Category Archives: Rants & Raves
Beloved Things
Our neighbor’s peaches. My grandmother’s wooden bowl. My mother’s garden chair. A warm, late Spring morning in Central Texas with air full of birdsong. This is the stuff of which memories are made. And that’s why there’s a new masthead … Continue reading
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From Deep in the Heart of Texas, Happy Mother’s Day
Cacti are tough, y’all. Resilient. Hardy. Much like mothers are. Have a great day. *** Subscribe to RedWhiteandGrew.com: RSS Feed | Twitter | Facebook | Pinterest
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This Pretty Much Sums it Up, Yup
I’ve always wanted to go DIY with an idiomatic expression, and this one fits. And it’s how I feel. Like deep-fried foodstuffs, baby. But not the fried butter. That’s just nasty. In all seriousness, there’s lots of cool things coming my … Continue reading
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Five Reasons Why I’m Still Excited About Meeting Jenny Lawson (“The Bloggess”)
Last week, I got to attend a reading by Jenny Lawson of her new book, Let’s Pretend This Never Happened. That’s me on the right, looking like I’ve just turned her into a puppet. (Hey, we were at the end of … Continue reading
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How I Turned Rosemary Clippings into Mulch & More
This weekend, my hubby did some major trimming of the enormous rosemary bushes out back. They were part of our “meditation garden,” where a mix of yucca, rosemary, and a chaste tree mingled artfully. Mind you, with a small child… … Continue reading
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Yes, Let’s Chip It! (A Sherwin-Williams Web Tool to Match Paint Colors to a Photo)
Earlier today, I found out about Sherwin-William’s Let’s Chip It [corrected link] online tool via this Pinterest pin. Basically, the service will match paint chips to online photos–presumably even those uploaded by you (and publicly visible) on a service such … Continue reading
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Signs of Progress
In this shot, I love the little ode to man-made technology–even if the telephone lines themselves are almost obsolete and most modern windmills are designed to generate electricity.
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