Pure Peace

Pure Peace

In the evenings, I like to take a walk with the dogs.  This photograph is of one evening recently.  It is a peaceful time, the end of the day.  Vibrant sunsets splash across the sky, cows graze as silhouettes on the horizon and deer venture out of cover. Pure peace. Peace is a precious commodity. When…

On Being More Selfless…

On Being More Selfless…

It’s a new year people!  I love a new year with new planners, goals and possibilities.  The last couple of days I have seen resolutions scattered across Instagram and Facebook; nutrition goals and plans to “get more organized” or just plain “minimize.”  I am a list maker and I am right there too, making new…

The Best Investment
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The Best Investment

Buck Crabtree would come by our house about once a week.  He was an old man–I’m ­­not sure how old; but I think he may have traded a few chariot horses with Moses.  Roger and I would be out feeding or fixing something and we would see Buck coming up in his old blue pickup….

Crossing the Water
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Crossing the Water

My daughter Kaitlyn and I navigated new territory through brush and open country on a long horseback ride recently.  One trail led us to a running stream—enough running water for Kaitlyn’s new horse to be unsure of crossing.  She gave “Parker” an opportunity to smell the water and think about dipping a hoof.  All the while…

Where I am From…
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Where I am From…

  A poem I wrote this summer {2016}  A little insight.  This is who I am and where I am from… I Am From… I am from the dust of a West Texas plain Singing in the endless blowing breeze Stringy hair, pearl snaps, red cowgirl boots A seed of a girl in the Texas dirt