Doing some stuff, and had to drive across North Texas heading east. Quite an amazing change from 4 years ago, when I made the same drive. Back then, it was dead grass, empty stock ponds, and no stock to be … Continue reading
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Ben English is a native of the Big Bend area, now retired and he’s written one helluva book about growing up in the region, and follows through to the present day. It’s coming out from TCU Press, the end of … Continue reading
I saw a VERY unusual old car heading toward Amarillo yesterday afternoon, and decided to do a TBT on them… It wasn’t this car, I pulled this from the net, the one I saw was bluish green. I’m pretty sure … Continue reading
Article by: Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center Forget the Syrian Civil War for a moment. Even without the Sunnis and Shiites competing to give each other machete haircuts every sunny morning, there would still be … Continue reading
Alma’s got a new book out! Written more for a YA audience, it’s still a fun read, for her world creation! Click the cover to order! The blurb- Adventure! Exploration! Martinus the m-dog! Lost cities and conspiracies! Strange creatures! And … Continue reading
0937, September 11, 2001… This picture, to me, epitomizes the Pentagon’s response… 184 lives were lost that day. The benches face in opposite directions for a reason. If they face west, the bench memorializes those who were on AA Flt … Continue reading
There are gonna be some FAT deer in the woods this fall… This is what happens when an oak tree gets plenty of water!!! Last year, they were about 1/2 this big, if that… It’s now September, and there is … Continue reading
This is an ‘interesting’ story from a lot of aspects… China is suspected of hacking the electronics of a yacht owned by a Chinese billionaire targeted by Beijing. Guo Wengui, who uses the English name Miles Kwok, said several incidents … Continue reading
Plugging along on #5, almost 70k words, and occasionally I decide to ‘play’ a little bit with something… This chapter is based on a young sailor, many years ago, showing me his great grandad’s rifle, and wondering what it was … Continue reading
Okay folks, I’d like your feedback here… I’m putting a short story in the Calexit Anthology and it’s the backstory of Captain Mike James. The initial feedback from the alpha readers was WAY too much jargon… So… I’ve rewritten it … Continue reading