Howdy, ya’ll! It’s been far too long since I’ve written here, so thought I’d put up a brief post tonight, to share a few scattered thoughts!  (What can I say - life’s busy!) I just took my dogs for their before-bedtime potty walk, and when I walked into the 45 degree Texas... read more

In this week’s Time Magazine, a piece states that new internet blogs are increasing at the rate of 100,000 per day. Another fact is that, every day, over one million posts are made to individual blogs. Hmmm…do you think this will make children sit up and pay more attention in their grammar and punctuation... read more

Can you believe Thanksgiving is only 2 weeks away? At the preschool where I work, we’ve already made our hand-turkeys. We’ve been learning songs for our Thanksgiving Feast, and graced our wall with a turkey that possesses hand-cut tail feathers. The pumpkins are now history. I have always really... read more

After checking this site’s statistics on visits, it is easy to say that traffic here is building. That is good for both the contributors and the visitors as web usage tends to be looked on as prestigious.   All the big companies are interested in traffic since that is where the money is. It also spawns... read more

There are thousands of chili recipes from around the world using a vast variety of ingredients and suited towards any taste.  For those with simpler tastes, try my original recipe, made easy in your favorite slow-cooker or crockpot.  True Texas-style chili has no beans added, but experimentation is... read more