An Anniversary

August 31, 1963. She was 17 and he was 19. They had dreams of making a life together. A life full of love and joy and success. Dad says this picture still makes his heart stop. Mom says he’s still the handsomest man she knows.   I’d say they made it to those dreams….. I…

My Favorite Season

Whew! The summer madness is finally over. Now the fall craziness begins. The steady stream of guests in the casita has slowed to a crawl. But the film making push has begun (actually, it started a month ago, but now the deadline looms upon us). We have several movies going here. The oldest boy is…

Ahoy!

It has happened! My worst fear! As I have always known would happen….we have come under attack! Yes, that’s right….PIRATES! But we will survive. How do I know? Because we have a secret weapon. Our very own pirates! Our pirates tried to dig for treasure. But they couldn’t find any. (What do you mean “Why…

World Travels

OK, so maybe not WORLD travels. But when you are a Texan you pretty much think there’s nothing interesting to see north of Dallas or west of El Paso. So I’m going to Houston tomorrow. Yesterday I was in Austin. I might just make it all the way around the world and take the kids…