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Just a quick update
And not actually a joke, never mind the date. With a little help from the folks at Auto Anything, Rommie actually got herself hitched, more or less. Still a couple of minor bugs to work out – the wiring connector … Continue reading
One more for the end of the year..
Okay, this one’s been burning holes in the HD for almost a month now, so I guess it’s time to throw it up here. Last post I mentioned that I was in the FW/D Metroplex for family reasons (a thing … Continue reading
Posted in Hup Two Three Four Hup...., photos (mine), Texas, Travel
Tagged CCC, Civilian Conservation Corps, East Texas, hiking, History, missions, Nature, PanaLeica, photo, Piney Woods, State Parks, Texas, Tourism, Trail, Travel, walkabout
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Willkommen – Christkindl Market
The calendar said I was going to the Tomball German Christmas Market this weekend. Unfortunately, as for many of us, the calendar failed to take account of the reality of life with aging parents, so instead I wound up at … Continue reading
29.72202 N, 95.38975 W,
I’ve never been to Peru, but it’s only one line on the map away from Ecuador, where I may end up, so when the folks at the Houston Museum of Natural Science announced that Peru would be the focus of … Continue reading
Posted in photos (mine), Texas, Walkabout - GPS
Tagged cultural, culture, dancers, Folklorico, Houston, PanaLeica, Peru, walkabout
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You gotta be off to see the wizard….
On the way to Goliad as soon as I log off here, to see Los Pastorales – a reproduction of an old play/performance the monks at Mission Espiritu Santo and the other early Spanish Missions used to teach the Christmas … Continue reading
29.78374N, 95.39728w
So yesterday afternoon the editor-beings dispatched me to the Heights to see a Citzen about a Constable. As happens I was up in the Heights one afternoon earlier this week and the traffic then had been similar to the mall … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, cute, Houston, kids, photo, Texas, walkabout
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32.76092N; 97.23616W
Running a little late here on the posting…. Back in early October I ran back up to Fort Worth to do Mom Stuff again. While I was there I got the chance to duck out and see a couple of … Continue reading
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Tagged Fort Worth, History, LivingHistory, PanaLeica, preservation, Texas, walkabout, WWII
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Fiestas Patrias
It seems sometimes that close to half the countries south of Texas celebrate their independence from one colonial power or another within a very few days. Some of this is history, some is coincidence, but what it means is there’s … Continue reading
In the moment….
One of the risks of doing “hyper-local*” media work is that if you don’t make a constant effort to look out past the horizon, your universe gets very small. A few weeks ago I noticed in passing that a delegation … Continue reading
Training II
“Boooooo-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrr-dddddddd!!!!!!” (Five letters. Three syllables. Impressive.) Okay. I clamber into the front seat of the second coach, where I have a clear view of the engine on the curves, and settle in with the camera bag beside me. Wooo! Wooo-wooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, Hermann Park, Houston, Texas, train, walkabout
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