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Crystal City, a small south Texas town was known for two things. It was where the once famous La Raza Unita Political Party was born and … Continue reading Working Down At The Spinach Capital Of The World
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Below is a screenshot of a story I wrote one time about how my early life was and how telling my own sons (and my very skeptical wife) about it and the friendships I made all those many years ago at the little country school I attended. It truly was and is a magical part of my life. Facebook has helped me to reconstruct so much of that era through reconnecting with so many of those early friends made six decades and more ago. My Memories Live On Thru Facebook And The Angora Chronicles. Continue reading I’m Not Sure They Ever Bought Into My Jollyville Stories
(Originally posted on March 8, 2017) I’ve been waiting almost 47 years to retrace some tracks that I made in what seems like a different lifetime. Soon after graduating from high school, I was still 17 years old, I got hired on as a relief driver, driving a cattle truck for the Wenmohs Ranch. I was a team driver with Wallace Herbert. (Wallace if you have any corrections or additions please feel free to jump in) I guess you could say I was his understudy. It was the dream job for almost any kid that loved the sound and feel … Continue reading A Trip Up Sheffield Hill (Also called Lancaster Hill)
Every day events in our life happen that shape history. I sometimes play the “IF” game with myself. The most simple occurrence, the conversations we have, the chance encounters change the course of everything that will happen for the rest … Continue reading The Little Things That Happen In Our Lives……….
Click the link to start the music. https://suno.com/s/YLRdlAxHJk8ni8Ld Marble Falls back in the 60s Back when time moved easy… and everybody knew your name. Windows down… no matter the weather. KTSA cracklin’ at 55 on the dial… a little static, … Continue reading Marble Falls back in the 60s
Standing on the Corner in Marble Falls, Texas – that would be at the intersection of Second St. & US 281. There is so much to take in from this iconic photo taken by high school student at the time, … Continue reading A Familar Marble Falls Scene
One day recently two old friends, friends for more than six decades were driving to have lunch at a favorite spot. They would get there well before the place opened as it turned out. The passenger said, “what did I do with those papers I was carrying when I got in”? The driver admitted he saw him get in with them, so they must be somewhere. A little farther down the road, the old fellow discovered that he had shoved them in the door pocket. Inquiring what they were he said, “it’s some prescriptions I picked up from the doctor”. … Continue reading That’s What Friends Are For
Manuel T. Gonzaullas 1891 – 1977 Manuel Trazazas “Lonewolf” Gonzaullas was born in 1891 in Cádiz, Spain to a Spanish father and Canadian mother who were naturalized U.S. citizens. He served as a Mexican army major at age 20, worked … Continue reading “Lone-Wolf”
This is an Article from The Austin American Statesman- probably around 1932 (estimated from the year of Mrs. Cluck + 86 years) Cedar Park Woman Tells of Adventures of Early Texas Days By IRMA BROWN CARDIFF Written for the Sunday … Continue reading Life In Running Brushy aka Cedar Park
This will demonstrate the intense rivalry between the towns of Burnet and Llano back at a time when the Buchanan Dam was getting restarted after the original company that first started work went bankrupt in the early part of the 1930s decade. This from The Llano News – Aug 1936 The type was very difficult to transcribe, but this is our best effort. Found the wording of the editorial to be very entertaining. THE LLANO NEWS Entered at the Llano Post Office as second-class mail matter under Act of Congress of 1878. Published every Thursday. By COLLINS & ELLERMAN SUBSCRIPTION … Continue reading The Llano & Burnet Newspaper’s Appear To Have Been Embroiled In Spat
I was fooling around the other day and had ChatGBT create a Logo/Badge that I could place over a small hickey that happened on my new Gold Wing Trike, instead of taking it to the paint shop. It was caused … Continue reading I just had to smile and ask myself – where are we headed !
Below is a conversation I had with ChatGBT. All of my questions are in the highlighted text & AI gave the answers in non-highlighted text. The amazing thing to me is every answer is instantaneous. As off the wall as … Continue reading Is AI a Yes or a No for You?
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