Independencia

Independencia

  September 16th, Mexican Independence Day, means little to the Americans living across the border, but like our July 4th it is a day celebrated across Mexico with parades, festivals, dances, and food.  On September 16th, 1810, Miguel Hidalgo, a Catholic priest,...
Poems – 9

Poems – 9

  As is our custom, this is the ninth posting of poems and napkin art first posted on our Think in the Morning Facebook page.   Private Alamo Tom Chandler   O’er the ramparts I watch you come gallantly streaming, buckskin cornlikker stinking of...
What About the Grandkids?

What About the Grandkids?

  I grew up in small town America and look back nostalgically at what I now know was a privileged and cherished childhood.  While I lived in a one-parent home and money was tight, I had everything I needed.  In spite of the rural agricultural landscape, I had...