Memorial Day 2011

May 30, 2011

Many of you regular readers know I remember my friend Robert Worth every Memorial Day.  He is forever young, having lost his life in Vietnam as a crewman on a Navy helicopter gunship.  You can read more about him here. Memorial Day 2011 is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of […]

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Music Video Friday 45-Cheating Songs

May 27, 2011

Best Cheating Songs Some of the very best country songs are cheating songs.  Here are a few favorites of the Real Texas crowd…

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Real Texas lifestyle

May 25, 2011

Here is a little more from the eBook turned blog post.  I have seen versions of this elsewhere, but I like my version best. Next up, the first of 25 ways to be Texan, Wherever You Are… Have you looked closely at a map lately? Have you looked closely at a map lately? Look at […]

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How to be Texan-Introduction

May 23, 2011

How to be Texan Wherever You Are The Wherever You Are part is very important. That is because I have friends who live in places other than the paradise of Texas due to unfortunate circumstances like their jobs or having married into a non-Texan family.  This is an eBook I have had written for a […]

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Music Video Friday 45-Pop a Top

May 20, 2011

Pop a top again Jim Ed Brown sang it first, but there are other pretty good versions. And a humorous video with Alan Jackson…

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Real Texas Olives

May 18, 2011

Bella Vista Olive Ranch Most of you know we like nearly everything ‘Texas’ and last year we had a very good visit with Jack Dougherty, owner and developer at Bella Vista.  He brought his olive expertise with him to the Wimberley area and now he is offering a Texas Blend of olive oil.  Look closely […]

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Real Texas Anomalie

May 16, 2011

My friend M.T. Whallete has been writing poetry for quite a while and no, that is not his real name.  He is however a real person who has been feeling an economic pinch for quite a while now and he picked a pretty good pen name for a retiree.  He writes poems whenever he feels […]

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Music Video Friday 44-There Stands a Glass

May 13, 2011

Johnny Bush is true Texas Johnny Bush is old time country music.  His songs are very danceable, tell a story, and have their share of hard times stories. In reading some of the comments under the video, one reader commented that only West Texas girls can dance to this music anymore…..might be true. Most of […]

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Real Texas Honky Tonk

May 11, 2011

Is Real Texas Honky Tonk Heaven? There are those of us of a certain age who would say yes. And here is what I mean by that statement.  A few days ago, we went to see Augie Meyers and the Texas Tornadoes at a Texas Honky Tonk in San Angelo known as the Stagecoach Saloon.  […]

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Music Video Friday 44-Barry Sadler

May 6, 2011

Fighting soldiers from the sky OK , it was Navy Seals that took out Osama bin laden.  For those of you who only know Navy Seals in the form of former Governor Jesse Ventura, let me tell you that most of them are not big people.  Most of them that I have ever had contact […]

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