The Fort Worth Stockyards
Visiting the Fort Worth Stockyards at the Will Rogers Medallion Awards banquet was a fun side trip that made me want to know more about the history of the place. Here's a short version of the business that gave Fort Worth the nickname Cowtown and a few pictures I took...
A Quick Look at Will Rogers and One of his Best Quotes
You might have read last week's story about my book being honored with a Will Rogers Medallion Award. Some of you younger readers may have never heard of Will Rogers. He was born in 1879 and died in an airplane crash in 1935 at the age of 55. If you happen to be one...
A New Experience for Me- I Won a Book Award!
I traveled to Fort Worth, Texas, last weekend to receive a Will Rogers Medallion for my second book, Adventures Down the Texas Rabbit Hole. I can now say I am an award-winning author. How cool is that! It was suggested to me by Natalie Bright, a 2022 medallion...
The Edna Class of 1983 Invited Me Back for a Reunion
We moved to Muleshoe from Edna, Texas, a town about the size of Muleshoe on Highway 59 down on the Gulf Coast of Texas, about 570 miles southeast of Muleshoe.I taught language arts at the 5th and 6th grade school, Sam Houston Elementary, which, as it turns out, is no...
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