Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Butch and the Giants
When I self -published the children’s book, “Butch the One of a Kind Dog,” this story was included in the blog on the book’s web site. When I started “Loose Strings From The Past,” the Butch blog was incorporated into the new site. This is one of the stories that never made it to the…
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FALSE ALARM
We had relatives visiting for the week end. We stayed up late, but we eventually retired for the night. Two people slept in each of our guest bedrooms and a fifth stayed in our son’s RV. We were all sleeping soundly when at 3:30 AM, our security alarm jarred us awake. Ken ran to the…
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HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY
These are excerpts from a cookbook made by five-year-olds as a gift for Mother’s Day in 1991. GRAPEFRUIT JUICE The grapes are already in the can. You open the can. Then you put it in a cup and put sugar in there and stir it up to make the grapefruit juice. (girl) …
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THERE IS NO CONNECTION
When my sister was born in 1916, she had 10 living grandparents. One of them was our great-grandmother, Margaret Ann Dalton Williams. Margaret had married our great grandfather, George Washington Williams, when she was 17 years old. They lived in Missouri and came to Texas in a wagon train in 1869. By that time…
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THE HAUNTED HOUSE
The move was one of those “go where the work is” moves. Ken got a call that he was needed to start a new program. After some thought, he said yes. He also said to me that he would stay two years maximum. So we made a move and looked for a house to rent. …
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A HIDDEN TREASURE
I called to Ken to come take a look at the inside of my sister’s secretary desk. I had broken a piece and hoped that he could fix it. He took one look, and without saying anything, removed the piece from the slot. He didn’t even tell me that it was not broken. I…
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Goodbye Miss Daisy
Losing a pet is a sad occasion. Daisy came to us because she would not stay in our son’s yard in Weatherford. We were in the country with room for her to roam. She remained an escape artist. She had to adjust to our other dogs. Our oldest dog was an old English sheepdog…
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LOST CAR
I can look back now and laugh. The incident was not funny when it happened. In the seventies, state in-service was mandatory for homemaking teachers. The Adolphus Hotel in downtown Dallas was our in-service headquarters that particular summer. The Georgetown teachers traveled in two cars, one of which was mine. We arrived in Dallas, entered…
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Farm Dog
I came across some notes today about Butch, the unattractive little dog who is the hero of my children’s book, “Butch the One of a Kind Dog.” I had additional stories about him on a blog of the same name. When I started the loose strings from the past blog, I moved the stories to…
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GIRL FRIDAY
Enough has been written about Kate Bailey’s accomplishments and long teaching career in Breckenridge. This is about my impressions and relationship with her. I learned early that the name Bailey was respected, if not revered, in Breckenridge. My birthday is in mid-September. My Dad consulted John Bailey regarding enrolling me in first grade at age…
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