October 2009

Ghost Busting At The Menger

October 31, 2009

I felt the chill begin at me knees, and swiftly rush to my heart. I felt as if I had entered an industrial freezer, but it was only the hallway of the Menger Hotel. Gooseflesh rose on my arm as I gasped. Beside me I heard my friend Judy gasp at the same moment. “There [...]

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The Knight Studio in Kilgore, Texas

October 30, 2009

The internet constantly amazes me. I suppose it can be used for good or evil, but this is Friday, so I’ll focus on only the good. That isn’t hard so hard to do, is it? I enjoy having an encyclopedia at my fingertips, although I am sometimes overwhelmed at the massive amounts of information (and [...]

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Is Ghost Radar Real, Or Am I A Half-Bubble Off Plumb?

October 29, 2009

I told y’all that I was going to have some fun with that Ghost Radar application on my iPhone, didn’t I? Yes, I surely did. Anybody who reads here regularly already knows that I’m about half-bubble off of plumb, so I’m gonna tell you this story about my Ghost Radar. This week I have been [...]

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Stepping Back in Time in Salado, Texas

October 28, 2009

As I travel south from Fort Worth to San Antonio, I often get my “mouth set” for a stop in Salado, Texas. It has been a resting place for traveler’s since long ago. This tiny town north of Austin on Interstate 35, was once bisected by The Chisholm Trail but before that the Comanche and [...]

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Scaring Ourselves Silly in San Antonio

October 27, 2009

The Menger Hotel in downtown San Antonio is our destination this Friday night. I did tell you it is haunted, didn’t I? My friend Judy and I are getting excited! We have our room booked (we are going to share a room, because we are a couple of scaredy cats) AND we are scheduled to [...]

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Off To See The Wizard Wells

October 26, 2009

The lure of the road sign that pointed northeast toward “Wizard Wells” finally became too much to ignore. I’ve seen that sign for years … and wondered about it … but I never took time to investigate. Curiosity got the better of us, so we detoured from Highway 114 in Jack County. You probably won’t [...]

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Hot Mic In Black and White

October 25, 2009

“Ladies and gentlemen, we interrupt our program of dance music to bring you a special bulletin from the Intercontinental Radio News. At twenty minutes before eight, central time, Professor Farrell of the Mount Jennings Observatory, Chicago, Illinois, reports observing several explosions of incandescent gas, occurring at regular intervals on the planet Mars. The spectroscope indicates [...]

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Bizarre at the Henderson Street Bazaar

October 24, 2009

Every now and then, my husband and I start itching to go to a flea market. Several weeks ago, we sashayed down to the Henderson Street Bazaar in Fort Worth (1000 N Henderson St.) to see what they had going on there. We love garage sales and flea markets … don’t y’all? Raise y’allses hands [...]

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A Year Of Optimism

October 23, 2009

I almost missed the anniversary! It was a year ago (October 17th, 2008) when I first decided to post only the good on Fridays. I can’t believe it has been that long, and I’m flabbergasted that I stuck with it. I am NOT a “goody two shoes” and optimism does NOT come naturally to me. [...]

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Roomful of Rocking Chairs

October 20, 2009

In the twenty-some-odd years that I have been telling stories, I can count on one two hands the number of times that I have had “stage fright.” I have to admit that at this very moment I finally understand a phrase my Papaw always used: “I’m as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room [...]

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Ghost Story Giveaway Winners

October 19, 2009

Winners! I was giving away ghost story CDs for Halloween. What? You didn’t see? I thought I was going to give away five of them, but then found some others hiding in a drawer. I decided to give them all away. Yes, if you took the time to comment you are a winner. I’m sending [...]

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Warped

October 18, 2009

I looked up the definition of the word “warp” so that I could properly explain it to you. According to a certain online dictionary, it means: “a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft.” It also means: “a twist or curve that has developed in something originally flat or [...]

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Dream Big And Then Run Like Thunder

October 16, 2009

As I rummaged around the office this morning, searching for something to tell you for Only The Good Friday, I came across a colorful crocheted granny square that was left over from a project that was coordinated on this blog two years ago. I sat down and cried. Don’t worry, they were tears of joy [...]

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Intermission

October 15, 2009

Get a load of that look on my face. Do you think that would make a youngster afraid to squirm while sitting in one of my audiences? Darn tootin’! Oh, I don’t make that face all the time. I was probably being dramatic or something. Most of the time I’m sticking my finger up my [...]

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There Is A Worm In My Apple: Bookworm!

October 13, 2009

If the board game “Boggle” and the video game “Tetris” had a “nooner” at the Motel Six, the resulting “love child” would be an application for my iPhone called “Bookworm.” I have done it again! I’ve gained another addiction! Was it not enough that I am addicted to bacon? To coffee? To cheesy mystery novels? [...]

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Segues

October 13, 2009

Those of us who use search engines on computers are familiar with segues. It means: “to make a transition from one thing to another smoothly and without interruption.” It happens to me every day. I start searching for something, for instance “warning signs of swine flu,” and when I find that I click on a [...]

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I Love Fairweather

October 12, 2009

No, that wasn’t a typo. I like good weather, sure. But, I love Fairweather Lewis! She’s a blogger that my friend Jamie (another blogger I love) told me about. All month long, in honor of Halloween, Fairweather Lewis has been featuring ghost stories! Don’t you like ghost stories? Fairweather is a master storyteller, and she [...]

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Jupiter House Java In Black And White

October 11, 2009

I enjoy making people jealous. Sorry. I’m wicked like that. If you saw “my” coffee house, you would turn green with envy. So, I thought I would show you my morning “routine.” Being a coffee addict, I have to go to Jupiter House, on the square here in Denton, to get my “fix.” I realize [...]

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A Cook Can’t Have Too Many Potholders

October 10, 2009

Because spinning and weaving are “lost” folk arts, when I demonstrate them in schools I try to show children something to which they might relate. I show them potholders and a potholder loom, because the weaving of potholders was almost a rite of passage for the kids I knew as a child. The weaving of [...]

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Only Good is served at Café Garibaldi

October 9, 2009

With a name like “Café Garibaldi,” one might think “Italian food.” One might be wrong! The menu includes Mexican food and on Wednesday nights Peruvian food! This schizophrenic little restaurant in Denton, Texas is a hidden jewel. It is my “good” for this Friday. Truthfully, I wasn’t going to tell you about it, because I [...]

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