Category: Features

Road Runners Club Welcomes New Local Travel Partner

Carolann Boykin Dan Dipert Travel has joined with the Road Runners Travel Club to provide local and nearby day trips. In December, the inaugural trip with the Road Runners was to Clifton, Texas. This cute little town is the home of the oldest working theater and has a beautiful old church called Saint Olaf’s, which…

Road Runners Travel Club

Carolann Boykin Ringing in 2025 was awesome aboard the Princess Regal with 40 Robson Ranch travelers! We boarded the ship seamlessly in Galveston, Texas, and enjoyed a day at sea before porting in Cozumel, Mexico. What a beautiful place! What fun to return to the ship and hear about all the wonderful excursions others took.…

Girls on Wheels Saddle Up at Cowgirl Museum

Vicki Baker No part of America is immortalized as much as the West. It’s the land of vast ranches, dusty cattle drives, and a merciless landscape. All too frequently, though, that image is dominated by the male rancher and rough and tough cowboy. Cowgirls’ voices are seldom heard. Seeking a glimpse of the other side…

Stories Come to Life for Girls on Wheels at TWU Library

Vicki Baker Although universities started popping up in the U.S. in the 1600s, women were largely barred from a higher education. Then in the 1830s, women’s colleges began to appear. As women’s education advanced in the 20th century, advocates sought a state-supported college focusing on a practical education, including domestic skills young women needed to…

Word of the Month: Ratiocinative, Ratiocination

David Zapatka Reader Lettie Harrald writes, “I just saw your column in the latest Splash about Gerunds and immediately thought about J.A. Jance’s recent blog also talking about Gerunds, among other things. I am taking the liberty of forwarding said article to you. You need to read through quite a lot of other stuff first…