Tag: hereford
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April 25, 2006 03:23 PM EDT --
My Friend, Jasper
Well, we lost him yesterday. He died quietly just a few minutes after noon. It doesn't help much that in "dog years" he was almost 90 years old. It only felt like 12 1/2 . . .
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May 02, 2006 08:35 PM EDT --
1. I am a seventh generation Texan.
2. I am descended from three of the "old 300" colonists who came to Texas with Stephen F. Austin in 1822.
3. My family, on all sides, has been here for over . . .
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June 13, 2006 08:14 PM EDT --
Sauvignon Blanc is my favorite overall white wine. It pairs better, with a wider range of food flavors than chardonnay, pinot grigio, or chenin blanc, and both wooded and unwooded styles are easy . . .
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November 30, 2005 09:24 AM EST --
Poetry isn't just a spectator sport. Anyone can enjoy poetry, both as a reader and a writer. The best thing about poetry is its diversity. Poetry comes in all kinds of flavors. . . .
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February 21, 2007 05:16 PM EST --
If you were to list 10 of your favorite things, what would they be? Here are 10 of my favorite things, in no particular order.
1. Drinking coffee with my wife on the front porch on a calm cool morning, . . .
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December 07, 2005 05:05 PM EST --
She's swinging on her stomch ...
I remember doing that.
Spinning around,
pretending to fly forward and backward,
staring at mulch or gravel or mud;
the dirty tips of my shoes.
I speculated in . . .
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December 09, 2005 09:44 PM EST --
In my most recent ramble, I spoke of the general sense of laziness in the American population. I also discussed some of the highlights of my childhood experience. However, upon receiving . . .
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May 05, 2006 11:29 AM EDT --
We have a new puppy! Her name is Ellie Mae, (as in "Clampett" on the original "Beverly Hillbillies"). She is seven weeks old and is a beautiful blue-eyed, blonde Labrador . . .
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January 23, 2006 08:59 PM EST --
10/31/01
I'm sitting behind a round bale of hay in a pasture in the Texas Hill Country. It's 5pm and I can hear the traffic out on Highway 290 as it hums and rumbles past. The river is about 200 . . .
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February 14, 2006 03:59 PM EST --
Wine is the abstraction of grape juice. Archeological sites have recorded its production for over 8500 years. It is mentioned early and often in both Old and New Testaments of the Bible. . . .
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February 15, 2006 12:18 PM EST --
I recently had my third child. I have been dealing with the "baby blues" along with poor body image and all that comes with being an impatient person ready to be back to her old self again . . .
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February 16, 2006 01:47 PM EST --
This is not an option for everyone. There are some years that the wines are just not good enough to hold, but if you were born in a good to great vintage; like 1953, 1955, 1961, 1963, 1977, . . .
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February 20, 2006 11:35 PM EST --
02/20/06
Got to J's house at the appointed hour of 3pm. We each had a couple of errands to run so we didn't leave the outskirts of town until nearly four and got out to The Pocket about 4:30pm. . . .
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March 06, 2006 08:13 PM EST --
I know, it sounds weird. I've only eaten it twice myself; once as a teen and again 30 some odd years later. Both times were on Boy Scout functions. Come to think of it, I've eaten . . .
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March 07, 2006 11:53 AM EST --
The Collector
He walked up the steps to the second story office, opened the door and walked in. It was a small office; a young woman sitting behind a desk and an office with a closed door behind her. . . .
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March 29, 2006 06:16 PM EST --
January 1985
Will's room is finished and waiting for him. Everything is done, furniture and decorations in place, clothes folded neatly, all necessary auxillary equipment stowed patiently away, waiting . . .
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May 04, 2006 03:39 PM EDT --
26. Some of the relics on display in the Long Barracks at the Alamo belonged to one of my ancestors and his brother.
27. One of the people listed on the cenotaph at the Alamo is a cousin of mine.
28. . . .
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January 09, 2007 11:51 AM EST --
If you have never tried Wild Turkey Salad, this is a "must try" recipe! First, separate the back and legs from the breast. Brown in 3T of olive oil until evenly browned. Then . . .
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December 06, 2005 10:04 AM EST --
My mother's house holds a world of ladybugs
Resting in wooden window sills and exploring
Her sunlit ceiling before taking flight across
The room and landing on something brighter.
They . . .
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January 18, 2006 05:55 PM EST --
Words
He was comfortable with words.
He snuggled down in them
Like an old biddy hen on her eggs.
He eased down into them
Like someone stepping into a hot tub.
He felt warm and safe;
floating safely . . .
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