Jollyville, Texas – on the western outskirts of Austin. Now actually a part of Austin. I went to this school, starting in 1st grade in September 1958 and went there through the 7th grade, May 1965. It was a 3-room … Continue reading The Old Pond Springs School
As two women prepare to leave for a few days together at South Padre Island, there will be plenty to discuss along the way—families, grandchildren, old memories and over fifty years of shared history. But there is one subject they … Continue reading The Race Was On
This is a story about Glenn Lewis and others that worked the Chupadero back in the 60s. Going Across The Border As a final entry about the Chupadero tonight, I’ll leave you with perhaps the wildest story to come out of that place. At the center of the story is Glenn Lewis, a well known Marble Falls cowboy that made the trek down south whenever it was roundup time. Glenn is distantly related to me, but we shared a lot of time together growing up and he was one of my first employees when I went in the construct business … Continue reading Glenn Lewis and a Few Others Down on the Chupadero.
But this story gave Kenny and me something to remember and since the wounds healed up fairly quick, it wasn’t the worst thing. This Story/Song will explain what happened one day after a long day of working back when we … Continue reading Not Every Story Turns Out With A Happy Ending
My son Mike & I were visiting yesterday. He said “I have video I need to send you”. It turns out that he was coming out Marble Falls one time, a while back, and hit the record button on his … Continue reading A Nice Moonlit Night:
A True Area Legend JANUARY 25, 1932 – MAY 29, 2026 Floyd Matthew Cantwell, age 94, passed away peacefully early Friday morning in Liberty Hill, Texas surrounded by his loved ones. Born on January 25, 1932, Floyd lived much of his life … Continue reading Floyd Cantwell
Just sauntering around on FaceBook and ran across a video about a pay phone booth that once stood out in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a few miles out of Baker, California. Yes a pay phone in the middle … Continue reading Well This Is Weird
When we first acquired these machines in the later part of 2007, they were bought for a particular project, that was in some fairly hard limestone. We had approximately 4 to 5 miles of very deep wastewater (most of it 38′-40′ depth) to lay. We didn’t have our own deep trenchers that it would take to dig the depths we were going to need. We would generally subcontract that portion of the work out. We had equipped our two 385 Cats out with Leading Edge buckets (the very strange buckets at the bottom of the page) and had been having … Continue reading The Story Of How A Little Ol’ Utility Contractor From Bertram, Texas Came To Own Two Giant Excavators
Not long after we married in 1971, I came home with Madeline a brand new 1972 Dodge Demon automobile. It was an absolute beauty. White with a White Pearlescent Vinyl Top and Snowy White Interior. Very sporty but not in a hot rod sort of way. More in a very hot, young chick sort of way. That baby had all the beauty and innocents that my new wife had. My Dad had gone with me to Austin’s Dependable Dodge on I-35 between St. John’s & US 183, to buy it. I needed him to drive my pickup back. What better … Continue reading It Took Me Weeks To Figure Out Why She Was Upset.
Dial the clock forward to the fall of 1979. My brother had joined me in 1976 in the construction business after he finished a six year stint in the Army. We had contracted to build a nice housing subdivision on … Continue reading Glenn and the Hat Story:
