ramblings from an arkansas farm girl
Sometimes a girl needs authentic Mexican food. Especially girls from Texas. Girls like Lucy and Annabelle. They’re native Texans, you know. Taqueria Leo’s has mad street taco fare, just like the street tacos in East Dallas.
Oh yeah. Continue Reading
To celebrate December, Gracie Lee is hosting an Instagram party. Of course when Gracie Lee was a kid in the early 1970s, Instagram existed in it’s purest form—as a bulletin board on the bedroom wall. Or a photo album filled with carefully arranged Polaroids.
Christmas was one of her favorite times of the year. From the day the Sears Christmas Catalog arrived in the mail to New Year’s Day, she tried to hold on to the magic of Christmas. It was the one time of year Daddy didn’t seem so grumpy and everyone breathed a little easier.
Plus school was out for three whole weeks.
And sometimes there was snow.Continue Reading
Dear December,
You’re here!? You slipped in the back door while I was struggling to wrap my brain around the way autumn suddenly became buried in wet and cold. Did we skip September? Does anyone remember anything about October other than the massive amounts of Halloween candy we accidentally ate?
Summer is a complete blur.
But now you’re here, December, and you bring all the emotions. All the memories.Continue Reading
