Category: Thoughts and Musings

Thoughts and MusingsLeave a comment

Ever Wonder How A Mosquito Bite Works?

lewisotr

I got bit twice the other day. One on each leg down right above the kneecap. One puffed up real big while the other one did little more than left a red mark and was gone in a day or so. Trying to figure out what the reason was I did a little looking around. It seems Mrs. Mosquito lights on you and spits some salvia on you to deaden the spot, so you don’t swat her immediately, the she goes to work trying to jab into you. As she moves around she spits more salvia on your skin and … Continue reading Ever Wonder How A Mosquito Bite Works?

Marble Falls and the Area Around it., Texas History, Thoughts and MusingsLeave a comment

Rice Culture in Colorado County

lewisotr

Marker erected: Intersection of Main & Commerce Streets, Eagle Lake Marker Text:The rice industry did not spread into the coastal plains region west of Houston until the very end of the 19th century. In 1898, Captain William Dunovant (1845-1902), a local plantation owner and entrepreneur, planted 40 acres of rice at the southeast corner of Eagle Lake (2.5 miles south) as an experiment, using convict labor from a nearby prison farm to construct levees and harvest the new crop. The small tract produced such encouraging results that in 1899 Dunvovant built a pumping plant on the lake and irrigated 250-300 … Continue reading Rice Culture in Colorado County

Aging, Crazy Times, Grandchildren, Thoughts and MusingsLeave a comment

Pulling A Tooth

lewisotr

Sofia is getting to the age where she is starting to lose teeth. She came over the other night and wanted me to pull her loose tooth, her first. I sent her to get a handkerchief from my chest of drawers to aid in getting a grip. She pointed to the tooth. I worked and worked with the tooth and it wouldn’t come out. It was bleeding a little but would not come out. I finally told her we needed to wait and give it a little more time. She went on her way. She got over to her house, … Continue reading Pulling A Tooth

Aging, Crazy Times, Thoughts and MusingsLeave a comment

A Good Deed, That May Never Go Away

lewisotr

This story goes back several years. It all started when an old gal I know needed some help. She desperately needed some help. She lives in a very decrepit old house. I got word that the City (an unnamed city) was going to condemn her home that had been in her family for many decades. There was junk piled up higher than an Elephant’s Eye. (I finally found a way to incorporate that line in a story. It was included in a nasty letter I received from a homeowner years ago that we had installed a wastewater line adjacent to … Continue reading A Good Deed, That May Never Go Away

Aging, Amazing Things, Crazy Times, Thoughts and MusingsLeave a comment

Tommy Houy was a Honda Motorcycle guy all the way

lewisotr

I think his first motorcycle was a 125cc that he had when I first came to school in Marble Falls. That was starting in 8th grade. I don’t think he ran all over on it, but rode it over on his side of town. Then he jumped up to a 350cc. It was metallic blue. That’s the one he wrecked on. (More on that below) During the repairing of it, he switched the color to a metal flake orange. A few years later he went up to a 450cc, then eventually a 750cc. Buy the time he and I became … Continue reading Tommy Houy was a Honda Motorcycle guy all the way

Marble Falls and the Area Around it., My Friends, The Early Days, Thoughts and Musings12 Comments

My Friend Tommy, A Marble Falls Original

lewisotr

Tommy was the only kid I ran around with that had any measure of responsibility. I’m sure there were others that were equally responsible, but we didn’t travel in the same circles. Tommy received his first car, a new 1968 Roadrunner. During our high school years we were seldom not in the company of each other during our off time. When I say he was responsible, I mean in terms of his belongings. He treated that Roadrunner like an old woman would treat her Chrysler New Yorker. He of course changed the oil and did routine service much more regular … Continue reading My Friend Tommy, A Marble Falls Original

Aging, Thoughts and MusingsLeave a comment

Speaking Of Having No Filter

lewisotr

This story popped up as I was looking for something else. It was first published on here about 9 years ago. I wondered how things have changed. I really guess they haven’t. One of my lovely DIL’s bought me this very nice and may I say perhaps appropriate cup, albeit the biggest cup I’ve ever seen.I’m not into the whole hashtag thing so I thought it best if I did a little research to be sure that there wasn’t some hidden meaning behind it. I did find the following article about people with “no filter”. I have to admit I … Continue reading Speaking Of Having No Filter

Thoughts and MusingsLeave a comment

Flirting

lewisotr

I’ve never been completely sure what is considered acceptable flirting. If you are a Type “A” personality you are much more likely to innocently flirt than if you are a Type “B” or that’s the way it seems to me. If you engage easily with people, that could be interpreted as being flirtatious. For me I talk to people wherever I go whether it be women, men or children. If being friendly translates into flirting, I’d better watch myself. I’m really guilty of it with my granddaughters. Watch out ladies of the nursing home staff, it won’t be long before … Continue reading Flirting

Amazing Things, Crazy Times, My Friends, Thoughts and MusingsLeave a comment

Making Friends

lewisotr

It’s a funny thing about FaceBook and friendships. Let me tell you or remind you how I met Terry Robinson. Here goes: Terry was living up in the DFW area and was wanting to sell out and move down this way. In March of 2021 he thought something like if I do a search for someone that’s always posting about Bertram and Smithwick then I may find someone that has connections and may know of a place for sale in the area. Pretty ingenious thinking, right? When my name popped up he instant messaged me, introducing himself. The only problem … Continue reading Making Friends

Another Daily Happening, Crazy Times, Thoughts and MusingsLeave a comment

These Plastic Cars!!!!

lewisotr

I had something happen to me the other day. I was driving down the highway watching what I was doing. All of a sudden I heard a big racket. I thought “what did I run over”? I was pretty sure I had my eyes on the road and I hadn’t seen anything laying in the highway. I looked in my rear view mirror and a long black something came flying out and turned a few flips in the air and landed over on the edge of the pavement. I considered going back to see what it was, but I was … Continue reading These Plastic Cars!!!!