Once a year, we remember all of those who served our country both at war and at peace. Veteran’s Day. Once a year, we take a few extra moments to think of those who gave so much and received so…
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We all know how easy it is to get fairly sedentary these days. There’s that show we want to watch, or we’re chatting with friends on Facebook, or somebody emailed a funny cat video which leads to other funny cat…
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In this third part on the Civilian Conservation Corps built parks here in Texas, I feel I should repeat my opening paragraph from Part 1 for those of y’all joining us late in the program so to speak. In my…
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We’ve done a fair bit of recipes here on the blog. A lot of them are Tex Mex or dishes that are pretty specific to Texas and the Southwest. It dawned on me that we haven’t really done too many…
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I’d like to re-state the first paragraph of my last blog on the CCC constructed State Parks here in TX: In my opinion some of the coolest places to visit are the older State Parks built by the CCC back…
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Sure everyone has heard of SXSW up in Austin, and the Austin City Limits Festival up in Austin, and the Fun Fun Fun Fest up in Austin, but did you know there are music festivals all over Texas that AREN’T…
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In my opinion some of the coolest places to visit in our Great State of Texas are the older State Parks built by the CCC back during the Depression. They made it their goal to use native materials and help…
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Ever notice there was a subtle change, probably back in the 1980’s, from “weather man” to “meteorologist”? Like putting “-ologist” at the end would make us think they actually knew how hot or cold it was going to be tomorrow….
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Well y’all, I feel like I might need to give ol’ Mother Nature a swift kick what with summer overstaying its welcome and all. So after drinking one of these by the campfire out at Matagorda over the weekend, it…
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A bunch of y’all may have recognized by now that I absolutely love the Texas Gulf Coast. I don’t care whether it’s Galveston, Padre Island, Matagorda, Port Aransas, etc etc etc as long as I can dip my toes…
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