HONORING OUR VETERANS

Note:  This blog was first published on Patti Shene’s Over 50 Writer’s Blog on Veteran’s Day, 2020. This Veteran’s Day I would like to pay tribute to a special veteran in my life, my dad, Second Lieutenant Albert Theodore Watson Senior (October 14,...

WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE YOUR EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD SELF?

During a recent podcast interview, host Terry Shepherd asked me what advice I would give my eighteen-year-old self.  Frankly, I was stumped.  My reply was that I would say ‘yes’ when asked to take on a task or project that I was unsure I could master.  Later, I would...

HOME REPAIRS

I insist on doing home repairs.  Why?  The main reason is, I’m cheap!  I don’t really remember my dad doing many home repairs while I was growing up.  In fact, I can’t remember who fixed the toilets.  My mother, however, would do interior painting. When I first...

ESCAPING COVID

At last, I have found an activity to take my mind off COVID.  Shredding with the tractor.  For my big-city friends, this means driving the tractor around the pasture and cutting the weeds, shrubs, and grass with a device attached to the back.  The bush hog will shred...

THE LIMITS OF FREE SPEECH

October 19-25 is Free Speech Week.  The First Amendment written in 1791 states “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the...

THE GREAT BUTTERFLY INVASION OF 2020 HAS BEGUN

Recently we began to notice small brown somethings resembling windblown leaves swirling through the air.  Since the trees are still green in central Texas, I was quickly able to remove that possibility from the list.  Their speed, unfortunately, made identification...
RSS
Follow by Email
Instagram
YouTube
YouTube
LinkedIn
Share