This Story Got Me Following Sean Dietrich.
Sean is a great writer. He writes the kind of stuff that needs to be written about. The supermarket checkout line. She was white-haired and frail. Her buggy was filled to capacity so that it looked like she was pushing a coal barge up the Mississippi. The first item she placed onto the conveyor belt was an extra-large case of Coors. “That’s a lot of beer,” said I. She smiled. “On sale.” “Are you the one who drinks it?” She nodded. “Two beers a day keeps the doctor away.” “I don’t think that’s how the saying goes.” “Yeah, well, I … Continue reading This Story Got Me Following Sean Dietrich.
Texas 29 Highway History
The Road They Couldn’t Make Up Their Mind About. A History Of Texas Highway 29. (If highways had feelings, 29 would feel like a red-headed stepchild) When I’m heading out west, I usually hit 29 and end up at its terminus in Menard, where it becomes something else. When heading to east Texas I often take 29 over toward Taylor to where it ends into Texas 95 at Circleville. (I always wish it went a little farther to the east, to make it easier to connect up to Bryan/College Station via Hearn, and other eastward destinations) I guess I always … Continue reading Texas 29 Highway History
Trying To Figure Out The History Of US 281 Running Through Burnet County
I referenced several sources including newspapers, other written sources and maps to ascertain the history of the main highway that now takes us from Wichita Falls to Brownsville. I am only speaking to the stretch as it extends through Burnet County, as it gets much more complicated trying to talk about the entire stretch as it goes from Canada to Mexico. Photo # 1 is a 1919 map. It doesn’t show an actual road extending from Blanco to Lampasas. (Probably just trails at that time) This map doesn’t show a road from Blanco to San Antonio either. Photo # 2 … Continue reading Trying To Figure Out The History Of US 281 Running Through Burnet County
The Man That Helped So Many To Become Winners
I attended the memorial service for Popeye today. It was so amazing to hear the testimonials of those Champions that were helped by Popeye and Jan Boultinghouse. Jake Barnes told of being just a kid when Popeye took him in and taught him about roping, what a good horse was and how to become a champion. Tee Woolman also gave his testimony about the value that Popeye brought to his life. How he was always available as a friend and a mentor. Both of those men and others there today told about what a fine man that Popeye was. How … Continue reading The Man That Helped So Many To Become Winners
My Food Phobia
The mind works in mysterious ways. At least I know mine does. I claim to have an eating disorder. No it’s not anorexia. I have a difficult time eating if I don’t know the cleanliness practices that were used while preparing food. I didn’t grow up worrying about such things, but for my adult life I’ve had this fear. I know it’s irrational to go into a fast food place where 12 teenagers, without a care in the world past body piercings and heavy metal music are preparing food that has been handled by who knows what. Those places are … Continue reading My Food Phobia
The Inventor (mid 1980s)
I used to take my kids to Baskin Robbins Ice Cream in South Austin. Either a location on So. Congress and couple of blocks south of Oltorf or the one on Stassney Lane. What I always observed was the amount of effort it took for the employees there to dish out the very hard frozen ice cream. I also experienced the same thing at home. I went on a quest to find or make the very best ice cream scoop. I tried many different things, from a type of vibrating handle to different types and shapes of scoops. I bought … Continue reading The Inventor (mid 1980s)
A Look Back At Some Of The Past “Ramblings” That Were Carried In The Newspapers Around Here
The Rambling Longhorn and Gloomy Gus are two of the fellows that have been carried in the local newspapers. If you know of others, please let me know and I’ll try to round up some articles from them. I can’t find the other Gloomy Gus screenshots that I made, that I said I’d put on here one day. I guess it wouldn’t be impossible for me to go back and scan them again one day. Continue reading A Look Back At Some Of The Past “Ramblings” That Were Carried In The Newspapers Around Here
The Boy They Called Possum
I’m not exactly sure how the name came about, but it probably had something to do with a nose longer than normal and eyes set a little too close together. George Jones, the famous country singer got tagged with the same nickname. If you look at a picture of him, there could be a small similarity to the nocturnal marsupial. I guess you could say the same for the short skinny kid that started to school in Marble Falls at the beginning of his 8th grade year. For whatever reason I never took offense to being called that, almost immediately … Continue reading The Boy They Called Possum
Pleasant Valley Community – Martin Co. Texas
I rarely find any information on this community, but I know my grandparents lived in this clapboard house there. There was a school at one time in the 1920’s and my father started to school there. A few years later, my father and his siblings rode horseback to a one room school in Patricia. The only thing I saw of the school or community was a mulberry tree and a piece of concrete which was said to be part of the steps of the school.Royce Scott in his “My Rambling History of Patricia, Tx.” mentions the Pleasant Valley School. His … Continue reading Pleasant Valley Community – Martin Co. Texas
Angora Chronicles 