Selena Mania!

In March I chanced to read an article in the Texas Monthly commemorating the 15th anniversary of  the death of Mexican-American singer Selena.  I did remember when she was killed, but had seen her at the time as a minor pop singer in whom mostly young people would be interested. Needless to say, the article…

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Still Life

Waiting for the carpet cleaners to arrive, I was shuffling through boxes of photos and albums in our home office in Benedict House. Naturally, I got distracted and soon was flipping through mementos of our former lives. Dang! We were a pretty darned good-looking pair back in the day, despite eyeglasses the size of pie pans and…

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I Love You!

I brush past Sterling, who’s mucking out a stall, headed toward the main office with some important paperwork. “Hellooooo, Judy!” he calls. “I looove you!” I keep on walking raising my hand up with the sign for “I love you” for him to see, and smile to myself. Jerry’s always telling Sterling, “You don’t always…

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Ranch Story by Mark

Note: Mark has been coming to Ranch Camp since his early teens, and has lived at the Ranch since 2005.  He brought me this story to share with others.  It’s presented exactly as he wrote it with some parenthetical assists from me for clarity. Before I knew this place in my life it was beautiful…

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