Monthly Archives: July 2012

Book Events – 2012

Posted on July 31, 2012 by

Book Events – Upcoming There’s not all that much on my event calendar over the next few months – only one talk, and three big community events. What with the cost of gas, arranging for accommodations, and seeing to the … Continue reading →

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Personal Barsetshire

Posted on July 30, 2012 by

In January, 2007 I had just launched into the first book about the German settlements in the Texas Hill Country – a project which almost immediately came close to overflowing the constraint that I had originally visualized, of about twenty … Continue reading →

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Junker Delight

Posted on July 25, 2012 by

This week in the neighborhood where I live was designated for the annual bulk-trash pickup – so residents were notified a week or more ago. Once a year we can put out on the curb … well, just about anything … Continue reading →

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Nat Love – Cowboy Rock Star

Posted on July 24, 2012 by

Nat Love, who was born into slavery in Tennessee in 1854, went west to Dodge City after the Civil War and cadged work as a wrangler and cowboy. He was already a pretty good rider and bronco-buster, and in a … Continue reading →

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The Spectacle of Wrecks on the Internet Superhighway

Posted on July 19, 2012 by

I am not one of those people who thrive on discord – which may be one of the reasons that I gave up posting on Open Salon yea these many months ago. I am at heart a rather peaceful and … Continue reading →

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Laying By

Posted on July 17, 2012 by

A neighbor of ours has a fig tree – an insanely prolific fig tree, to which we have been going regularly and with permission – to harvest the bounty. And a bounty there is; so much that we came and … Continue reading →

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Evenings (And Mornings and Afternoons) At the Bar Urba

Posted on July 15, 2012 by

“Mom? Is it OK if we stop by the bar on the way home from Vacation Bible School?” asked my daughter one morning in the summer of 1989 or so, and I confess that I had lived overseas for so … Continue reading →

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Turning Point

Posted on July 9, 2012 by

My daughter and I are watching and very much enjoying the period splendors of Downton Abbey, showing on the local PBS channel here over the last couple of weeks – just as much as my parents and I enjoyed Upstairs, … Continue reading →

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On This Date in 1776

Posted on July 4, 2012 by

(So I’m old-fashioned – I believe this should be read aloud at celebratory gatherings on this date every year.) Action of Second Continental Congress, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, WHEN in the … Continue reading →

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Bring Me Figgy Pudding

Posted on July 3, 2012 by

… and figgy wine, whole preserved figs, dried figs and jam of figs … As you can deduce, we have a bounty of figs, at this very moment. This miracle has occurred, even as the small tree in my front … Continue reading →

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