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2009-02-05
Stephanie Parker
February is a strange month. I like to think of it as a “jumping off” platform for the rest of the year.
2009-02-05
Chaz Allen
Oh, how the men loved to see him coming. Just the sight of him in their dining hall meant that things were changing, and definitely for the better.
2009-02-05
Ed Longhurst
My new venture, The Hole in the Wall bike stop, has really cut down on my riding time. The Sunday morning breakfast run is about all the riding I get to do lately.
2009-02-05
Madam President, ‘We have a problem’
Mikie Baker
With the recent hubbub over the new first family moving into the White House, I realized why I’d never run for President of the United States of America
2009-02-05
Doug White
Before I start this week’s story, I would like to convey thanks to Ivanhoe Smith for finding and returning the missing Church’s Chicken Car’s head.
2009-02-05
Bill Ellis
Latex, which smells bad, is the milky sap from the 30 to 60-feet tall rubber trees that grow along the Amazon River.
2009-02-12
Stop ... Don’t stop ... Crash!
Doug White
Now to the story – there I was back in the late 1980s stationed at Fairchild AFB WA. When we were leaving the base, we drove parallel to the runway.
2009-02-12
The earliest form of irrigation
Bill Ellis
The earliest form of irrigation – providing dry land with water – was flood plain farming, which began in Middle America and Peru.
2009-02-12
Mikie Baker
I’m writing you on behalf of all the Baby Boomers out there. If you hadn’t noticed, we’re aging.
2009-02-12
Chaz Allen
He could hear the roar of the crowd from his front porch. If he didn’t have a dollar to get in to the game, he would turn on the radio and play along in the back yard.
2009-02-12
Ed Longhurst
If you’re interested in motorcycles you can’t pass up a good long look at the classics.
2009-02-12
The best Valentine’s Day card I ever got
Stephanie Parker
Valentine’s Day gained popularity in this country thanks to an enterprising Massachusetts woman, Esther Howland, who in 1847, began creating handmade Valentine’s cards in her home.
2009-02-19
Doug White
Beth and I had been married less than a year and we lived in the old two-story mansion that was the Butler Hotel back in the 1930s. Now it’s The Mansion in Bandera).
2009-02-19
Bill Ellis
A sweat lodge is an enclosed space where water is splashed on hot rocks to make steam. People in several parts of the world use steam rooms for daily bathing and medical purposes.
2009-02-19
Mikie Baker
Dearly Demented Mom receives a home health care bath three days a week. Recently, when Our Personal Angel was finished bathing DDM, she remarked, “Have a great weekend!
2009-02-19
Ed Longhurst
The Hole In the Wall Bike stop was open all weekend so I didn’t attend the rally. Quite a large number of bikes stopped in though. I had one bike just drive through.
2009-02-19
Chaz Allen
Sometimes you just have to find the spies where you find them. At least that’s what any good FBI agent will tell you. You just never know where they are going to come from, or who they are.
2009-02-19
“Sorry. The computer crashed.”
Stephanie Parker
Computers can crash. It’s allowed. They don’t even ask permission. After they crash, computers never apologize.
2009-02-26
Chaz Allen
We all know about Mark’s Twain’s great novels “Huckleberry Finn” and “Tom Sawyer.” And we know about Mark Twain’s childhood on the banks of the Mississippi.
2009-02-26
Doug White
Before I start on this week’s story, I want you to know that the chicken car’s head has been reattached with carriage bolts and fiberglass repair.
2009-02-26
Bill Ellis
Lipan Apaches claimed the country from San Antonio west. They are not recognized as Texas Indians, but they were here before Apaches and Commanches
2009-02-26
Stephanie Parker
With February being a short month, mainly celebrated when it snags an extra day every four years, it is perhaps surprising that it contains a monumental day
