The Gala is coming! On April 10 the Quebe Sisters Band will entertain at our annual big fundraiser, and the Ranchers are making sure they’ll be able to do that good old Texas swing. We’ve been having Tuesday night practice sessions with Denise and Don leading the way. I missed the first one, but was…

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Spring Is Here!

Woke up this morning at 7:22 but of course it’s the first Monday under Daylight Savings Time so it was really only 6:22, which is the time I normally wake up. Drat! Now I can’t take my morning walk! I hate Daylight Savings Time! I’m a morning person. My finest hour is taken away and…

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Volunteers: A Migratory Species

The Purple Martins are back! I was worried because we usually start seeing them in February. They arrived this year right along with the Campers on Mission, who are here to help us catch up on projects and oversee a rowdy bunch of frat boys here on a spring break mission.  The first to arrive…

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Rebekah’s Smile

Today is Rebekah’s birthday!We met Rebekah for the first time when she and my daughter Kelly went to church camp together when they were about eight. When Rebekah was 13 she started coming to Ranch Camp and went on to move into Martha House, where she’s lived since 2006. Rebekah’s the first of the “Crop…

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