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Fantasy Dinner Party

Posted on January 21, 2018 by admin

This year I decided it was time for a little pizazz in my dining room. How exciting can a room be if the walls are painted “file folder yellow?” While the paperhangers were busy prepping walls and hanging the paper, … Continue reading →

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Go Away Wooshing Weather

Posted on January 17, 2018 by admin

WOOSH! It’s cold outside. Words from my childhood I absolutely detested. There were never enough sweaters, mittens, boots, stocking caps, or hot chocolate to keep me warm. I still feel the same way and still live within a hundred miles … Continue reading →

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Where People Were Quarantined, Often Died, and Buried in the Yard

Posted on January 14, 2018 by admin

With all the foul weather our nation has suffered recently and the near influenza epidemic here in Texas it’s time to look at a 19th century method to control infectious diseases and prevent a pandemic. At such times when medical … Continue reading →

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Who Came First?

Posted on January 13, 2018 by admin

Okay, here’s the question I’ve wanted to pose for a long time. Who were the first Anglo-American settlers in Texas? If you said Moses or Stephen Austin, you missed it by a long shot. The first settlers to arrive from … Continue reading →

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East of the Mississippi

Posted on January 7, 2018 by admin

European history is based on countless ruins of antiquity, while American history resides in stories from the natural world. Early Europeans and their descendants in North America used visual art to preserve images that so overwhelmed them. By 1839, when … Continue reading →

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The Tax Man Cometh

Posted on January 3, 2018 by admin

The details of the new 2018 Tax Law have been published. Accountants, attorneys, businessmen, and everyone fearing the worse read them over the past weekend. Yet even though the actual law doesn’t take effect until January 1, 2018 Americans are … Continue reading →

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Newspapers Can Be Quite Chatty at Times

Posted on December 31, 2017 by admin

Americans have read newspapers since colonial times. Early in our history, local newspapers carried news from afar. There was no reason to print local news. Everybody knew what happened there. By the middle of the 19th century, newspapers were more … Continue reading →

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Silent Night

Posted on December 24, 2017 by admin

This post was originally published on December 21, 2014 but its relevancy is still important today. Christmas 1917 was the first for the American Expeditionary Forces in the war. No soccer games or shared gifts, just the same fear and … Continue reading →

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Wandering Across the Country on a Troop Train

Posted on December 17, 2017 by admin

The Second German Reich mapped out what was supposed to be the perfect war before the German Army even moved across Belgium with the intent of invading France. Espionage plans included installing spies, Union strikers, and propagandists in the … Continue reading →

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A Peculiar Discovery on the Courthouse Square

Posted on December 10, 2017 by admin

This past week we honored those who died seventy-six years ago during the Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor. At least two men from Hunt County lost their lives in the raid. Several others from this area experienced the … Continue reading →