Today, my youngest daughter graduates from high school. You know her, Katie Elder. Everyone knows and loves Katie. And I wanted so much to talk about the woman she has become but it just seems that I prefer to talk about graduating. On this same date, 40 years ago exactly, it was a Friday as … [Read more…]
Back in 1974, right after I got my driver’s license, I was sitting up in my room, pouting. I did a lot of pouting then. I was mad at my mother because I was supposed to babysit that night and I wanted to drive. It was a new family for me and Mom wanted to … [Read more…]
So here I sit at dusk, in the middle of a strange field, waiting for Jimmy to measure how much ground he has broke so he can figure how many tobacco plants he’s going to need to grow for how many pounds it will yield. I am in utter awe of him. If you meet … [Read more…]
When I was growing up my mom and daddy drank coffee. They had one of those big coffee urns that made 32 cups of coffee and they drank it until it was gone. They might take a whole week to drink it. But that’s all they drank. Every once in awhile they would drink a … [Read more…]
I love naps. I love to be able to climb back into bed in the middle of the day and lay down and drift off to sleep. Nothing is better than the sun shining in on my bed and warming me all over and allowing me to close my eyes, forget all my worries, and … [Read more…]