My Interests:
Me in My Words: I have been a columnist for The Garland News for 35 years. Liking people has made my job easy. After a BA in journalism at Texas Tech I worked at the Snyder Daily News, returned to Garland, married and had three children. Free lanced until 1971 when I became lifestyles editor at Garland News, then editor. For ten years I worked in guest relat
Interests: Books, books, books.Family, Texas history, flowers, birds, nature generally. I read cookbooks but don't cook much now. Tracking families in Garland, newcomers and old timers. Magazines, The New Yorker and Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion.
Favorite Sports Teams: Serena's tennis. Watch some Cowboys, not too closely.
Interesting things for other users to know: I'm a breast cancer survivor and clinical depression survivor--so far. I have one brother, Bill Holmes, who lives in Garland. Our son died in 1992 of lung cancer, age 36. One daughter and son-in-law, Meg and Larry Walls, live in Hunt County. I live
Favorite Movies: Goodwill Hunting, Scent of a Woman,
Favorite TV Shows: Kris Boyd's Think, Bill Moyers, Channel 13 mysteries; sometimes Oprah and Jeopardy and Martha Stewart
Favorite Web site: D Magazine Frontburner
Years in the D-FW area: Forever