What is it that inspires some people to go traveling? I have several dear friends who are constantly on the go. One cruises nearly every month. Another sets off for bike trips across Europe or the Balkans or the Middle East or India. A third can find the best restaurants anywhere in the Southern United […]
Last week, I sat down to supper on Sunday night, relieved that cooking and cleaning, feeding hubby and walking the dogs was done. Tired and happy to just sit, I looked at my calendar. (I admit to having been technologically beaten into putting my activities on my cell phone). To my horror, the calendar entry […]
What is it about men and their belief that they are bullet-proof and invincible? Yesterday, a friend and I were discussing husbands and their insistence on their invincibility. Her husband had, after three refusals, agreed to have cataract surgery on his eyes. Or at least one eye. He had literally bolted from the doctor’s office […]
Amazing how naïve and innocent we are in our early twenties. What could be more fun than taking high school juniors and seniors to Europe for six weeks in the summer? I guess I hadn’t learned anything from the St. Augustine trip. Back in those idyllic 70s, my husband and I corralled 7 students from […]
In my retirement, I have launched into a new business: Historic Tours of Texas (more about that in a later Blog) but I am now wading into the terrifying cold, deep waters of “SOCIAL MEDIA.” And I can’t do anything without the dreaded Password. And if, heaven forefend, I should forget a Password, the agency, […]
One rarely appreciates something until it is gone. Last week a pine tree fell on our water storage tank and squashed it to bits. Since we live in the country, we survive on water from a well pump, a 500 gallon storage tank and a 100 gallon pressure tank. If a pump goes out, the […]
Me and José Cuervo were a little overly chummy last night; one too many Margaritas. So, when I had my hero Rodrigo drinking Pulque in my novel, my Woodland’s Writers’ group asked what Pulque was. I had to dive into a study of the difference between pulque, mescal and tequila. Especially since my amigo Eduardo […]
Hallelujah! They’re in the money! The mystery of the Spanish Deputation from Malaga, Southern Spain, is, at last, explained. They came, they saw, and they didn’t have to conquer at all. They handed out very nice informational pamphlets, and they didn’t come begging for money! The Province of Malaga, and a variety of other groups, […]
Once again, it is a pleasure to find that we do have inspirational students and teachers. This past weekend, the Texas State Historical Association held its annual state-level competition for students from around the state. As part of National History Day, students compete on the local, regional, state and, finally, the national level by […]
Have you ever had so much to do that you stare at the piles and do nothing? A blogger on writing recently commented on the many projects she had tackled. Blogs and guest blogs, articles and agent queries, outlines, edits, rewrites, chapters, and on and on. She sounded frantic. I wish I didn’t feel […]