World’s Largest Pecan

My sister and her 2 adorable children are coming to visit me tomorrow, having driven all the way from Brunswick, Missouri. Brunswick, according to the post card they sent me before they left, is home to the World’s Largest Pecan, on Highway 24. It’s a 12′ long statue of the James Pecan Farms Starking Hardy Giant pecan.

Escaping the Rat Race

Remember the rat race? For a few years, my life consisted of waking up in the morning, meeting my husband at a coffee shop for a latte and muffin, then driving for an hour in challenging, frustrating Bay Area traffic, hoping that this would not be the day my car was totaled by some jerk […]

Diesel is HOW MUCH?

Diesel is very close to $5/gallon right now. By the time we fuel up next time, it will probably be well over $5/gallon. Our motorhome takes diesel fuel and has a 100 gallon tank. It gets, on average, about 8 miles to the gallon. [Diesel is HOW MUCH? was originally posted to my blog at […]