Joy of Country Living

Things have really been busy around the hay field. Seems we’ve been doing a lot of running – went shopping in Bryan (bought some fabric to make slip covers for the lawn chairs) and then to Houston to visit my son and his lovely bride. Getting away is always fun but seems chores always double [...]

It was yucky last week – raining and cold. However, David and I took advantage of a break on Wednesday to do some shopping in Palestine – stocked up on a few groceries, mailed a package and ate at our favorite Mexican restaurant – El Toro. Of course, what’s a trip to town without a stop [...]

Delivering a virus by email has been around for a while but with Christmas coming up and lots of packages being ordered online and shipped, thought it would bear posting just in case you haven’t heard about it. The newest virus circulating is based on your receiving an email regarding either UPS or FedEx Delivery [...]

If you’ve been watching the metals market, you’ve seen both gold and silver go up in price recently. And, while most of us don’t have any gold coins laying around – we all probably have a few old silver coins stashed away somewhere in a drawer. Right now their silver value is worth more than [...]

While there is no scientific proof that a full moon has any effect on people and events – it seems to me that things always go a bit ‘hinky’ around that time. Monday at the Moncrief’s was no exception. We started off with a major plumbing disaster in the kitchen – I don’t even want [...]