My First Lesson
Mrs. Pruett, ninth grade English, Lake Charles, Louisiana, 1962-63. This is always my answer when asked “Who was your favorite teacher?” She made us work. We were the accelerated English class, and she stocked one of those metal storage cabinets in the corner of the classroom with 10th, 11th, and 12th grade English textbooks for us […]
Just For Fun Friday 09/27/13
Some things are the same the world over…. Bangkok Hong Kong
Waste Not…
I hate to discard things I can find a use for, even if it’s to cut them up and use the parts. Maybe the creative side of me likes the challenge, because now it’s more of a hobby. My kids say I’m a pack rat, but believe me, if Goodwill gets anything from me, I have […]
Just For Fun Friday 09/13/13
It’s Friday the 13th! Were you tempted to stay in bed today? Do you have Paraskavedekatriaphobia – fear of Friday the 13th, or Triskaidekaphobia…the fear of the number 13? Oh my – this isn’t YOUR year, is it? If not that, do you have a different fear? Billy Bob Thornton claims to be afraid of […]
Just For Fun Friday 08/30/2013
From our Travel Album A trip to West Texas – Ft. Davis, Ft. Stockton, Lajitas, and Big Bend Nat’l Park in - 2000! Seems like yesterday. Big Bird’s got nothing on this fella…can you tell him how to get (how to get) to Sesame Street? And…THIS is the “Great River”??? I was disappointed in the Rio Grande! But the […]
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