…makes me miss Little Granny, my dad, and his brothers. They all had the same taxonomy professor at Tarleton and could argue grass names and nutritional value ’til the cows came home… …and ate the grass.
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Moon Over Ballinger, Texas
The Night The Moon Shone Over Ballinger, Texas File this under Scrapes with Johnny Law. Mostly involving automobiles and other people’s bad decisions. My family had a green and white Covair Greenbrier SportsVan. It was really big, and slow, but could carry 11 high school football players of the Mighty Winters Blizzards. At least 11….
Where’d Your Cats’ Names Come From? A transfer post from ProfessorPuig.com
Originally Publish Spring-Summer 2020 Even as a tiny, still-nursing kitten, Baby Jay would wiggle his way out into the middle of the living room floor, onto the Texans football rug, and watch Human JJ do all sorts of brutal things on the teevee. With a fierce appetite, feline JJ started bulking up, began playing contact…
My Doctor Gives Me Seizers – Transfer Post from ProfessorPuig.com
My Doctor Gives Me Seizures – ECT Originally published ProfessorPuig.com on March 7, 2020 Personal Experience with Electroconvulsive Therapy, or ECT Content warning: ECT, needles, intravenous lines (including photo of a hand with an IV), some suicidal ideation MY DOCTOR GIVES ME SEIZURES Sorry; you have to understand, I’ve always wanted to start a conversation…
Transfer Post from ProfessorPuig.com
Spring 2020 – right before Quarantine Puig (“Pweeg”) is, in fact, a cat. This website is managed by Puig’s mom, Melooley, an educator & person with depression. Dad, who blogs less often, works at the courthouse. We all have strong opinions. This is me. Millie Kay Dooley, the moderator and human of ProfessorPuig.com. Here, I…
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Heading Off The Beaten Path
Since 2016, I have received Electroconvulsive Therapy, also known as shock therapy or electroshock therapy, and made famous in the One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. One does an index series of treatments, thrice a week for a week or so, then backs down to once a week, then every other week, and so forth,…
February Check-In: Have You Bailed On Your Resolutions, Yet?
Let’s face it, New Year’s Resolutions don’t have the best of reputations. An embarrassing number of people give up on their resolutions within a week, much less a month, and hardly anyone cares past that same time span. But I care. I’m a little bit obsessed with setting goals and attempting to tackle them. Blogging,…
What’s New In My World of Plants
Hello, friends and family, and happy belated new year. And, as always, happy plants! I like to review my new year’s resolutions at least monthly, and I’ve recommitted to a few goals – including gardening and blogging. I love sharing details of my garden efforts, business efforts, teaching efforts… and I figure this blog is the…