Mom’s Pot Roast

June 27, 2011

I remember when I was a child, coming home from school to the wonderful aroma of my Mom’s Pot Roast.  I couldn’t believe she was at work all day, and cooked all day.  It was magic! We’d sit down at the table and mom would place a platter in the center of the table.  It […]

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Real Texans have Loved Ones That Have Passed On

June 26, 2011

By Ramona… I experienced an event on hearing from loved ones that have passed on recently. I know what you’re thinking, (and I’m not even Physic! lol) you’re thinking what does this subject have to do with Real Texas.  It has a lot to do with Real Texas people.  There are many of our loved […]

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Music video Friday-49

June 24, 2011

Ernest Tubb is a Texas original My first memory of hearing Ernest Tubb was one Christmas when a bunch of us boys were out gathered around a campfire listening to the radio through an open pickup window nearby.  It was Ernest Tubb and Loretta Lynn singing a duet of “Has anybody seen my Sweet Thing?” […]

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How to Tawk Texan

June 21, 2011

Keep Tawkin’ like a Texan Part 3 of How To Be Texan-Wherever You Are You can keep on (or learn)  How To Be Texan Wherever You Are without really trying too hard.  Your Texas accent stays with you wherever you go.  Whenever I’m out of state (or even in state in some places) and am […]

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Music Video Friday – 48

June 17, 2011

Hank Williams, Jr. is also known as Randall Hank Williams and he goes by the nickname Bocephus.  Yes he is the son of the legendary Hank Williams, but Hank Jr. is a huge talent on his own.  He started off his career following in Hank Sr’s footsteps and often imitated his father’s style and songs. […]

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Real Texas Hot Sauce

June 14, 2011

How To Be Texan #2 This is #2 in a series of How To Be Texan-Wherever You Are.  Yes, it’s the Wherever You Are that is important in this post.  There are so many Texans who live outside of the Great State due to circumstances beyond their control, that many of them look for ways […]

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Music Video Friday-47

June 10, 2011

K.R. Wood sings about Texas I first met K.R. Wood 10 or more years ago when he had a performance out in Real Texas at a local festival.  Before that, I had heard of him though his Fathers of Texas series of songs and Texas commentary.  The Fathers of Texas series is plumb full of […]

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Real Texas food

June 7, 2011

You Can Be Texan Wherever You Are Native Texans know that all of Texas doesn’t look like the picture to your right. We love our barbed wire and prickly pear, but Texas is so much more.  We have mountains, pine forests, flat plains, the Gulf coast, big cities, small towns, oilfields, and miles and miles […]

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Music video Friday-46

June 3, 2011

Jamey Johnson is a balladeer I think I first saw and heard Jamey Johnson on Imus in the morning, the TV show.  I’m a sucker for good balladeer who sings meaningful lyrics.  Yep, the words mean as much to me as the melody of the song.  He wrote Honky Tonk Badonkadonk for Trace Adkins. He’s […]

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Business trips in Texas

June 1, 2011

Cheaper places to stay We travel to the Austin area every couple of weeks on business and usually stay with relatives while we’re there.  I always try to keep in mind that old saying that states something like  this:  “Guests and fish usually start to smell after three days.”  So, we are careful to try […]

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