No-Man's Phone Land - Feb 3 '06 07:31:30 AM
I know we’re in the middle of nowhere East Texas, and now my cell phone thinks so, too. It moved itself into Roam. When we moved in, we had to walk up to the top of the...
Buffet Brothers - Feb 1 '06 06:32:37 AM
My husband’s brother loves buffets. He’s actually no different that most of the folks we know in several of our nearby small towns. The restaurants that don’t have buffets...
Hog Heads Up - Jan 28 '06 08:28:06 AM
A half-dozen hog heads smiled up at us in the meat section at Wal-Mart. This was new and it certainly made me yelp. I’m no stranger to animal parts, and not even to a whole...
Say It's Not True - Jan 27 '06 11:05:34 AM
Building of a Chili’s restaurant has ground to a halt in our nearest small town. Big bummer. We had talked about how much “support” we would give them when it opened. We...
No Competition Here - Jan 26 '06 07:27:45 AM
We’re back to almost singular entertainment here. The nutria swims around in his little carved out space in the channel. Billy Ray our blue heron has moved closer to the mouth...
Most Wanted - Jan 24 '06 07:54:04 AM
So many things you take for granted in the city that you can’t get in small towns. So you sometimes have to make them for yourself when you get a craving. Corn and flour...
Just Teasing - Jan 20 '06 07:13:09 AM
While we’re in the throes of drought, we get all excited when it clouds up. But the sky is just teasing us and that twenty percent chance of precip just dances around and then...
Burn Ban - Jan 18 '06 06:20:56 AM
We’re in the middle of a burn ban. Not even the middle, it has been on for months. In a bigger city, you would know about the burn ban by reading a paper or catching the news...
Tree Aquariums - Jan 12 '06 07:22:10 AM
With the water way down in our channel and lake, you can see how big everyone’s Christmas tree was. Normally you wouldn’t have a clue unless you could see through their...
Life on Schedule - Jan 9 '06 10:24:05 AM
Not ours, the Internet. Rather, our Internet provider. Yes, we remain rather backward in our methods: it’s a plain old dialup and a 56k modem that runs at 28.8. Scary, isn’t...
Texas Teamwork - Jan 6 '06 07:14:52 AM
When the electric goes out, you always wait a few minutes to see if it’s going to pop back on. Being out in the country means it could be a few minutes or a few hours. On New...
"Our" Ducks - Jan 4 '06 07:30:23 AM
We have many favorite bird recipes, including Peking duck. But, now that we see ducks in little groups bobbing on our lake every morning, we feel more protective. It is one...