I saw the daffodils poking their lovely little yellow blooms up along the dry, brown roadways in the last few days, so I thought spring was definitley coming. Now, I’m not so sure. Snow is falling, and it is predicted that we might have accumulations of several inches. A prediction that worries me since I
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Since I didn’t have a clue what to write about today, I thought you all might enjoy a little fun from my friend, Tracy Farr… This is part of his blog today titled: What the World Needs Now is More Hoopla In the interest of being politically political for politics’ sake, I denounce my association
I realized today that it has been a while since I shared an excerpt from my humorous memoir, A Dead Tomato Plant and a Paycheck. The following is from a chapter on soccer, a sport that dominated our lives for many years. Enjoy…. Long before anyone heard of Soccer Moms and Sarah Palin, I was
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I’m a guest today on Ginger Simpson’s blog, Dishin’ It out. She is devoting her blog all month to topics revolving around romance to keep the spirit of Valentine’s Day alive for more than just one day, and she graciously invited me to share something about romance. I wrote about how I came up with
While I’ve been busy cleaning up broken branches and fallen trees, some people have actually had time to enjoy the recent snow in East Texas. My friend, Tracy Farr is one of them. Here is just a snippit of the blog he wrote today about building snow people with his daughter. If you get a
The winter storm that blanketed much of North and East Texas in snow overnight Thursday surprised even forecasters. After watching the latest weather report Thursday at about 10, I went to bed expecting to wake up to three or four inches of snow. Then in the middle of the night I heard the ominous sound
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As promised the other day, I will now fess up to which of my outrageous statements were true and which were lies. But first, I want to share some pictures of our glorious snowfall. We don’t get much snow here in East Texas, so this is a treat for someone like me who really likes
Today I am the guest blogger at Chris Redding’s blog. She features recipes on her blog on Wednesdays and invited me to be her guest today. The recipe I posted is for my chili, that I call Gringo Chili, because it is milder than most chili one finds in Texas. I had a friend who
Helen Ginger gave me the “Lesa’s (Bald Faced Liar) “Creative Writer” Blogger Award. Helen has the wonderful blog Straight From Hell, and is also a partner in editing at The Blood Red Pencil blog, and it was quite an honor to receive the award from her. It was great fun to read about how the
