Give a girl some warning next time, will ya?

How the hell are you? I hope I don’t make any errors in this comment now that Moses is here!

Now that is a great line from someone who is an octogenarian. I think with the right outlook it can make business life so much fun.

My stroll down Ave.Z seems to be the envy of some of those from UNT.

I enjoyed taking the trip down memory lane too. Oh, gosh, Moses would “slash” me on a cliche. I keep up with him and he actually had five “Congratulations!” — yes, with exclamation points behind them — and then reminded me and himself of his lifetime quota on those. The reason for the pugnacious punctuation problem …. he had written with his news of moving to the Hill Country with his wife Krispen, who has assumed an art directorship at the Hill Country Arts Foundation in Ingram, Texas, and I responded by noting he’ll be closer to where I live, so I would love to see him. I also asked for his wishes of luck as my kids (not my flesh and blood, but those I teach in Journalism courses) compete at district UIL News, Feature, Headline and Editorial Writings. He replied, urging me to let him know how they come out, and explaining that he once worked for the UIL in Austin between 1956-62; UIL stands for University Interscholastic League and is Texas’s premiere competition organization academically, athletically and musically. He must have given us all the best wishes: All of my students but one advances to regional this Saturday, April 12(we almost swept district with firsts, seconds and third.). So please, collectively, wish us luck there too; I’d love to have some go to state. It’ll be tough though because 65 schools from Troy/Salado, Texas, down to the Texas valley comprise our Region IV 2A. Not bragging, just proud that hard work does sometimes pay off …

And speaking of “Slash,” I require my Desktop Publishing-Newspaper students to do this every time we publish (which is monthly for our school paper but weekly — sometimes leftovers — for the local paper, which is subject to administrative prior review, unfortunately, so a bit PR-ish. No offense to PR’ers. It’s just the Hazelwood decision allows it of people who don’t know journalism. But I digress … if you would like to see our half-page layouts, look for Karnes City High School’s pages in “Learning” or our sports stories at thecountywide.com PDF files).

Like Beth said, “Slash” was such a learning experience, so my students do this together. I’m not quite as harsh as the profs or TA’s (remember Marshall?) were at times (I’m dealing with 14- to 18-year-olds) … but they can’t slip off to the State Club for a couple of pitchers prior to it to ease the pain either.

Thanks for hosting this blog, Beth. Gosh, let’s plan that next Daily reunion where more can make it! Opps, used an exclamation point.

Jules

Jules forwarded me a copy of your newsy email to “the crew” and I am overwhelmed by where you’ve been and what you’ve been doing. My life seems like such a fuddy-duddy existance by comparison. I hope you’ll keep me in your loop.

In preparation for moving to Kerrville when I sell this house (my wife starts a new job there in about two weeks, so I’ll be left here trying to sell the house) I was cleaning out some files and ran across a note from Bruce Roche, in which he sent along best wishes from you — and suddenly here you are. Ain’t email wonderful?

I’m running short of time right now — but more later, I promise. One last thought for now — don’t sweat the Big 40 — I just passed the Bigger Eight-O, and it is relatively painless. Good memories are a good antidote for sometimes unpleasant realilties.

I miss the students and the teaching, but otherwise retirement ain’t bad — even without a lot of money. But my golf game has gone into the dumper since my last bout with pneumonia more than a year ago.

Take care, and good luck with the new business — I hold great admiration for folks who take that kind of plunge. I wish you well.

Roy

Roy Moses
211 Kiowa Drive East
Lake Kiowa, TX 76240