A Beautiful Story

Judy is Papa’s mother’s neighbor.  When Papa’s father died, Judy played the organ for his funeral, a real friend indeed, and deed.  She was a music teacher and choir director, but has had to take a leave from her job and cut back on some activities.   She has been struggling with an unusual illness for … Read more

Great Weekend

We had a great weekend.  I met D2 and retrieved GS3, GD1 and GD2 Thursday afternoon.  They were fun to have around.   In their words, not mine, we “took a day off” on Friday.  They were here becasue there was no school, and they enjoyed it.  Friday night D3 was in charge, and Papa and … Read more

Plain English

Remember Common Craft?  Here’s another of there wonderful films; this time about blogs.  I guess those of us that have internet, and poke around a little had this canned.  I wish there were a way to get all the interested, yet uninformed, people out there to check this out. I don’t have a cute tagtline … Read more

Freddie Harris, Once More

When Freddie Harris passed away, I couldn’t find a single picture of him anywhere around here.  We finally did find a few, but it seems hard to believe that we had so few after seeing him on stage so many times.  Anyway, I located them on one of the computers around here.  These are from … Read more

Day to Day

I’m managing from a list again.  I am having trouble focusing, due to the troubles down south. The coverage this morning included distribution problems for supplies in Houston; inability of people to get to Galveston to survey their property and the cancellation of the “look and leave” policy; cattle wondering all over and even being … Read more

Real World

Yesterday I spent a lot of time scouting for information on Port Bolivar and Galveston.  There isn’t much good news about that area, the devastation is widespread.  Just getting the power on in Houston will require major effort, never mind Galveston.  Much of the Bolivar peninsula looks like wasteland. I’m grateful that members of my … Read more

Weather

The coverage of Ike has been intense and terrifying at the same time.  The water looks pretty high to me.  Reports of 7 feet of water on the Strand in Galveston seem surreal. I’m still praying for all those who have been affected.