Witnesses to their lives

 Kelly, age seven, with wild plums  Jerry told me last night that he’d talked with a grandmother who’d gotten in touch with the Ranch wanting to donate several hundred dollars from sales of the book she wrote about her young grandson.  Of course we were delighted, and want to see that book, too. I woke…

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Oh, California!

Kelly, Alaina and I are back at the Ranch, tuckered out from the great California adventure. Alaina and Kelly at entrance to Disneyland We spent Wednesday at Disneyland, which is just a few miles from my cousin’s lair in Laguna Woods.  Cousin Melanie served as tour guide and inside dopester for the day.  Once there, we…

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On the Road Again

In the “uncomfortable” days following my surgery in early March, I wrote my counsin Pat in California: “I’m in ‘get me outta here mode!’”  I sure needed something to look forward to. “Come on out,” she replied, so Jerry kindly booked flights for me, Kelly, and Kelly’s buddy Alaina to visit “the cousins” in California. …

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Appropriations Time

We’re living through parlous times at the Ranch.  The Texas Legislature is in session, something that happens every other year, and is usually a target of political cartoonists and an occasion for jokes about lawyers and politicians. The mood’s a bit more somber this year, however.  Like other states, we have our tail in a crack,…

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