SHE….Told My Favorite Story Ever
As a mom, sometimes you worry if all the kiddos are getting enough attention. If they feel special enough. If you’re overlooking anyone, particularly anyone in the middle, say. Blossom and Ladybug, our...
View ArticleConversations With My Ceiling
I am developing a remarkable relationship with the ceiling in our house here in Havana. As representatives of a “hostile government” in relation to our host country, we assume that everything we say in...
View ArticleI Am From… (SheLoves Synchroblog)
Today I am delighted to link up with SheLoves Magazine in a “Heritage Day” celebration. Some of the posts there are truly delightful. I’m willing to bet not too many other people who linked up listened...
View ArticleMy Fellow American
A funny thing happens to me when I live overseas. Suddenly, every American I meet really is a “fellow American” to me. We hear that phrase used most often in political speeches, don’t we? “My fellow...
View ArticlePutting the “ESPN” in “Espionage”
You listen to us. Hope you like Baylor football, Aggies, and Cowboys. Joining up with many, many others to take the Nester’s 31 Days of Change challenge to write for 31 days on a topic of our own...
View ArticleGood Grief, Really?
If you come around here on Saturdays, you’d think I’d have lost my ever-lovin’ mind. For a couple of hours before game time, I’m liable to periodically break out into song. Pretty much always it’s the...
View ArticleWe’re An Odd Little Family, Aren’t We?
Honey and I have several all-time favorite TV moments, but one of our most-quoted ones came from a “Frasier” episode during which Niles sleeps with Frasier’s ex-wife, Lilith. After the inevitable...
View ArticleCitizen of the Year
I couldn’t tell y’all this until today, but I’m in Texas. The trip was a surprise for my dad, who is this year’s Citizen of the Year in Abilene. In order to keep my presence at the award ceremony a...
View ArticleTexan Traveler’s Prayer
Quick trip to Texas: Family, Tex-Mex, shopping. Suitcase weighed a ton. God, bless them who thought Enchiladas, wheeled luggage Were worth inventing.
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