The Ryan School Athletic Department is having a fundraising meal on May 5th from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, you can eat in or take home. The menu consists of pulled pork and smoked sausage with the normal side dishes. Join us and get some good groceries.
The Ryan School music department and the cheerleaders are hosting a school wide variety show on May 14th at 6:30 pm. Concessions will be available and you can purchase raffle tickets for a Texas Ranger game from any of the cheerleaders.
Summer baseball and softball are starting up with practice going on as I write. I will try to keep you apprised of the game schedules as they become available.
Gardening season seems to be going strong. Friends and family are posting photos on social media daily. I picked strawberries this week and man they were good. I am really looking forward to the fresh plums, apricots and peaches to get ripe.
I just finished another book. This one was written by Elmer Kelton. The title is “Texas Standoff”. If you have never read any of Mr. Keltons books, I would recommend any of his books. The first one for me was “The Good Old Boys”. This is a western set in the time when horses and buggies were being replaced with cars and tractors. The main characters are stuck in between the old and the new and trying to figure out if and where they belong. This would not make my top ten list but it is well worth your time.
Two books that should make that list are, “The Age of Eisenhower” by William I. Hitchcock. Mr. Eisenhower is not one of the presidents that I learned much about in high school history which is a shame really. He was a bit lukewarm on the subject of school desegregation but given his track record on race I think it may have been more about not rocking the boat. President Eisenhower was an effective leader in many other ways. The other book is a novel called “Ishmael” by Daniel Quinn. It begins with a three line ad in the personals section, Teacher Seeking Pupil, must have an earnest desire to save the world. Every time I have read this book, I see something new but for the life of me I’m not sure I could sit down and do it justice in a book report. I think I need to read it again.
Until nest week.
