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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
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?
The link below is a “true story” of becoming an old man and not realizing it in time to avoid spending money chasing a dream, chasing your younger self. In my case I got it in my head that I … Continue reading Being the Open-Book that I seem to be:
This is the story of making the Wooden Dolphins. During our time living in Corpus Christi a few years ago is when I carved the largest of my projects, a pair of Dolphins. It was during a time when I was really suffering a lot of lower back pain. I received several steroid injections, was seeing a chiropractor often, but nothing was working. A very nice lady that lived out on The Island helped us with our interior decorating. One day I was complaining about my back and she told me about a next door neighbor lady of hers that … Continue reading The Fiasco Of The Wooden Dolphins
I was watching the YouTube video (link below) recently about the disasterous Highway 1 problem that continues to plague California. https://youtu.be/UWtVTnsLgLA?si=9WtaSlBWI5_z5f6V Then I remembered reading a book one time, many years ago about RG LeTourneau and what happened to him … Continue reading Highway 1 – Big Sur, California
Bertram, Burnet Co. Texas The gin was located near the current site of the water tower. In its heyday, Bertram had at least six gins and shipped thousands of bales of cotton. Continue reading The Round Bale Gin
There are so many stories of Cecil Maugham and his ability to walk long distances at a surprising pace. Seeing this one photo from a time when I best remember him, in the 1960s/70s brought me right back to the … Continue reading Cecil Maugham – A True Marble Falls Legend
The Faith Family I had always heard of the Faith Family and knew there was a connection with them and Smithwick. Since they were all gone by the time I came along I never knew anything about them.I found this information online. There are references here to them operating a cotton gin in Smithwick and having members of both the Stinnett and Boultinghouse families (both of which I’m related) marrying into that family.It also gives a little insight into the old Jim Cox home that was across the street and where I spent many hours visiting my childhood friend Jim … Continue reading A Cotton Gin In Smithwick
I was talking to my granddaughter Emma last night. We were saying what a great thing it is that she is teaching at Faith Academy. I know she loves her job and that the kids that she teaches love her. … Continue reading The Butterfly Effect
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