A Happening Place

Helpful, friendly ChiroJava employees!

Students' art - with recycled materials

ChiroJava is so supportive of the community - and such a fun place!

S'mores!

Did You Know?
S'mores got their name from
frequent requests for "some more"
whenever they were made.

HOW GIRLS MAKE S'MORES

(1) Place Hershey bars on graham crackers.
(2) Toast marshmallows.
(3) Place toasted marshmallows on Hershey bars to melt chocolate.

HOW BOYS MAKE S'MORES

(1) Eat Hershey bars.
(2) Eat marshmallows.
(3) Throw graham crackers at other boys.

The Community Working Together

607 Jefferson Avenue

A Community Garden{I'm looking forward to the tomatoes!}

making a difference . . .

Siempre Sustainable Network

The produce from this community garden is donated to the Christian Cupboard and sold at the Locally Grown Produce Market on Saturdays in the Central Square and on Wednesdays at the Silver Center Farmer's Market.

Our Green Thumb Youngest Son purchased a small plot in a downtown Denver community garden lot for a couple of years. Since he was a little tyke, he loved to dig in the earth (and he kept our Denver garden looking so very beautiful). As I understand it, some of the produce from this downtown garden was given to organizations in Denver such as the Men's Shelter and a Food Cupboard.

It is so encouraging to learn that we have a community garden here in Seguin. The hard work and innovative forward thinking of a few will hopefully encourage others to help in this endeavor - donating time, materials, finances, encouragement. Take a look at the garden - in back of the large building a block or so behind the Seguin Post Office.

"The gardens and those who participate in community gardening contribute to the preservation of open space, provide access to it, and create sustainable uses of the space. Community gardens strengthen community bonds, provide food, and create recreational and therapeutic opportunities for a community. They can also promote environmental awareness and provide community education." [Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington]

The Loveliest Woman in America

Blurb from the book jacket:

In 1927, at the age of twenty-three, Rosamond Pinchot was hailed as "The Loveliest Woman in America." At thirty-three, in a sudden, shocking, and highly public act, Rosamond took her own life, setting in motion generations of confusion in the family she left behind.

Nearly seventy years after her demise, her granddaughter Bibi received a box of more than 1,500 pages of Rosamond's diaries and embarked on a seven-year journey to make sense of the silence that surrounded Rosamond's death and to discover the grandmother she never knew.

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The scrapbooks weren't small and colorful flipbooks people leave around the house so friends can take a peek at the kids; they were huge and heavy, embossed with her name, Rosamond Pinchot Gaston, in gold leaf across forest green covers. The letters are faded now, but through the scrapbooks, I came to know Rosamond like a character in a silent movie. The visuals were spectacular but the silence was deafening.

Down in the River to Pray

I thought the music in O Brother Where Art Thou? was exceptional. I recently watched the movie again on HBO and was reminded of the beautiful river scene and Alison Krauss' lovely voice.

Note: I never did read Homer's Odyssey in its entirety so I can't speak about the Coen brothers faithfulness to the story - although of course the names Ulysses and Penelope resonated!

Whooeee! The WIND!

A few weeks ago the fierce winds
caused some shingle damage on our roof.

Repaired.
MORE severe wind expected today.
Hold onto your hats!!

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING INTO THE TEENS TO SINGLE DIGITS WILL OCCUR FOLLOWING A COLD FRONT. THIS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY ON THURSDAY..