Have you ever heard of Round Top, Texas? Most people have not, but back in February my nephew, Will Lynde, hosted and performed at a venue there I can only describe as magical. It's called the Round Top Festival Institute, and lucky you, I took pictures.
You can't make this stuff up... a 10-week literary course based on Taylor Swift song lyrics is now being offered in Little Rock. Hands up, who's going?
I had to work for a bit on Saturday so I wasn't able to make it right when the gates opened but about an hour later I arrived at the Wagons for Veterans 2024 fundraising event at the Four States Fairgrounds. Happily, there was still plenty of that delicious open fire and steel pot/Dutch oven food left to fill me up. Man, was it ever good.
Class and sophistication, for those of us who have it, we try not to flaunt it, but it's hard when you've earned "the hat." How can you earn "the hat?" Read on...
Coming up on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, we can all celebrate National Pancake Day if you like, or you can be like me and wait just a few more days and join me at the 2024 Kiwanis Pancake Day at Texarkana College. If you're really into pancakes, you can do both.
Everyone is concerned about getting sick, cases of Influenza are off the charts, and COVID is still hanging in there, but there are some other diseases that you should be very concerned about as well, although these are completely preventable. STDs...
I know it's coming, someone is about to say "Okay Boomer", but I don't care, I like having live checkers, I hate using the self-checkout and wish more stores would reverse course on that. Well, according to recent reports, Walmart might be doing just that.
I have been planning a big trip to Big Bend, Texas for a long time now and hopefully, 2024 is going to be the year... fingers are crossed. A small but significant part of that trip will be after leaving the Big Bend area I would like to experience the mysterious Marfa Lights, near Marfa, Texas, population 1750, not including paranormal entities of course. But now I see there may be other reasons t