prairie point

I found these bones along the south fence. It’s a young deer who probably got its foot caught in the top of the fence and didn’t make it. There is a small herd of about seven that we see quite often.
This morning I was planting near the house when […]

We had a pleasant time last night at the taping of Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me. To the extent that I ever thought about it I had assumed shows like this really were done “live”, and maybe taped for rebroadcast. But it’s really more like the way a TV show is […]

Tonight we will be at McFarlin Auditorium to see a taping of Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me. The tickets were a premium for renewing my membership at the local NPR affliate.
I have been listening to this NPR station for almost 20 years, ever since I moved to Dallas for a job […]

Growing up, I would listen as my parents sat around the kitchen table with their coffee and talked about places called Rural Shade and Elm Flat and the people who lived there. These were communities around Kerens Texas where they grew up, and which in their minds they had never really left. […]

We have our first rose of the season (actually several blossoms) on the Rouletti. It’s a miniature rose we picked up at the Antique Rose Emporium on one of our annual road trips to South Texas. When I say miniature I just mean the flower. Although the literature suggests that it is […]