This is Billy Waugh, my first cousin. He was the son of my Uncle Johnny and Aunt Lillian, my mother’s brother and sister-in-law, who lived in Mom’s hometown of Bastrop, Texas. Billy was more than twenty years my senior and was a mysterious figure in our family when I was growing up. My mother simply…
Day: July 23, 2023
Thanks, The C.R.E.W!
Today, we took a trailer load of tree limbs we’d trimmed in our orange orchard to the C.R.E.W. drop-off spot, where workers were waiting with a chipper. It took them about twenty minutes to pull out all the limbs we’ve cut over the past few weeks. We gave them a sizable tip to acknowledge the…