All posts by: Caroline Castillo Crimm

About Caroline Castillo Crimm
Retired Professor Emeritus from Sam Houston State University, interested in writing novels and speaking about topics such as the history of Latin American. Would like to share the AMAZING world of the 18th century in Northern New Spain, that's Spanish Texas and Mexico!
December 12, 2015

B.B. Country Mouse and On-Line Courses

Many people consider On-line Courses the latest and greatest gift God has ever given to mankind. Not me.            Four years ago, our university decided that we professors would have to teach On-line courses. Keeping up with the other profit-making diploma mills like Phoenix University is critical. The on-line courses are highly profitable and huge […]

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December 11, 2015

B.B. Country Mouse, Social Butterfly

It’s that time of year. Parties, brunches, lunches, dinners, posadas. As a technological troglodyte, I’ve come a long way, baby. I have actually learned how to use the calendar on my cell phone. I’ll admit that I am much more comfortable with the big wall calendar or my hand-written At-a-Glance. I can actually SEE what […]

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December 9, 2015

B.B. Country Mouse and Exercise

Why is it so infernally hard to squeeze in time to exercise?   I spoke to my 96 year-old mother yesterday morning and learned that she had just finished her 20 laps at the warm YMCA pool in Orlando, Florida. Of course, guilt flooded me for not having taken her more while she was here. […]

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December 7, 2015

B.B. Country Mouse on Leadership

What makes a great leader? Our Granaderos y Damas de Gálvez group met yesterday afternoon at the magnificent home of Fidel and Juanita Santos in Houston. Of course, the mouse got a little lost, but I did not have to fall back on the lying GPS. Only took a couple of wrong turns to find […]

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December 6, 2015

B.B. Country Mouse and Retirement

What is retirement about? I was deeply saddened to hear that my beloved boss (still young and working at 69) feels that he is being marginalized because of his age. His lifetime of experiences and knowledge is no longer valued by his colleagues. It seems they don’t ask for his advice or listen to his […]

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December 5, 2015

B.B.Country Mouse in Service

            My post on retirement brought a myriad of rebukes. Some about the disappearance of “retirement” for Baby Boomers, others about my inability to say no. Rereading parts of it, I realize I sounded petulant and put-upon about being asked to help out with projects. I didn’t mean to sound that way at all. The […]

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December 4, 2015

B.B. Country Mouse and the Challenge of Writing

Writing about my esteemed, revered and ‘makes-me-nuts’ mother was easy. She always provided fodder for my pen. (although I don’t think pens use fodder, that’s hay, and that’s for horses). As a matter of fact, I called her yesterday and learned she had “eaten” the juice of three grapefruits for breakfast. Nothing else. I asked […]

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December 3, 2015

B.B. Country Mouse goes Shopping

My attempts at shopping for clothing has never been a protracted affair. Living in Huntsville, there aren’t a whole lot of options. A trip to some handy store nearby, a dress or two and that’s it. Now that I am retired, however, I thought I could just head for the jeans and T-shirts. Guess not! […]

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