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…
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…
Valentine Volunteers
It’s Saturday, and three young boys stand outside my office window in the dank morning chill debating the best way to transport cedar fence posts to where their dads are digging holes to construct a decorative fence for our new miniature horses. Our Oklahoma valentines from Sunnybrook Christian Church in Stillwater are back! They almost…
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…