One day on the tennis courts in Kerrville, I met the rare native Kerrvillain (not the official term, but the one I use, for people who were actually born here and didn’t move in). She moved away at some point after high school, but is back. As it turns out, her husband has this idea about bringing wounded military with …
Young Life
There are some obligations in life that we have to go to, and some that we want to go to. I volunteer as a leader for Young Life in Kerrville. It is something that I love to do. On Sunday we had the annual Young Life banquet. It was so great to see all of the Tivy high school kids …
Old-style church, new-style praise
Even in traditional churches such as the one I attend, the hymns aren’t what they used to be! Check out these amazing and timely lyrics: God, who stretched the spangled heavens Infinite in time and place, Flung the suns in burning radiance Through the silent fields of space: We, Your children in Your likeness, Share inventive powers with You; Great …
Yearbook at press (nearly)!
We love working on the yearbook. It is a blast combing through all the photos of summer and putting them together. I even enjoy plugging in the mug shots as a way of seeing everybody’s smiling face again. There are always a few who look so trendy; I’m old enough to know that those are the photos that will cause …
Cleaning the closet
As cool as it is now, it’s hard to imagine that just a month ago it was still plenty hot! At that time I concluded that it must be the nature of air conditioners to break down when it’s the hottest. We had so many units go out this summer, so that’s somewhat to be expected. In early September, it …
APA Nationals Wrap Up
It’s 6 o’clock on Friday morning when my alarm starts going off. I wake up, put on my white pants, pull on my boots, and head out the door. As I pull into the Camp Stewart show barn I see all of our junior players making their way from camp. The big stock trailer is parked out front and everyone …
Freddie Hawkins and polocrosse
At the end of this blog entry will be a link to polocrosse! My old friend Freddie Hawkins passed away the end of July. He and I were classmates at Tivy, and more importantly, his parents owned and directed The Heart when I was first a camper here. Later, after we bought The Heart, the Hawkins family purchased Rio Vista …
A kudu in the Hill Country?
Hunting is a huge part of the Texas Hill Country. As you drive along Hwy 41, about 20 minutes from camp, you will start to see many high fenced ranches. Many of these ranches have some of the same exotic species of animals I recently saw in South Africa, along with animals from other countries as well. A few examples …
Polocrosse weekend!
I’m not sure if around here polocrosse is a sport or a contagious condition. Perhaps both. When we hired Meghan, she had been a summer camp riding director and owned a horse, a saddle, a trailer and a diesel truck. And a dog that looks like a poodle. She was a barrel racer, and had never done English jumping or …
“Felix, I don’t think we’re in Arkansas anymore!”
This past weekend was full of lots of celebrating! Jeeper’s wife Meredith turned 40 on Friday and her mom had planned a big surprise party for her on Saturday. In order to throw Meredith off from her surprise party, we had a big dinner at Kathy Ragsdale’s house to celebrate her birthday. Kathy made a wonderful meal for all of …