe. […]
Donation tech
Every year, Americans donate hundreds of billions of dollars to charitable causes in just about every category imaginable. According to the National Philanthropic Trust (NPT), Americans gave $449.64 billion in 2019. That reflects a 5.1-percent increase from 2018. […]
Mother’s Day, It’s complicated
Mother’s Day is this coming Sunday, and as I thought about what to write, I wanted to write a tribute to my mother. I’ve already written a lot about her – she’s the main topic of both my Alzheimer’s caregiving memoirs. […]
On the scene in Emory on May 4, 2021
I had the opportunity on Tuesday, April 27, to watch the Rains Varsity Baseball team win the title of District Champs in Grand Saline. I had never been to a high school baseball game, and it was quite entertaining! And a little dangerous! […]
Interesting Point for May 4, 2021
What a wild ride in the weather this week. It is Texas after all. Speaking of a wild ride, The Diamond DM Performance Horses have another notch in their belt. […]
The Creeping Wilderness
Several years ago David and I watched a documentary that projected, in the event humans went extinct, how long it would take nature to reclaim the earth. It seemed fanciful to watch computer animations of trees breaking through major highways and vines creeping up and over crumbling infrastructure and collapsed skyscrapers in a century or two. […]