December 2024 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Categorically Speaking….
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Listen up…
I don’t go into rant mode often, but some things matter enough that I will. “Don’t go to the desert without water” is one. “Don’t break the children” is another. This is a third. {Rant} I bitch about my country … Continue reading
Posted in mental meanderings, photos (mine), When Photos Fail
Tagged civil rights, culture, History, photo, preservation, Texas
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Rosenberg RailFest Reprise
The weather forecast for this last weekend messed up several half-formed plans, but early on Sunday Morning I noticed that it was Museum Discovery Day at the Rosenberg Railroad Museum. Perfect. I like Rosenberg, it’s “out of town” but not … 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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This Day In History 61 years ago
A few years ago I was in San Antonio for a festival and, as I usually do, I set up my tent at the KOA on the east side and caught the bus into town. (I got into the habit … Continue reading
Oops….
Says right here in Blogging for Dummies that I need to post regularly, certainly more often than every couple of months. Of course it also says that when you’ve been blogging for several years and your regular audience is in … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, History, LivingHistory, Rosenberg, Texas, Tourism, Travel
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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
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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In Training
I started to notice murals on my first major trip south – they’ve been a big part of the political and artistic landscape in Latin America for centuries, from the earliest civilizations we know of right up to now. (Simon … Continue reading
To The Moon!
It’s important to remember that while we (the Good Guys) were sticking tin cans on top of missiles, and stuffing brave young men into those tin cans, and launching them out into the big fat middle of nowhere, we were … Continue reading
Beautiful Belle…
Little-known and totally useless aviation factoid: I have a great liking for the old Douglas DC-3, the “Gooney Bird.” (I actually have a great liking for almost ANY old machine that just keeps going and going and going, year in … Continue reading