I guess it is tradition. At least for the last two years, Mercy Street has hosted a crawfish boil celebration in appreciation for their mentors, volunteers, and donors. Living Stones, and The Men’s Class were invited – so some of us went. It is always great fun. This year it was held at Mercy Street […]
When the clerk at the hotel in Victoria heard we were headed to Gonzales, he said we HAD to eat at the Food Market in downtown Gonzales. “The best sausage I have ever eaten,” he proclaimed. Yea! We love recommendations. There it was – right on the historic square of Gonzales, Texas. We could smell […]
I LOVE to get recommendations from my ultimate cheerleader MarshaChristmas. She is a wonderful support to me and Lanabird. MarshaChristmas gets out and about more than anybody I know, and she knows when places are good. Recently she emailed me with not one but three suggestions of places I might like to try. All three […]
On a scale of 1 to 10, I do believe that the energy level at Mercy Street on the last Sunday night in March was at least an 8 – AT LEAST! Sweet Mother of Pearl – I love how the middle school students enjoy being with each other. During spring break, many of the […]
One of the most unusual museums we have ever visited was the Old Jail Museum in Gonzales, Texas. This jail was built in 1887, and it was used until 1975 – unbelievable. The Chamber of Commerce and the Gonzales Visitor Center are located on the ground floor of the Old Jail Museum. We went to […]
Electric energy filled the room. When ten cream-of-the-crop teachers, their principals, their families, their friends, and not to mention big wigs like the Richardson Independent Superintendents and school board members got together, the room was super charged. For the past three years, our Beta Chi chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa has honored the teachers that […]
I was reminded again a few days ago that the Crock Pot Hot Chocolate recipe wasn’t on Lanabird. Friends from ADK swore I had not posted it, and they wanted it. Well, really I did post it, but it is hidden in the English Christmas Tea post. I thought I would do it justice, and […]
Shortly after I married Ever-Lovin’, my daddy mentioned to Mother, “That girl didn’t get an iron skillet.” Evidently he felt strongly that every cook needed an iron skillet, because he went down to a store in Andrews (I wish I knew where.) and bought me the largest(11 3/4 inch) iron skillet he could find. When […]
Presidio La Bahia (Fort by the Bay) is the WORLD’S finest example of a Spanish frontier fort. It has all the pedigrees – National Historic Site and Historic Texas Lands designations. I honestly did not know this treasure existed, but there it was 1 1/2 miles down the road from Goliad. This fort was built […]
More men were massacred at Goliad than died at the Alamo and San Jacinto combined. At the battle of San Jacinto, the battle cry was, “Remember the Alamo, Remember Goliad.” It was the massacre of 342 prisoners of war at Goliad that turned the sentiments of the people of the United States to aid fellow […]
