Revisiting: WAXAHACHIE

Barbara: I was feeling antsy, and Laura was busy so I grabbed my guy and our friends, Pam and Steve, and revisited the town of Waxahachie. We’ve been to so many places we enjoyed in our ABC Life and are always saying to ourselves “ we have to go back” but somehow never do. My second visit to this town still found it to be a nice place to visit and reinforces my intent to revisit more.

This go round we saw a new mural that I loved because of the inscription on it that said “if I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever.” Would love to know who the artist was thinking about.

We also saw a few hearts that are part of the Hachie Heart Trail. Between the hearts and the murals there is a lot of talent here! The Ellis County Museum had several different items than those I saw the first time there, but I still am fond of the Katz Dept. Store sign as it makes me feel I have Texas roots.

New book: WISHFUL DRINKING

Laura: Carrie Fisher wrote several books, but in her memoir “Wishful Drinking,” she reveals some amazing stories with wit and skill. They include Bob Dylan ringing her up to get her opinion on a name for a cologne he was debating about releasing, Cary Grant becoming her drug counselor and director George Lucas not allowing her to wear a bra in her Star Wars scenes. After all, as George said, “there’s no underwear in space.” Although there are interesting tidbits like those just mentioned, I felt overall that the book wears thin. There’s a desperate quality to it. I was curious as to why “Drinking” was in the title of her book, as it was the least of her problems. She had a much stronger addiction to pills and for a short time, to hallucinogens. She definitely had a strange childhood, with two show biz parents: Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher. Growing up, Carrie felt she didn’t have “a conventional sense of reality”. She suffered from bipolar disorder and had always floated from one extreme mood to another. An undercurrent of sadness rippled through this memoir, and I was a bit depressed reading her story.

Learning Center: Waffles

Since it’s been so cold lately, we’ve been eating a lot of waffles and pancakes to warm up in the mornings But did you know that, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica  “one of Nike’s early successes, the “waffle trainer” was originally conceived by pouring urethane on Nike cofounder Bill Bowerman’s home waffle maker? The appliance was ruined, but the shoes were a hit.” Hmmm…wonder who the person on their team was who dared to suggest that one!