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San Angelo Murals

January 24, 2012

Historic Murals of San Angelo I’m going to tell you a story that would make a great day trip for any age group. I have a ‘thing’ about daytrips in different parts of Texas from climbing the storied Enchanted Rock to kayaking down the Spring Creek near my home in Sherwood about 20 miles outside […]

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Music Video Friday – 79 Buddy Holly

January 20, 2012

Texas native Buddy Holly Yes, he is only one of the famous folks to have come out of Lubbock, Texas but in many estimations, he helped start the rock ‘n Roll revolution with his songwriting and performances. He lived from 1936 until his untimely death in a plane crash on February 3, 1959, a day […]

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Real Texas Homemade Sausage

January 17, 2012

Here is another family tradition that we have added this year. This will be made around Thanksgiving and will get better each year. Although this year was pretty darn good. Joe David was home for Thanksgiving and helped make the sausage. We had a wonderful time making homemade sausage and it turned out so delicious. […]

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Music Video Friday – 78 Steve Earl

January 13, 2012

Texas Country musician Steve Earl can write some of the best lyrics around. This week’s Music Video Friday features Steve Earl who was actually born in Virginia, but only because his military family was there at the time. He quickly got to Texas and has claimed Texas ever since. He grew in and around San […]

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Christmas Tamales 2011

January 10, 2012

Real Texas Christmas tradition We talked some about Texas traditions here last week. Someone reminded me I didn’t show anything about making Christmas tamales this year. Well, shame on me, I did write something, just got busy and forgot to put it up. Here it is: Every family has their own Christmas traditions and here […]

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Music Video Friday – 77 Guy Clark and friends

January 6, 2012

Guy Clark has made a lot of singers rich and famous Guy Clark was born in Monahans in 1941 and you just can’t get much more Real Texas than that. He says he was influenced by Spanish songs and the songs he heard in West Texas. To me that means the small town joints that […]

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Real Texas New Year traditions

January 3, 2012

Eat your black eyed peas for good luck Most Real Texans are creatures of habit and tradition. Some of us make tamales at Christmas time, we can live on barbecue and beans, we watch the Aggies and the Longhorns at Thanksgiving, and we eat black eyed peas on New Year’s Day. Well, scratch that one […]

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Music Video Friday – 76 Auld Lang Syne

December 30, 2011

Happy New Year I am a naturally optimistic person and it is my true wish for everyone to have a very happy new year. May your dreams come true in 2012. I am particularly blessed to have an amazing wife and extended family and my friends are equally awesome. Here’s a good version of the […]

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Real Texas Resolutions

December 27, 2011

Make 2012 the best year ever A New Year’s resolution is a commitment that you as an individual make to one or more lasting personal goals, projects, or the reforming of a habit. It’s a common thing at this time of year whether it is made public or kept private. This lifestyle change is generally […]

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