My Neck Of The Woods. Villa’s in Irving, Texas.

March 21, 2009

Most travelers would never see the old drugstore in downtown Irving. You have to search for what was once the “heart” of the city to find it. The Interstate Highways and our state highways are a marvelous way of getting from one place to another in a hurry (unless you are driving in rush hour). [...]

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My Neck Of The Woods

March 17, 2009

Are y’all ever amazed by the misconceptions people have about the place where you live? I am constantly flabbergasted by how people perceive The Lone Star State and its residents. I was talking to an on-line friend from New York. She was under the impression that, because I am from Texas, I am a “cowgirl” [...]

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You See By My Outfit That I’m Not A Cowboy

August 29, 2008

I think they have the wrong idea about Texans. They think my state is filled with gun-totin’, rootin’-tootin’ cowboys. “They” are three men from Germany who are here working at my husband’s company for three weeks. Most of their time has been spent involved with the work, but they went to a local rodeo last [...]

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Thursday Thirteen #47. Signs of a True “Roadhouse”

August 6, 2008

These days, if you drive along the highways of Texas, you are bound to see a “restaurant row” outside of any metropolitan area. Chances are good that , if you look real hard, you will see something called “Texas Roadhouse” nestled among those slick, shiny establishments. There is another chain restaurant called “Logan’s Roadhouse.” They [...]

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Bread Pudding That Is Worth The Wait

July 1, 2008

In my Mamaw’s kitchen, nothing went to waste. Bread usually didn’t last long enough to get crusty and hard (my grandmother’s homemade bread was delicious). If it did stay around for a few days, it became bread pudding. I loved that bread pudding! It was scrumptious! A few months back we visited a restaurant in [...]

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Sitting Ducks

June 2, 2008

I don’t know why this local news story has affected me so deeply. Maybe it’s remembering when my children were small and I took them to Bedford Boys Ranch to feed the ducks. I loved watching the kids squeal with glee when they saw a Momma duck and her band of babies waddling beside the [...]

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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 it! It’s FREE! [...]

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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 [...]

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My Galveston Weekend.

April 7, 2008

As I headed across Texas last Friday to tell stories at a festival in Galveston, I didn’t think it was going to be a wonderful adventure! It was raining and the weather was icky (that’s a bona fide meteorological term). It turned out to be a pretty enjoyable trip! I took a lot of pictures, [...]

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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 [...]

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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 on [...]

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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 a [...]

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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 a [...]

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“Global Warming” My Eye!

March 6, 2008

Oh, for crying out loud! People, this is Denton, Texas (just north of Dallas and Fort Worth). I’ve lived in this area all my life. That’s 54 years today. I can count on my fingers (maybe even just the ones on my left hand!) the number of times in my adult life that I’ve seen [...]

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Heavenly Burgers

November 3, 2007

You probably would never stop at this little burger shack down by the railroad track. In the first place, you wouldn’t know where to find it, because it’s not in a nicer part of town. It’s not an “upscale” eatery, and face it, it doesn’t look like much. It’s called RJ’s Old Fashion Homemade Burgers. [...]

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A Ghost Tale from Texas

October 31, 2007

It’s Halloween tonight, and the children will be running through the streets on a mission to fill bags with candy. But, some believe that spirits walk tonight. It’s a good time to sit in front of a fire and tell spooky ghost stories. Because sophiagurl wants it (and what she wants, she gets!), I’ve posted [...]

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Manic Monday, In More Ways Than One

September 24, 2007

It’s Manic Monday, in more ways than one around here. Mo at It’s A Blog Eat Blog World gives us a word prompt each week, and those of us who participate use that to inspire a post. The word for today is “kit.” This weekend, I’ve been working on some afghan “kits” for Share A [...]

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All The Signs Are There

September 23, 2007

A change is in the air. Today is the first day of fall. It’s the autumnal equinox, when the sun is directly over the equator, and day and night are of equal length. I’d know that without a calendar, people, because all the signs are there. When I step on my porch to have my [...]

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Sweet Summer Treats

July 14, 2007

Why do so many memories revolve around food? My memories of summer as a child are punctuated by the sweet treats that we occasionally got to enjoy. Cold treats, because summer in Texas (before central air conditioning) was sweltering hot. It still is, but air conditioning makes it more bearable. The sweetest music of summer [...]

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Great American Race—Lewisville, Texas Edition

July 7, 2007

Vintage cars lined the streets of old town Lewisville, Texas. “Oooh”s and “Ahhh”s could be heard from the excited crowd as they milled about snapping pictures. Bustling crew members wiped every speck of road dust from the cars until they gleamed as if they were on a show room floor. The exhausted drivers in the [...]

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