The premise of “Daisy Jones and the Six” is a great one: It’s inspired by the 1970s Fleetwood Mac saga in which at least three relationships shattered while the group somehow created some incredibly successful music, including two songwriters at their peak taking out their frustrations on each other song by song. Since it’s not... Continue Reading →
The Texas A&M Press puts out a great number of terrific books. Many, but certainly not all, deal with Texas and Texas A&M. Here’s a selection of some that are new in the past year or two! You Saw Me On The Radio (memoir of Dave South, longtime Aggie sports broadcaster) Return to Junction (Bear... Continue Reading →
Below is a most useful recipe for soothing head, heart and soul, a tried-and-true favorite by my friend Kitty that appeared in the Austin paper with the headline "Cedar fever is no match for heady, spicy tortilla soup" (cedar fever being the allergies you get from the Central Texas/Hill Country resident evil, Ashe juniper). It... Continue Reading →
This is the A&M Gardening Club’s “Monthly tasks for the Brazos Valley" - but edited down to plants that are in my garden. View their whole calendar here. January FERTILIZE AND MULCH: Iris, crepe myrtle, trees, strawberries, day lilies BLOOMING: Narcissus, pansy, jasmine, roses. WEATHER PROTECTION: If a freeze is predicted, cover tender plants and shrubs with boxes... Continue Reading →
A sparkly cocktail suitable for all formal Aggie occasions. Seniors may garnish with a dainty curl of lemon peel. 🙂 Proportions are One part Chambord liqueur (black raspberry liqueur) Four parts pomegranate juice Six parts champagne
Lucky's in the news because he got hit by a car yesterday -- a university staffer took him to a vet but he didn't survive, the UNT Staff Senate said on Twitter. But there is hope! Central Track delved further to find that UNT has *plural* albino squirrels, since at least 2000. The first was named Thelonious,... Continue Reading →
The terrific "Corps of Cadets Moms Updates" blog does a great job of mixing events, news and useful info. Here, republished with the blogger's permission, is a list she compiled of "stuff you can do on a non-football weekend." (I'm quoting the list directly, so modify "your cadet" to "your student" or "your friends" as needed!)... Continue Reading →
Don't wait - your vote in the Texas primary can count much more than in November. Texas can affect presidential races, most Texas statewide races are settled in primaries and a lot fewer people vote. The Brazos County polls close at 8 p.m. Friday for early voting in this presidential primary. Let's do this! Any... Continue Reading →
This isn't a Dr Pepper smoothie, of course, because the ingredients in Dr Pepper are secret, right? (See below.) But it is a quite good smoothie that soothes my Dr Pepper cravings. 1 cup pomegranate-cherry juice, chilled 2 cups nonfat vanilla yogurt 1 cup frozen fruit -- H-E-B cherry/blueberry/currant mix 1 cup frozen fruit -- H-E-B... Continue Reading →
Glitter is sharp and bright and contains movement -- like the quick trip of its two syllables set apart by sharp little t's. One-syllable blink and wink are slow, but have movement, whether it's your eyes or a light doing the winking and blinking (though its pace picks up when it becomes a repeated/ongoing action,... Continue Reading →
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