Tuesday and today the Ranchers have been training the incoming counseling staff for Ranch Camp. They do this by being “Campers” for two days, and they take their job very seriously. We do, too, even paying them their regular wage to do it. Everything happens that will happen at regular camp in order to give the…
Of Praise and Promise
Friday I attended a reception given by the Chaparral Women’s Club of Round Rock to award grants to a number of local non-profits. It was fun meeting the other grantees, and I had one of those moments so satisfying and wonderful they go beyond any emotion you can pin a name on. At my table,…
Rebekah’s Smile II
Well, I promised Rebekah I’d put a tune to “Rebekah’s Smile,” the poem I wrote her last year for her 25th birthday. You might recall she asked me about it after Kelly and I sang to her on her 26th birthday. But I couldn’t come up with a tune, and then Rebekah’s dad, Fr. John,…
Time to Call it a Day
Okay, the party’s over, and it was a grand success.Were there glitches? Oh, yes. However, they were not ones that were apparent to the assembled crowd, which overfilled the Parish Hall at St. William, and that’s a mercy. Within the hall itself magic happened. The food from Southside was wonderful, as always. The sound system…