Ever since I was a little girl, my daddy made sure I could take care of myself. The very first time I ever drove by myself, my dad was in the passenger seat of our big Chevy pick-up truck and I pulled the horse trailer down a gravel road to a friend’s house. By the time I was 16, I …
“Go Johnny, go!”
Kerrville is riding a wave of enthusiasm over Johnny Manziel, who is the freshman quarterback for Texas A&M that’s sweeping the nation with Johnny Football Fever. Johnny moved to Kerrville with his family when he was in middle school, and played quarterback for Tivy High (my alma mater, and the only high school in town). Dick is a HUGE sports …
What if you woke up tomorrow with only the things you thanked God for today?
I spied this “Thought for the Day” on a little piece of paper on the wall of a café in Kerrville, and jotted it down. Before I was asleep, these things came to my mind. My warm bed and the roof that doesn’t leak. Electricity. The heater. Lights, radio, coffee maker. Warm slippers. Other clothing. My loving husband. Our strapping …
Having a *blast*!
Today Jeepers organized our Mandatory Fun for November. It was all top secret. We knew only that we would be outdoors, and that there would not be extensive walking. At the last minute he and Meredith offered to feed everyone hash for lunch, which was yummy. The surprise was on them when the supply of hash was halved (mysteriously), so …
Cemetery tradition
It has “sort of” become a tradition for the newly named recipient of the Jo Jones Memorial Sportsmanship Award to “pilgrimage” to the cemetery on the night she is honored—normally nearly midnight! If it sounds a bit creepy, I’ll give you some details of how the tradition began. I’m not entirely sure of exactly when it began, probably 10-12 years …
Movie Review: Wreck-It Ralph
I have always been a huge fan of Disney! From the movies, to the parks, to the channel, there is something so magical and uplifting about Disney. Being at a Disney park or watching a Disney movie gives me the feeling that anything is possible! Like Walt Disney said, “If you can dream it, you can do it.” Being the …
To honor a veteran
My dad was a veteran of WWII, one of the youngest. He was made Captain by the age of 21. For his actions at Normandy, he received a Bronze Star–and didn’t even know what it was. Here are my notes regarding the Bronze Star and events leading up to it, from an interview conducted with Si Ragsdale on May 27, …
Shasta’s dogwoods
Shasta V. Allen was our nurse for decades. She was amazing. She could spot a case of homesickness or hypochondria from yards away. She was sweet, and the hardest working human being God ever made. When she passed away just more than a year ago, the world lost a one-of-a-kind resource for home remedies, resources and cures that handled so …
I love bugs!
I love—er, tolerate—er, appreciate—yes, appreciate bugs, insects, and all manner of creepy crawlies. When I was a little kid, I used to kick over those little ant mounds that appear on the cracks in the sidewalk, when one day it hit me: those little, tiny ants worked really long and hard to build that mound! I tried to convince my …
Requiem for All Saints
I’m the member with second-longest tenure in the Chancel Choir of the First Presbyterian Church in Kerrville (sounds too fancy to me; I liked it when we were the Senior Choir, or just the choir). I started singing in the Junior Choir long about junior high, and it wasn’t a couple of years before we high school kids were invited …