Pasture Pontifications

  This year’s political season, at its high points, has been nothing short of a comical farce and, at its low points, downright terrifying. From the circus of 16 potential candidates in the Republican party to watching an aged socialist take on the Democratic party’s leading wench, the state of politics in America has become […]

When spring comes and temperatures begin to warm, the clutch of trees outside our back window flickers with the light of fireflies as they flit among the tall grass and on up into the dark depths of our live oaks.   As a child, I sometimes chased them at my grandmother’s house with a Mason […]

Once again this past weekend, we clinched our fists, held our collective breath and leaned forward in hopes that finally we would see a winner for the Thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown. Denied.

Real Simple Ponderings by Julie Bryant It is perhaps one of the joys of memory that we can recall the simplest things from childhood with fondness. One of those, for me, was leaving a glass of milk and a paper plate of cookies for our postman. I used to wait with great anticipation for his […]