I am writing tonight after a very satisfying day. We had our annual neighborhood garage sale, which proved to be as much fun as it has been in years past. We started bright and early this morning (Ray and I were putting signs out at 6:30) and our first customers arrived exactly at 7 am….
Category: Texas
Texas, Heat and Tomorrow’s Garage Sale
The fans are whirring, the windows are open, the doors are open, too, with the screen doors keeping out the mosquitoes that are surely in search of a nice juicy morsel of flesh. Ray is already upstairs in the bedroom in the air conditioning; I suspect he may already be sound asleep at 9:33 pm. The…
H & H in Texas in Summer
I am sitting in our Victorian in Texas, recovering from the combination of humidity, heat and excessive walking we have done today. We are still putting the finishing touches on the house across the street before it goes on the market – literally tomorrow – plus we have been preparing for a new renter who…
Texas
We are back in Texas. Flew in this afternoon and took the DART train from DFW to Plano where Rachael picked us up. Here are two photos taken from the DART train of Los Colinas, near DFW. The air felt like warm bath water when we arrived this afternoon. Luckily, this evening, a wind has…
The Beauty of Open Spaces
I am sitting with my student and we are doing a quick-write. I have just returned from Texas – I mean I drove in from Texas exactly two hours ago. We drove from 4 am (Central time) yesterday morning until 8 pm Pacific time (which is 10 Central time) last night, which translate into 1100…
My Grandmother and Her Cane
My grandmother, Winnie Waugh, walked with a wooden cane for the whole time that I was a little girl. This cane was made of smoothly polished dark brown wood and was very plain – a simple curve on the end for her hand and a rubber cover on the tip to help grip the floor…
Too Tired Tonight So Here’s a Great TED Talk Link Instead
Ray has just arrived home after a week in Texas. That’s good news. I have been up since 6 am. I think now that life is back to normal, I’ll head to bed. This is not going to be 20 minutes of writing today, but I am proud of myself that I’m even posting at…
Heading Out to the Open Road
On Saturday morning, September 21st, my beloved daughter, Elizabeth, and her sweet boyfriend, Ron Wolfgang Betty, will head off on a two-month road trip across the United States. Both are recent law school graduates and are awaiting their bar exam results, which are exactly two months from being announced. They are dubbing this the “Beat…
9/11 – What We’ve Learned; What We Still Are Learning
On the morning of September 11, 2001, my husband and I were lying in bed before taking our kids to school when Ray turned on the television to watch the morning news. Suddenly, I heard him say, “Oh, my God!” I looked up to see footage of the first plane plowing into the first tower…
Back in LA, but So Tired
I am sitting here in LA with eyelids that will barely stay open. We woke up at 3:15 am to make a 6 am flight from DFW airport, which is an hour and fifteen minutes from Sherman. We flew to Phoenix, then on to Long Beach via US Air. I had students today so that’s…
20 Minutes a Day 