From the monthly archives:

March 2010

Last Chance is Now

March 19, 2010

“Last chance is now – before the temperature reaches freezing.” – Local news, Amarillo The reporter went on to show how to save the flowers and emphasized to use cardboard, not plastic, and to wrap your fruit trees in cloth. The urgency is that we are just 2 degrees from freezing. A blizzard like storm [...]

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Two women – Mary and Lilly

March 18, 2010

Two women – Mary and Lilly, Faces of Texas – lived here all their lives. Mary – the face behind the stove. Lilly – the face to represent the Texas motto. B.B., a dynamic Director, introduced me to Mary, a hard-working, compassionate woman, who cooks for 300 people every day. In a short period I [...]

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Drive Friendly—The Texas Way

March 17, 2010

“Drive Friendly—The Texas Way” – These words are posted at every entry into Texas. Now as I read the words, I breathed easier even though that was not my image of Texas. Then again, what do the words really mean? I pulled into the motel parking lot to be greeted by two humongous black birds. [...]

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Coming Together is a Beginning

March 16, 2010

“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” – Henry Ford I have not written too much about homelessness in New Mexico as very soon they are having a conference on ending child homelessness in their state. That is so great and I certainly will be following their progress. I [...]

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A Real Entrepreneur

March 15, 2010

A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath them. – Henry Kravis Social Safety Nets are non-contributory transfer programs seeking to prevent the poor or those vulnerable to shocks and poverty from falling below a certain poverty level. There are twenty one churches listed in Tucumcari plus a CAA Program Center: Safety [...]

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The City is Dying

March 15, 2010

“The City is dying…No new businesses are being allowed to come in….” – Waitress at a restaurant along Route 66. She went on to say the city needs larger businesses to receive the permission to come into Tucumcari. They are not getting this. In my words, she went on to say how the city needs [...]

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Larger than a Hill

March 13, 2010

“Larger than a hill smaller than a mountain.” – Meaning of Spanish word ‘cerro’. Great description for Tucumcari. This site will talk you into visiting here: Tucumcari If you like Jimmy Driftwood, than this is a must song called: Tucumcari. Truly, I never heard of Jimmy before today. I started early driving and arrived at [...]

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Living is Easy with Eyes Closed

March 12, 2010

“Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.” – John Lennon, Strawberry Fields I feel wrong inside using Lennon’s meaningful quote to describe my long stay in Albuquerque. I had my eyes closed on purpose as it was so easy for me to live here for two weeks – life in my sphere [...]

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The First Fall of Snow

March 11, 2010

“The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event.” – Thinkexist.com I am going out today to play in the snow. Will let my car rest. Snow is still coming down – the size of snow fluries but steadily falling. I do admit I have forgotten my five years [...]

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What the World Really Needs

March 10, 2010

“What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork.” – Pearl Bailey 1918-1990 Definition for paperwork: Work that involves handling papers: forms or letters or reports etc. I am with Pearl on her quote but this blog offers me the opportunity to give praise to all those whose work is taking care of [...]

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