Hi Family,

Since I'm lazy and have a limited amount of time, I've copied a portion of my bio to add to this blog. I'm the daughter of Ermon and Inez, grand daughter of Mama and Papa (R.L. Tisdale). I was born in Borger, Texas, and grew up in Amarillo. Hope the following gives you a sense of who I am w/out boring you to tears!
"Both sets of her grandparents were hard-working cotton farmers with very large families living in the Texas Panhandle during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. Molded by a strong work ethic and the desire to do her best, at age 12 she got her first job -- washing dishes in a café on Route 66. A good student, she graduated from Palo Duro High a year early and attended WTSU one semester. She got bored fast, so she quit college and took a job at the Amarillo Globe News where she worked until she married and moved to Nashville, Tennessee. Having grown up in the Methodist Church, it was natural to go to work for The United Methodist Publishing House when she arrived in Nashville. She later moved to United Methodist Communications where she worked for nearly 20 years. Starting as a production secretary, she consistently took on increasing responsibilities in the areas of audiovisual production and marketing and moved steadily up the ladder. As Director of Marketing for the Public Media Division (headquartered in New York City), she designed and implemented marketing strategies, supervised print and audiovisual production, controlled departmental budgets, and supervised staff. She designed the strategy that resulted in the second most affiliate placements ever for an NBC religious program. Only Billy Graham’s Crusade in Russia had a larger audience. While at UMCOM she produced hundreds of media projects—films, videos, television spots, filmstrips and sound recordings. Other achievements at UMCOM: International award-winning film producer. (Two CINE Golden Eagles); Adjunct Faculty Member to Vanderbilt Divinity School/Supervised graduate student interns in Religious Communications; Awarded Nashville Executive Woman of the Year, 1977.Wanting to experience life in other parts of the world she decided to free-lance. That decision took her to Australia to work, and on to Russia as a citizen diplomat. Over the years, she developed a keen awareness of many of the problems facing the planet—both economically and environmentally. She participated in the planning for the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro. In 2006 she and her husband, Jamie, moved to Amarillo to care for her elderly mother." They currently live in a "little house on the prairie"--which is a part of The Frying Pan Ranch. I am now working to help build Mariposa Ecovillage, an economically and ecologically sustainable community on the outskirts of Amarillo. If you are ever in the neighborhood, give us a call, we'd love to have you stop by. 806.426.3002