Can’t Sleep, Read On.

Texas is big. I feel I have given a few places their own time. So far, in my 40 years, West Texas has been my favorite. I was born and raised in Weatherford, Texas. DFW, if you will. Now booming thanks to Covid and Taylor Sheridan. During the summers it gets hot and humid. Mosquitos are the size of small birds. There are lakes nearby and… Read more: West Texas is the Best Texas.

Let me set the scene. The year is 2014. I have lived in Midland for a little over 18 months. I am fresh in the profession I currently hold. A group of, lets call it 10 ladies, all of us in the same line of work, are in a “team building/life coach,”mandatory meeting. We sit in a circle. The “O” shaped chairs are set up in… Read more: Take your shoes off, stay a while.

Ahhhhhhh. The Aid Station. Will they have Water? Gatorade? Beer? What is waiting for us in the magnificent mirage ahead? At the local Brewery here in Midland. We have two, just for reference. The third, unfortunately, was lost to the land of failed service establishments. As one highfalutin beer snob, who is a very good friend, referred to it: The Sanford and Son’s Brewery. Eccentric Brewing… Read more: Always stop at the water station.

This is NOT a story about song covers. I’ll get to where I am going but It requires a pathway which can only be understood by someone with severe ADD. So, buckle your seatbelts, it will only be a little bumpy. From the backseat, with her window rolled down, my youngest, her “raised with wolves,” hair in a braid from the night before and 800 flyaways… Read more: Cover me with honesty.

One of the top questions asked in the Permian Basin: “So, are you from here?” Me? No, but I call this dusty place home. Landing here in March of 2013 I told myself I would give it a year. Three days before accepting a job offer to manage a franchise in Midland, I asked God to show me ANY signs NOT to move 5 hours away.… Read more: Really Local. Really good. Really Rileys.