All the flap about the Confederate Flag and other symbols of the time in our history that condoned slavery, makes me wonder just how far are we going to go to the extreme in dodging sensitivity. That era was not one of our more honorable ones. Neither was the time that we pushed the Native […]
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I know, I know. It’s not Sunday, and not even a regular blog day, so why on earth am I doing a review on Thursday? It’s because there is a release party today for a new book in the Jane Delaney Mystery Series by Pamela Burford. I received an advanced review copy of the book
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Slim Randles is back as today’s Wednesday’s Guest with another story from the guys down at the Mule Barn Truck Stop. Grab your drink of choice and a sweet roll and enjoy… “You’re awfully quiet this morning, Steve,” Dud said to his buddy, the cowboy with the haystack mustache. “No sleep,” Steve mumbled, his chin
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Since I had a busy weekend, and now have visitors, I will not be online much the next few days, so I thought I would schedule something interesting to pop up today for your reading pleasure On Facebook and other social media sites, we chuckle when we see spelling and grammar mistakes that often are
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According to a couple of articles I read in The Dallas Morning News this week, we have been approaching the problem of obesity the wrong way, especially here in the U.S. The dramatic rise in obesity and type 2 diabetes in children and adults has most recently been tied to our sedentary lifestyle. So the
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There’s an awful lot of fear-mongering going on in the United States and too much of it has settled in Texas. Our new governor parlayed people’s fears into votes, and he continues to play on the fear. I couldn’t believe it when I heard him say that he suspects the summer training exercises by the
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My friend Slim Randles is back as today’s Wednesday’s Guest with another of Delbert’s harebrained, er, novel ideas. A good festival can bring folks to town, but this idea touches on the absurd. You can catch me over at Kathleen Kaska’s wonderful blog, Birds and Books, where we are sharing our admiration for Ed McBain’s
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On my recent vacation I saw lots of wind turbines in Montana, Wyoming, Kansas and Nebraska. Since the wind goes sweeping across those plains, it seemed logical that wind farms would be prevalent there, but I didn’t know that my home state of Texas is actually the top wind producer in the United States. Now
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Once again Slim Randles is here as today’s Wednesday’s Guest, with a little horse-training tip from Steve. I’ve never heard it called “boogering” a horse before, but I’ve had to get my horse, Banjo, accustomed to noises and fast movements. One does not want a horse to shy when you least expect it. That’s how
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Thank goodness for my friend, Slim Randles, who is always willing to be my Wednesday’s Guest, even at the last minute. My week got off to a late start as I returned home from a trip to Austin late on Monday. Then I picked right back up with an editing job and almost forgot to