Music Video Friday 18

October 29, 2010

Texas Rangers Fever rules Well, sorry, it’s just not all that often that it happens and we hope there is World Series fever every October in Real Texas.  So, here are some baseball related music and baseball videos just to get Real Texas Blog readers in the mood. Jimmy Morris and the Big Lake Owls Movie Trailer […]

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10,000 baseballs

October 28, 2010

Real Texas Baseball Have you ever wondered how baseballs are actually manufactured? Since we are a little baseball crazy right about now here in the Great State, you might find it interesting to know just how the baseballs are made.  Pretty interesting stuff.

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World Series in Texas

October 27, 2010

Texas hosts World Series It’s Texas Vs. San Francisco in the World Series starting this evening, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010.  The Ballpark in Arlington will be spotlighted starting Saturday with two games already played in San Francisco.  Since I’m writing this a little ahead of time, I don’t know how it is all going right […]

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Way too proud of Texas Rangers

October 25, 2010

Texans are a mighty proud race of people All of us seem to be that way.  At least those of us who are actually from here and a few others who have married into the family. Yes, some are louder and prouder than others, but even the quiet ones have a sense of pride in […]

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Music Video Friday 17

October 22, 2010

Real Texas Blues I enjoy a lot of different genres of music but one I haven’t revealed to you is Texas Blues.  Yes, there are blues and then there are Texas Blues. Let me explain. Texas Blues is a sub category of blues that first started appearing in the early 1900’s in labor camps, farms, […]

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Early voting in Texas

October 20, 2010

Early Voting is underway in Texas From now through October 29, you may cast your ballot early in most precincts in Texas.  Regular election day is November 2, 2010.  Here in my community, we go to the county clerk’s office and vote early.  They have a voting machine or you can still write your choice on a […]

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Sneezy in Texas

October 18, 2010

Real Texas allergies Growing up in Real Texas I guess I had zero allergies.  I could live in a hayfield, run wild in a pasture full of cedar, and shower with freshly mowed grass. But not anymore. When I moved out of my part of Real Texas to the hill country San Marcos/Austin area, my […]

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Music Video Friday 16

October 16, 2010

Texas Music with Real Texas Blog Yep, it’s number 16 in the series. That would be XVI to you Romans out there. I first heard Roy Orbison sing Pretty Woman on a spontaneous, late evening trip to a city just across the border from Del Rio, Texas.  It seemed the closer we got to Del […]

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Aggies to the rescue

October 13, 2010

Chile Mine Rescue As I write this, 29 of the 33 trapped miners in Chile have been successfully recovered.  I had heard somewhere that a Texan was involved in the rescue, but had not looked it up.  My friend Shannon over at her blog, So It Goes in Texas, details the Texas Aggie who has come […]

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Texas History in October

October 13, 2010

Texas History events in October I’ve been compiling a list of Texas History events in October and have found some pretty good sources of information.  Like a lot of other devoted Real Texans, I’m a big fan of Texas History and events and I always look for a reason to pass on the good stuff to my […]

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