back in the seventies i took a job working in road construction… we were building the farm road from st.jo to dye mound… it was summer time.. days were hot even by texas standards.. my old pal , v-v-v-v-v-v-vernon ward needed some pocket money , so he accompanied me to the job site to [...]
Archive for January, 2008
v-v-v-v-vernon
Posted in Uncategorized on January 31, 2008 | 3 Comments »
montague bench-mark
Posted in Uncategorized on January 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
i recall that old wooden bench , under the canopy of carminatti’s store… it was slick from wear… had an occasional nail worked loose to snag tattered overalls of temporary visitors… many good stories were spun there ! some factual , like the account of salvi’s job carrying sacks of cement up to the [...]
key of G
Posted in Uncategorized on January 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
carolyn attended a church-wide garage sale over the week-end on the south side of town…all proceeds went towards a ski trip for the youth group… she knew it was a good cause , but does not always require a good cause to when it comes to impulse purchases.
she looked around at the items [...]
tight- hole
Posted in Uncategorized on January 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
oklahoma city and burkburnet are a couple of boom-towns that come to mind when you think of oil related growth and prosperity…. that same sequence of events is currently taking place just east of the four-way stop sign in montague…
montague suburbs are a virtual hot bed of activity… tank trucks dumping toxic waste [...]
jojo’s journey
Posted in Uncategorized on January 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
most of you are familiar with my grandson, heath ! thanks to several bragging articles posted here by his proud popa , as well as newspaper and t.v. coverage.. you know about his baseball days at bowie high school , vernon junior college , university of oklahoma , and subsequently being drafted by the cleveland [...]
ghost-writer
Posted in Uncategorized on January 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
i had the unusual opportunity to visit with a professional writer this morning over pork chops and eggs.. he was passing through montague on his way to the presentation ceremony at the bush library…or on his way to the korean korner for a morning paper… anyway , he gave me a few previously little known [...]
montague medical
Posted in Uncategorized on January 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
i had a short but informative visit with ed this morning via the cell phone… i asked him for a medical update on tom’s recent shoulder surgery… how his recuperation was progressing.. ed was quick to elaborate on his progress , in water purveyors terms..
he said carter, you know that polymer stuff we [...]
double dribble
Posted in Uncategorized on January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
what about the baylor- a&m basketball game last night … set new record for five over times… three and a half hours of dribbling and shooting… baylor had five guys foul out.. 100 plus free-shots between the two teams…..baylor remains undefeated in big-twelve play at the final buzzer… 116 – 110..
reminds me of that [...]
vote from your knees
Posted in religion on January 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
as our choices narrow on political candidates , the politically correct left would have you believe that a politicians religious beliefs should be of no concern to the voter… only their stance on foreign policy or immigration or economics really concern the citizens …
i’m here to say that is an utter and complete [...]
montague moose message
Posted in Uncategorized on January 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
i see the chipper has had another journalistic thought… trouble is since he joined that secret-secret moose lodge organization for men , he’s began speaking in unknown tongues.. not all of his run-on sentences make perfect sense to the typical non-moose reader..
they take a good man and make him better ! they also [...]
