Category: Texas

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    Good Morning Sunshine

    Is how I began most every morning text message to my special person. There is something about mornings that inspire hope and optimism. After all, the day has just begun, nothing has had a chance to go wrong yet. At least for now. So I choose to see where I am at today as the […]

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    Privileges of Youth (RIP Dusty Hill)

    The title of this post may be confusing. There is a great song that I like very much. It’s written by two other great Texas music artists, Jamie Richards and Walt Wilkins, called Privileges of Youth. You can listen to Jamie’s recording on Youtube here. The lyrics begin with: “The boys and I used to […]

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    Rollback. Flashback.

      The year was 1971. After 24 years in the military my Dad had finally figured out what he wanted to be when he grew up. He loaded up all his Navy retirement money and bought a service station. Conveniently located on IH 35 E – R.L. Thornton Freeway in Dallas, just up the hill […]

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    The Sun Also Rises

    The sun set on another great season of Wildcat football tonight with a heartbreaking last minute loss to Trinity, 35-42. I was all set to blog about the classlessness of Trinity for booing our band as they played the school song during the pregame show, but after watching 48 minutes of hard hitting, gut wrenching […]