Texas Blackberries, Mom and KFC

TEXAS BLACKBERRIES Catching the last days of the Central Texas Blackberry season. Can we say jelly!!! Yes, in case you’re mouth watering mind is wondering, the sweet smell is as large as the berries. I remember as a kid my mom delivering blackberry jelly to my...

The yard needs mowing…

I asked him, “Dad, are you afraid of dying?” Without hesitation, he looked into my eyes as some sort of reassurance and in his calming voice he replied, “No, but I want to live.” And he smiled. I believed him and I actually understood. In his faith there was no doubt...

A string of pearls…a Father’s Day excerpt

I pull it out now and then as I did today. It’s just a beautiful as the day I first saw it, which I actually can’t remember when that day was. But it was on her hand. She never seemed to wear much jewelry, her wedding ring, a brooch, a butterfly neklace,...