Our daughter, Elsie Stark, has loved to bake for as long as we can remember. When she was just two, she’d sit on the counter beside me at our stand mixer, helping dump ingredients in and turn the mixer on. As she got older, she helped more, learning to crack eggs and measure ingredients, and eventually she started making cookies all by herself, too. Who knew that baking … [Read more...]
Abilene Author: Jami Moss
Jami Moss did not set out to be a children’s book author, but a simple life event grabbed hold of her heart and would not let go. One Christmas when her family decorated their Christmas tree, her son became frustrated with placing the ribbon garland. As she guided him through solving that problem, she thought ahead to how he will encounter more difficult problems as he journeys … [Read more...]
Abilene Influencer: Tim Farrar
You could say that Service is Tim Farrar’s middle name. It isn’t really, of course, but the word is on his business card: Food Service Regional Supervisor, United Supermarkets. Tim’s service goes far beyond that, extending deep into the community beginning in 2006 when he started a three-year term on the American Red Cross board of directors. He has followed up with service … [Read more...]
Do You Know the Pumpkin Man?
Ross Bennett grew up in Floydada, a sweet spot in rural, west Texas infamously known as the Pumpkin Capital of the USA. Throughout his childhood he remembers visiting ‘’Punkin’ Days’, a huge event hosted every October in his small hometown. The festival attracted people from near and far to purchase and enjoy all things pumpkin and local. Attending this memorable tradition year … [Read more...]
Changing Lives One Smile at a Time
How Texas Mission of Mercy is Providing Hope and Smiles Throughout Abilene, the Big Country and Beyond They say a smile is worth a thousand words and thanks to the Abilene community and its servant-hearted nature, more and more people across the Big Country and the state of Texas are confident and able to experience a healthier and pain free smile of their own. It all … [Read more...]