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Snow Art is Ephemeral

February 13, 2010

I couldn’t resist heading out to take more pictures of snow. Once it is a day or two old, it loses much of its magic, but perhaps you can still imagine it. This is what it looks like in my neck of the woods.
I wish I had taken a night picture of the [...]

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Are We Addicted To Cell Phones?

January 5, 2010

Do y’all think that we spend too much time on those cell phones of ours? Sometimes it seems like folks talk on them all the dadgum time.
This fella was riding in a parade here in Denton (I showed you pictures of the North Texas State Fair Parade back in August), and he couldn’t stop [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Sidewalk Art or Vandalism?

September 7, 2009

It’s time for me to try Monochrome Weekly again. Every week, bloggers who also take photographs, post their photos in black and white. If you haven’t visited, you might enjoy it. Now, I’m not a very good photographer, but I’m trying to learn.
A couple of weeks ago, my husband and I took [...]

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North Texas State Fair Parade

August 25, 2009

A parade! I love parades, and this Saturday in Denton we had one to kick off the 2009 North Texas State Fair and Rodeo. No, that would not be the same thing as The State Fair of Texas, which is at Fair Park in Dallas and has Big Tex. And, no, the [...]

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Up In Smoke

August 17, 2009

Steve’s Barbecue, in Denton, was a colorful little place. You can tell that from the picture, even after the devastating fire that destroyed it.
We fell in love with it on our wedding day. Oh, we had known it was there — Steve had been in business for twenty-three years, after all. The [...]

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We All Need Another Hero

July 17, 2009

How would you react in an emergency? I know that I don’t have whatever it takes to be a “hero.” Any time I get frightened or excited, you could put my brain in a bluejay and it would fly backwards. That’s why real heroes like Mike Schmidt amaze me.
Last year, he decided [...]

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Couldn’t Bring Home The Bacon

June 30, 2009

The recession has hit home to me now.
It wasn’t enough that my favorite Starbucks Coffee Shop closed. I expected that. It was down in Colleyville, Texas … and there were four Starbucks within a mile of it (most of them located in grocery stores). I always visited it when I was in [...]

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You Scream, I Scream, We All Scream For…

May 31, 2009

You might scream for “ice cream,” but I scream for Italian Ice — “gelato.” I know, I know. It ruins the rhyme.
I’ve told you before that it’s not summer until my Italian Ice stand opens here in Denton. I went there yesterday, jonesing for some “brain freeze.” Unfortunately the tiny establishment, [...]

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Up, Up, And Away

May 18, 2009

I was not a Boy Scout, so the motto “Be Prepared” never imprinted itself on my brain. I was only in Camp Fire Girls, and our motto was “WoHeLo,” which means “Work, Health, Love.” The “work” and “health” part didn’t imprint either, but I digress.
Mr. Tucker and I went to get coffee a [...]

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Heritage Inn Bed and Breakfast, Denton. My Neck Of The Woods.

April 18, 2009

Not far from the Courthouse Square in Denton, Texas there is a quaint Bed and Breakfast Inn. Actually, it consists of three historic homes, side by side and surrounded by gardens, on Locust Street. The Heritage Inn is a delightful retreat — an alternative to the generic hotels you find along the [...]

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Around Town

July 14, 2008

We’ve been busily packing for our vacation the last few days. We head out in the morning for South Carolina, and then down to Savannah, Georgia. Before I go, I thought I’d share a couple of images that I saw around town. I’m practicing with that new camera, but I’ve got a [...]

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Cool Music on A Hot Summer Night

May 31, 2008

At the Denton County courthouse square, there was a treat last Thursday night. A “jump blues/swing band” called Big Daddy Alright played sizzling music on a hot summer night.

It was a part of the summer music series called “Twilight Tunes.” If you are in the neighborhood of Denton, Texas, don’t miss [...]

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Aww, Delbert, Say It Ain’t So

April 28, 2008

I’ve been to enough outdoor festivals that I should know these things by heart.
Items to take to an outdoor festival:

chair
camera
binoculars
blanket or jacket
bottled water
sunscreen
mosquito repellent
antihistamine!
taser gun for zapping unruly crowds!

I know them, but I still forget.
I had told y’all about the horrible crowds at the Denton Arts and Jazz Festival. On Friday night, throngs [...]

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Denton Jazz Fest Blues

April 25, 2008

That’s the tune I’m singing, folks. I’m so disappointed. We went to the Denton Arts and Jazz Festival, but came home early. The music was stellar, but I don’t “do” uncivilized crowds very well.
Oh, at first it was fine. We arrived at about 5:45, and staked out a small area about [...]

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Not So Excellent Adventure

April 4, 2008

My day started pretty well. I visited Jupiter House before I got on the road. It’s my favorite little coffee shop on the square in Denton.
J.C. is one of my favorite “coffee artists.”

He makes such beautiful design on the mochas he makes for me, that it’s almost a shame to drink them.
Ten hours [...]

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Denton Is Jazzin’ It Up!

April 4, 2008

Y’all, I’m so excited I can’t sit still. I’m poppin’ around like corn kernels in a frying pan!
The Denton Arts and Jazz Festival is just around the corner, and I just found out who will be playing!
DELBERT McCLINTON!

I’ve told you I adore Delbert, and even got to meet him once. It’s [...]

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No Peace I Find

March 29, 2008

Y’all, my poor Sweet Spousal Unit has discovered that there is no possibility of having a peaceful meal when you are married to a blogger. Everything is an opportunity for a blog post.
We went to a local restaurant on the square here in Denton, Texas. All in the world we planned was having [...]

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Recycled Books. A Book Lover’s “Mecca” in Denton, Texas

March 15, 2008

No bells sound a call to worship, as I enter the front door of one of my most revered shrines. But, when I leave, a “cha ching” of the cash register is the “closing hymn.”

Now, I’m not being sacrilegious. This atrocious purple edifice is not an opera house, and it is not really [...]

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