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...]
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...]
“Extra”ordinary Stories
Mothers write children's book about special needs “Not so long ago, not so far away…” It sounds like the beginning of a fairy tale, and it is. But this tale, in the form of a children’s book titled “Extra,” is based on the lives of real-life Abilenians. The book was the creation of a trio of Abilene women–Angie Martin (writer), Katelyn Mills (illustrator), and Cheryl … [Read more...]
Abilene Poet: Downtown Walking Tour
“Howdy, folks. I’m Gus McDusty!” Boy, howdy, is he ever! Gus is the cowboy poet creation of Abilenian Trevor Allen and certainly doesn’t disappoint as he leads downtown walking tours that are half serious, half light-hearted and wholly enjoyable. Tours take place the second Saturday of every month in March-December. After a long winter hunkered down in the … [Read more...]