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This has been a difficult week. I have mentioned earlier that my mother fell and broke her hip. Her hospitalization and subsequent care has focussed attention on something that I had been trying to not notice.
Earlier in the year she started to give up her hobbies of sewing and quilting. She […]

Temple Beth-El in Corsicana, built 1898. A once-prominent Jewish community has all but disappeared from most smaller Texas towns. Beth-El closed its doors in 1976 but has been restored as a community center. The rose window and the ten commandments below are by Tiffany.

I guess I had better post something - my fellow bloggers are starting to wonder what has become of me.
I have been sick most of the week from allergies. The weather which I was praising just a post or two back has turned extremely hot and humid. The air is […]

Did you know that you can use yucca leaves to make short strings that are useful in the garden for tying vines to stakes. Just take the yucca leaf and split it lengthwise with your fingernail. It’s a snap to make eighth-inch wide strips that are strong enough to use as ties and […]