HELL FIGHTER’S SOUTH TEXAS SMOKE
Every three years or so, when Texas Monthly’s Top 50 BBQ places in Texas comes out, my passion to visit all 50 is revived. I yearn for the smell of smoke. I salivate envisioning...
HOLIDAY ROCK COOKIES…..YUMMMM!
Holiday Rock Cookies
3/4 C brown sugar ½ teasp cinnamon
¼ lb butter ½ teasp soda
1 Large egg ¼ teasp salt
1 ¼ C flour
2 C chopped brazil nuts
2 C chopped almonds
2 C chopped walnuts
½ lb candied...
1960 Ford Long-Bed Fire Truck!
Now anyone that even has a casual interest in history would be hard pressed to believe in such an animal as a 60’s era Ford Long-Bed Fire Truck, especially if it only had 4...
THE OPTIMIST AND DUTY!
The Optimist
The optimist fell ten stories,
At each window bar
He shouted to his friends:
“All right so far.”
Author Unknown
Duty
I slept and dreamed that life was Beauty:
I woke and found that life was Duty:
Was then thy dream...
GREAT TEXAS BAR-B-Q
It's conveniently located and it's good!
Check it out for the Season, and enjoy a bit of Texas cooking.
THE WINDS OF FATE
(This poem was written by Mrs. Wilcox on the steamer Richard Peck between New Haven and New York, following her husband’s observation that one ship went west and another east, in the same wind.)
THE...
ST. AUGUSTINE AND FUN!
A Florida Travelogue
St. Augustine
One of the things I like about the Space Coast of Florida is its proximity to near-by sights and attractions. That includes Orlando which is only a one-hour drive inland....
GOING REALLY LARGE IN TEXAS!
PAULA DEEN’S FAMILY KITCHEN
GOING LARGE IN TEXAS!
Let’s clear the air about one thing right now. Paula Deen’s Family Kitchen is not, I repeat NOT, for dieters. If you’re Keto or Paleo or Gluten-free or Vegan,...
THE AMERICA WITHIN US!
Music has the ability to stir that which is within us. It takes us to unimaginable highs, can frustrate us, carry us into a peaceful or somber mood or even lead us to tears....
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