I have been thinking a lot today about the idea of censorship. How critical it is that we don’t fall victim to the fear that what we think and feel might bring trouble if we speak up and share our thoughts. Free speech is one of the fundamental components of a free society; without it,…
Category: Writing as a Discipline
A Varied Texas House Experience
This is our last night at our house here in Texas, at least for a while. Ray will return fairly soon, but it may be a couple of months before I get back to the Lone Star State. We have had quite a time here, this round. We enjoyed a vacation house experience for our…
A Cold Winter’s Night and an Old Fashioned Heater
I am sitting in our quiet house here in Texas. Our Scottie, Sammie, is lying in the chair opposite me and Ray is in the kitchen. Cordelia is somewhere in the house, probably curled up on the floor near Ray. It is 10:30 at night on a cold January night. The temperature outside is 36…
Brene Brown’s Talk on Critics in LIfe
Below is a great 99 U talk by Brene Brown entitled, “Why Your Critics Aren’t the Ones that Count.” I am gearing up for my 2015 writing goals. I found this talk, which is 21 minutes long, to be helpful. I hope you will, too. Here is the link. 99 U has a tagline: Insights…
Results from Ancestry DNA Test – A Christmas Gift from My Kids
My kids wanted to give us information on our ancestry (and theirs) for Christmas and I just received the results. Turns out that I am 96.6% Northern European, with relatives primarily from the British Isles, a few from Germany and France and then the big surprise – I am 3.2% Sub – Saharan African, more…
Saints and Sinners New Year’s Eve Party
Lots of fun with family and friends tonight here in Sherman for the New Year’s Eve party. Here are a few pictures to commemorate the ringing in of the New Year. Happy New Year, folks. I hope we all have the best upcoming year ever. Wishing you well,…
The Platitudes I Swore I Was Going to Avoid
Here we are approaching the end of 2014 and I feel compelled to write something related to endings and new beginnings. But what? I don’t need to go back over the same old platitudes that have become so familiar that we all just skim over them. Yes, let’s savor every moment and be grateful for…
Church, Catfish and Books
Today, we went to church at St. Stephen’s Episcopal church where we saw old friends and met the new priest. This was the church where we went with my mother when we lived in Sherman, and it holds many memories for our family. Ray and I had our wedding blessing there, our nieces were baptised…
Christmas Eve
It is 2:21 am so this will be short. Returned from Midnight Mass just a bit ago. It was beautiful! We spent the afternoon and early evening at Sarah’s and celebrated our Christmas. Here are a few pictures. A lovely day filled with lovely people. Merry Christmas to all.
A Busy Christmas Eve and Christmas Morning
I have made two pans of stuffed shells for Christmas Eve dinner, which we will be eating at Sarah’s house tomorrow. Sarah is at the end of a grueling rotation in Family Medicine that has required 80 – 90 hour work weeks, so we are gathering at her house since she will be too tired…
20 Minutes a Day 