About: Emily Mayer

The Chuckwagon, July 20, 2014.  She was torn down Monday, August 21, 2017, Eclipse Day.  The building, along with several others, were WPA projects back in the 1940s. [caption id="attachment_2399" align="alignright" width="300"] Chuckwagon building, Hill County Fairgrounds, July 20 2014, razed August 21, 2017.[/caption]

Today, I will be deadheading my flowers.  This keeps the blossoms coming and the plants looking full and lovely, and not thin and scraggly. Later, when I water, I will also feed my poor plants.  This year has been so hot, with little natural rain, that they aren't doing as well as they should be. …

For another tea party celebrating Hill County's centennial, I organized a party in memory of the Titanic.  Let's face it-over 100 years later, the ship and its people fascinate us and not just Jack and Rose.  I saw Titanic at the movie house, bought it on VHS when it was first released, and now have it…

When I was a little girl, I spent a lot of time with both of my grandmothers.  One grandmother liked simple things, the other liked fancy things.  One grandmother didn't care for knick-knacks (they were "dust catchers"); the other's home was awash with them.  I  loved them and their styles both, but some things stand…