March 2009
March Mid-Cities Democrats Meeting - Sharp and...
The races for U.S. Senate and Texas Governor are coming to North East Tarrant County this week at the March meeting of the Mid-Cities Democrats, Thursday, March 26th at the Hurst Brookside Center, 1244 Brookside Drive, from 7:00 p.m.-onward. Former State Comptroller and current Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate John Sharp as well as former ambassador and Democrat Tom Schieffer, who has...
Kiss Me, I'm Irish
Owen and I are making four leaf clovers and talking about great great grandparents that came to America from Ireland.
Voter ID: A Case in Point →
My letter to the editor of the Star-Telegram was published March 10th, concerning the Republican led Voter ID bill progressing through the State Legislature (they even used my title):
My two grandmothers were a wealthy military officer’s wife and a retired factory worker. One healthy and mobile until the end; the other, in declining health, had to give up driving and her independence years too...
“Daddy, if I wear shorts, someone will see my legs!”
– Owen on today’s warmer weather clothing, after he got dressed.
Longest Week Ever
Last Thursday, Owen’s Montessori school sent home a note indicating croup cough with fever was diagnosed in a classmate. On Sunday, Owen fussed at church and asked repeatedly to go home. He was unhappy intermittently throughout the day, and then in the middle of the night, came into our room crying. I asked if his pajamas were wet and he said his head hurt. He climbed into bed and I touched...