The subjects of a country music song

July 9, 2008

As Johnny Cash put it on the liner notes to his Unchained album.   “’I love songs about horses, railroads, land, judgment day, family, hard times, whiskey, courtship, marriage, adultery, separation, murder, war, prison, rambling, damnation, home, salvation, death, pride, humor, piety, rebellion, patriotism, larceny, determination, tragedy, rowdiness, heartbreak, and love. And Mother. And God. […]

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Ramona & the Longhorns

July 7, 2008

Ramona is pointing out that the neighbor Longhorns came by for a visit to the Sherwood Ranch out here in Real Texas country. The Longhorns came from the treeline in the background of the photo. Yes there is a fence back there, but a fence does not necessarily mean anything to a longhorn. Or to […]

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God Bless Texas

July 4, 2008
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Texas Music report

July 4, 2008

Jackson Taylor Band Texas Music video

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Watermelon as Viagra

July 4, 2008

I wondered what was going on. Ramona buys watermelon, not for us, but for the ducks and chickens.  Seems they love the things.  It was their ‘other’ behavior that I began to notice. A little background on the ducks.  We have had chickens for quite some time and enjoy them very much.  No, we don’t […]

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American Idol disses Texas

July 4, 2008

It’s one of my wife’s favorite shows.  She tivo’s it, watches it, discusses it, has a lot of fun with it and enjoys the heck out of it.  But American Idol has disrespected the Great State of Texas by not holding auditions here for season number 8.  Don’t we have some past winners who are […]

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Texas religious conversion

July 4, 2008

A religious conversion in Texas Each Friday night after work, Bubba would fire up his outdoor grill and cook a venison steak and have a cold Lone Star beer.  But, all of Bubba’s neighbors were Catholic.. And since it was Lent, they were forbidden from eating meat on Friday. The delicious aroma from the grilled […]

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And then the fight started

July 4, 2008

My wife and I were sitting at a table at my Texas high school reunion, and I kept staring at a drunken lady swigging her drink as she sat alone at a nearby table. My wife asked, ‘Do you know her?’ ‘Yes,’ I sighed, ‘She’s my old girlfriend. I understand she took to drinking right […]

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Power of prayer

July 3, 2008

In a small Texas town, a honky tonk/ bar began construction on a new building to increase their business. The local Baptist church started a campaign to block the bar from opening with petitions and prayers. Several do-gooder church women worked diligently to circulate the petitions and organize prayer groups in opposition to the expanded […]

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Little Round Top

July 3, 2008

Several years ago I was able to tour the Gettysburg battlefield and one of the highlights of the trip was to be able to stand on top of the battlefield site of “Little Round Top”.  General Hood of the Texas Brigade described it as a little hill overlooking the battlefield.  From that vantage point, gunners […]

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