2011-03-03
By Carolyn B. Edwards
We Texans all remember the Sesquicentennial.
2011-03-03
By Bill Ellis
Writing is a form of communication. Writing was developed around the world as
2011-03-03
By FeatherWilson
Texans love to brag about their state.
2011-03-03
By Doug White
The year was 1968. I had just completed Army Basic Training and had enjoyed a wonderful 30-day leave
2011-03-03
By Mikie Baker
Recently, we experienced a winter deep freeze that lasted for days.
2011-03-10
By Carolyn B. Edwards
As Forrest Gump frequently mused on his bus-stop bench,
2011-03-10
By Bill Ellis
About once a year he would appear at the general store in the pueblo. He was a giant of a man
2011-03-10
By FeatherWilson
Water is one commodity we cannot do without
2011-03-10
By Doug White
There I was at one of the most fun parades that Bandera has ever had.
2011-03-10
By Mikie Baker
The last time I enjoyed a luncheon, I was a 7-year-old Brownie armed with two box lunches and a handsome man - my dad.
2011-03-17
Carolyn B Edwards
There are a couple of big days coming up in the next week. In addition to today’s “Kiss me, I’m Irish” St. Patrick’s Day, we have National Corn Dog Day
2011-03-17
Chaz Allen
Now I’ve got a story to tell you, that you may not believe, but it’s true. Ambrose Burnsides was one of those jolly gents who was generally liked by
2011-03-17
Bill Ellis
Like all indigenous people, American Indians built their cities near creeks and rivers. They provided both water and transportation. When settlements
2011-03-17
Feather Wilson
Life on Earth began about 3.8 billion years before present. The Earth itself began to form as a planet about 4.5 billion years before present. It was clobbered
2011-03-17
Doug White
Well, here we are about to go on spring break and my better half brings home all kinds of seeds to make a garden. Well, that spells one word to me:
2011-03-17
Mikie Baker
People often remark what a wonderful daughter I am for taking care of Dearly Demented Mom. I smile and say
2011-03-24
Carolyn B. Edwards
My reading habits are without discipline. I often read whatever comes across the path of my eyes, whether it’s a bodice-ripping romance,
2011-03-24
by Bill Ellis
Pottery is the art of heating clay so that it will not absorb water. When pottery is fired, it is called ceramic. Pottery was probably invented
2011-03-24
By Feather Wilson
Shale gas and condensate drilling is exploding in South Texas from the Mexican border to the East Texas Basin. Leases average about $1,500
2011-03-24
By Chaz Allen
Used to be, fires were considered a whole lot more terrible than they are now. Oh, I’m not saying that they can’t still be a great tragedy
2011-03-24
By Doug White
This happened last week, when my wife and some of her friends went to Gruene, Texas. She visited a general store there and discovered that they were selling the orginal
2011-03-24
By Mikie Baker
My proper Bostonian mother taught me never to bring up politics or religion in mixed company. I have done both and am a sadder but wiser gal. What Mom also forgot to mention
2011-03-31
By Carolyn B. Edwards
According to Archaeology magazine, excavators in China have discovered
2011-03-31
By Bill Ellis
American Indians bred birds for food and feathers
2011-03-31
By FeatherWilson
Can a water well witcher find groundwater?
2011-03-31
By Doug White
There I was in the year 1965. I would drive my grandfather, JR Coker, to Bandera to Mr. Taylor's barbershop.
2011-03-31
By Mikie Baker
When I ran screaming from the noisy Big City to the peaceful country,