As White-Tail Deer season is wrapping up in the Texas Hill Country and most of the campfires have been extinguished, it is time to reflect on the good times the season brings. Oh, the tall tales that have been told, of the big one’s that got away—the 185 B/C with double drop tines and 10 inch […]
I have a friend named Bert Neville—yes, just like Wil Smith’s character in “Legend”, except I am pretty sure my Bert has never had to battle weird zombie-vampire creatures. Except for, he’ll tell you, when he debates with Democrats. Anywho, Bert is older and wiser than I. Since we share some very similar belief systems, and since he […]
Aside from the two teenage boys my husband and I share, we also have two other animals living in our house. Fur babies. BIG fur babies. Boo is our Great Dane. Like most Great Danes, she is a big, sappy, cuddlepuss, who has no understanding of her size in comparison to human laps. She crawls […]
Merry Christmas, Everyone! The Holidays are a time for making merry, celebrating what we believe, and practicing our traditions. Whether that means going Christmas caroling, lighting a Menorah, or playing Mary in the church Nativity scene, we all have some sort of festivities in which to partake this time of year. This is also when […]
This week has been one of great sadness and reflection for most of us. Any kind of tragedy, natural or un-natural, that takes even one child is hard to bear. Tragedy that takes 20 children and the teachers that loved them is nearly impossible to bear. The intolerable weight of the loss, and the unimaginable […]
There are two kinds of Pasties. One is the self-adhesive variety that dancers wear on stage. Not classically trained dancers. The other kind. They may be purchased in the same establishments that sell 6 inch platform heels and miniscule under-garments. This kind is pronounced paste-ee, which rhymes with tasty, although I am pretty sure they […]
Chicken Fried Steak and Country Fried Steak. Same thing, right? I mean, if you look at internet and cookbook recipes, menus, and anywhere else, you might think they are interchangeable, for sure. I mean, there are so many different ways to say things in the South, this must just be an example of different local […]
The capacity for being sneaky has existed for as long as mankind. The only being with the ability to think beyond its instinct brings with it the power to choose mischief over conscientiousness, naughty over nice, and chocolate over vanilla. The question of whether or not people are inherently good, or inherently bad is as old as the question of birth […]
SPAM. It’s whispered about behind closed doors in the same way that people talk about fruitcake, recreational drug use, and The Sound of Music. Publicly, nobody will admit to partaking, but most of them have to be lying or it wouldn’t still be around after all these years. First sold in 1937, SPAM is 75 […]
Sugar is worse than illegal drugs. It is today what LSD was in the 1970’s. I know this because: 1) I was a Director at Psych and Chemical Dependency Hospital; and 2) I am a Foodie who bakes. A lot. I believe that some people are able to kick their chemical dependencies more easily than their […]
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