by Marie Watts | Feb 8, 2021 | Blog
My new bathroom scale scares the bejeebers out of me. This fancy electronic version replaces the Wii Fit I had been using to calculate pounds melting away. The ancient game console was spewing funky readouts—showing a weight loss from the day before all-the-while...
by Marie Watts | Feb 1, 2021 | Blog
I won the COVID vaccine lottery! My good fortune mind-blowing. And frankly, my excitement about the windfall is higher than that of winning the Powerball jackpot. (Well…not really. That’s a lie. Hitting the billion-dollar lotto would have enabled me to have the...
by Marie Watts | Jan 25, 2021 | Blog
I’m lotto fever dreaming these days. While not a regular player, the large jackpots for Powerball and MegaMillions have been calling my name. Taking home 400 million dollars after taxes opens a myriad of possibilities for me. Although somewhere deep inside, I realize...
by Marie Watts | Jan 18, 2021 | Blog
Short of cash? Bored? Y’all come and participate in the spring feral hog and coyote killing contests. No, I’m not making this up. Fayette County, Texas routinely runs these competitions sponsored by the Texas A&M University AgriLife Extension Service, Fayette...
by Marie Watts | Jan 11, 2021 | Blog
For me, 2021 will be a year of transformation. As those of you who follow my blog know, I am a bit rotund. Before Christmas, I got tired of it and pledged to get down to what my doctor considers fighting weight. I must lose forty-seven pounds. I will still stick...
by Marie Watts | Jan 3, 2021 | Blog
Healing the divides in our country requires us to practice empathy. Simply put, empathy is trying to understand another person’s feelings. According to Merriam-Webster, sympathy implies sharing (or having the capacity to share) the feelings of another, while empathy...
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