When Stewardship Failed Our History

The gem of the Texas Panhandle has been closed since April 2025. Doors locked. Lights still on. A travesty on many levels. I remember walking through those big front doors as a child with my dad. The dinosaurs amazed me most. Years later, I found myself sitting in front of a massive oil painting —…

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Mason Courthouse Restored Beauty

Recently, on a roadtrip coming back from south Texas, I stopped in Mason long enough and grabbed this photo of their restored courthouse. What a magnificent little courthouse, that was almost no more. The original courthouse was built between 1909 and 1910. What you see is not the entire original courthouse, it’s a restored version.…

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Happy National Dog Day, 2025

What a day to celebrate the best of the best in our lives – our dogs! My shoutout goes to Kolby and all the Pet Therapy Dogs who help conquer fears and stress during doctors appointments and hospital stays. Our world would be unimaginably hard without Pet Therapy Dogs and our personal dogs. Sharing my…

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The Grace of Applesauce

A Motivational Reflection on Instinct, Grace, and Paying Attention You never really know the moment something small becomes something big. Sometimes, it’s not the dramatic scenes that shift your life—it’s a quiet decision in a grocery store aisle. A few weeks ago, I was at H-E-B catching up on errands. Nothing major. Just another grocery…

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