Picnicking before the play begins “What do you supposed UT thought when someone proposed starting a Shakespeare summer program way out here?” I asked Jerry as we wound our way around obscure country roads south of Hwy 290 and midway between Brenham and Giddings. “About what people thought when we proposed starting Down Home Ranch…
New Life at the Ranch!
New life at the Ranch! Oh boy my mother hen complex came in handy today! Got the call about 11:00 that our chicks had arrived at the Elgin post office and they were–ahem–ready to have them picked up. I snagged Matt out of Ranch Camp with Denise’s blessing. Matt’s our main Chicken Wrangler and has…
Taming the wild mustang…grapes, that is
Wolf Meadow John Stewart, of Kingston Trio fame, wrote a song entitled “July, You’re a Woman” that evokes the essence of the month of July, when the trees and shrubs are leafed out and full, the heat has settled in for the duration, and the cicadas and locusts sing night and day. This summer we…
Praise on the Porch
Thursday evening we heard music coming from across the Village in the direction of Barnabas House, so we drove down to see what was going on. Rebekah was in the front yard with her prayer flags, and Charles and a gaggle of Ranchers with guitars were holding forth on the front porch. Diana was…