Family
No Tears for College Move-in Day
Well, college move-in day came and went without shedding a single tear. . Yep, not a single one. I surprised even myself because y’all know I have been dreading this day for about 19 years, but Jack eased my pain. He must have sensed a possible melt down on my horizon so when it came [...]
A Little R&R
I’ll be on vacation and with my family over the next week. Enjoy your summer and love your family! .
My Little Margie
The matriarch and rock of our family turns a young 70 today. . Happy Birthday, Mom – You are amazing and we love you! . . in this photo: little Margie Maraggia as the May Queen in a beautiful ruched paper dress. .
Bittersweet Legacy and Hip #184
Life is bittersweet at the ranch right now. . For the past three years, Dad had been working with Audrey’s two oldest boys in developing a small broodmare farm. Nothing big, just some really nice hand-picked mares. It was amusing to watch them pour over stud pedigrees to get the genetics just right for a [...]
The Curiosity Shop
Hey, are you looking for a full size skeleton as the pièce de résistance for that empty corner in your living room? . Or maybe you’ve been searching for something smaller… like a skeleton of Siamese twins to display in your son’s playroom? “No,” you say – not into old bones? Then how about a little [...]
Trade-offs for the Trade Show
I’m headed to New York this week to source the TexWorld Fabric Show and spend an afternoon with industry trend experts. . I’m taking my two boys along for the ride. The deal is: they suffer the agony of a trade show with me and I’ll take them to a Yankees game on Friday. Deal? [...]
Stop and Smell the Bullfrog
Harris: (excited) Aunt BOO, there is a BIG FROG OUTSIDE! Me: (half paying attention) Um Hmmm. Harris: (still excited) Come see, there is a big frog – LOOK! Me: (busy sketching and still paying half attention) Really? That’s nice, Harris. Harris: (more adamant) NO, come look! Me: (busy and trying to give him the brush [...]
A Time For Everything
A Time for Everything . There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time [...]
Dad and Old Glory
Obituary: Douglas McMullen
. Douglas Lynn McMullen, 69 of Bastrop County died Sunday, June 6th 2010 unexpectedly of heart failure. He was born July 30, 1940 in Red Rock, Texas, the son of the late James Odell and Eloise Riddle McMullen. He was the older of 2 siblings and is survived by his sister Marsha Fimbel of Victoria, [...]
