This is another except from my WIP, Evelyn Evolving. It picks up from the one I posted a couple of weeks ago, introducing my grandmother, Regina. My mother loved pansies, and when I was a kid I would buy her some every Spring and plant them by the front porch of our house. She loved […]
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A myriad of problems have kept me mostly offline for the past week – pain in my head and a sick computer. The computer is quickly recovering. Me, not so quickly. So, Slim Randles will continue to entertain you until things get better on the home-front. Today he veers off from humor with a reflective
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Slim Randles is back again with a surprise visit just for today. The reason will become abundantly clear when you read the post. Since it is warming up here in East Texas, I think we can all have a glass of refreshing iced tea. When the young woman walked into the Mule Barn truck stop
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Help me welcome Slim Randles as today’s Wednesday’s Guest. He is here to share another story about the guys at the Mule Barn Truck Stop. Today, Delbert is working at the chamber office. Please help yourself to a piece of this yummy chocolate pie to go with your beverage of choice. I actually like mine with
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This was a busy week for me so I did not have time to work on a blog post for today. I try not to do the posts at the very last minute, as I consider that cheating my readers a bit. Still, I didn’t want to have nothing posted over the weekend, so I’ll just
As I promised on Friday, here is an excerpt from Evelyn Evolving, the book I am writing about my mother’s life. I know little about what happened when my mother was just an infant that caused her father to leave and her mother to abandon Evelyn and her sister, so this is what I made
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Today I’d like to let you know about a couple of new books and great deals. And what goes better with a good book than a nice cup of tea. Please help yourself. I like mine with a bit of cream and honey, and I love this teacup. My mother-in-law collected pretty teacups and I
Last Wednesday, I was at The Celt Irish Pub in McKinney Texas for lunch with my daughter, Dany. It was my first visit, but not hers, as she lives in McKinney. We had a wonderful time and I really enjoyed the Shepard’s pie. Being only a few days before St. Patty’s day, talk was about
Slim Randles is here as today’s Wednesday’s Guest, sharing the latest from the Mule Barn Truck Stop. We should all run away when Windy Wilson shows up. Grab a cup of coffee and join the gang as they listen to Windy’s latest great idea. When Windy walked into the Mule Barn during that cold snap
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Unless you are one of the few people who love the time changes that we get to experience twice a year, please take a moment to join me in a huge groan. I particularly dislike the spring-forward time change, as if we are to jump with joy because it feels like 6 a.m. when we
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