On October 12, 2020 I had a three level ACDF (Anterior, Cervical Discectomy and Fusion). The pandemic was at the point where surgeries were being allowed, but hospitals still had strict rules about who (if anyone) was allowed to enter the facility. At the facility where my surgery took place, no one was allowed to […]
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Remembering the Good – Tex Edition
During the Covid pandemic, I was sheltering in place with my husband, my two grown children and our three dogs. (Not to mention my 18 chickens and 80,000 bees.) I was certainly never lonely. Stressed out. Upset. But never lonely. That wasn’t the case everywhere though. I have a long time friend (Michael) who lives […]
Remembering the Good
The year 2020 has been challenging. (Can I get an amen?) I have had a couple of experiences, though, that I want to record because I want to always remember that even in the midst of so much that is wrong, there is beauty. I’ll write about the first of them today. The first was […]
Gardening, Backyard Chickens and Beekeeping During the Season of Covid-19 / Coronavirus
How are you doing during this crazy, generation defining time? As for me, I still work full time. My husband and I own a retail, brick and mortar travel agency. This has been my career for more than half of my life. We have built our company through so many challenges. We were here when […]
A Garden That Is Changing The World
Dallas Texas is a city normally associated with BIG. Big buildings, big hair, big personalities, big money. Everything is bigger in Dallas. There is, however, a small forgotten corner of Dallas southeast of downtown. It’s called “Bonton”. Associated with high crime, sickness, with only difficult access to healthy food, this neighborhood has been the very […]