a winner has been declared in the north texas division of the home-grown tomato contest…. a dark horse ( henley ) delivered his trophy winning entry to my house on the thirty-first day of may at five thirty p.m.
days ahead of the south texas black dirt competition…. weeks ahead of A&M horticulturist ed fenotee [...]
Archive for May, 2009
go green or go fish
Posted in Uncategorized on May 31, 2009 | 10 Comments »
storms
Posted in Christian poetry on May 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Storms
Sometimes in life ,
Dark clouds hide the light .
Cloud bottoms are black,
While their tops are snow white .
The light is still up there ,
Not at all as it seems .
The mere presence of clouds
Have divereted light’s beams.
The view that we have ,
As seen with our eyes ,
Is not the true picture
Of earth or of skies [...]
camping at bill frank’s
Posted in Uncategorized on May 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
spring is here , school is out ! … i remember those glorious days when thoughts turned from american history towards survival in the great outdoors…. several of uncle melvin’s prized eighth grade students spent the summer polishing their camping skills… out towards bill frank’s place … west of town…
preparation for the traditional friday night campout [...]
minor league ball , major league fun
Posted in Uncategorized on May 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
carolyn and i sloped off to the north-side of cow-town for a minor league experience with all the feel of a major league game…at a third of the cost..!
we stopped off on north side drive for a texas sized share of mexican cuisine…and still arrived before the gates opened.. our seats were located three [...]
game-day
Posted in Uncategorized on May 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »
it’s pay-day friday … come quittin time today granny and i are off to la grave field… home to the historic fort worth cats… an independent minor league baseball team with cow-town flavor… located between the historic stockyards and the trinity river … eye-shot of tarrant county courthouse..
the original stadium burned in the [...]
my day to shine
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
may the twenty eighth… 1966 was a proud turning point for me…. carolyn and i gathered with family and friends at calvary baptist church in bowie for a simple ceremony with profound potential … the wedding was performed by carolyn’s brother-in-law… bobby joe johnson.. part time preacher… full time barber.. i was nineteen, naive [...]
pray for pay
Posted in Uncategorized on May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
this is obviously a picture of a deeply religious windmill repairman.. this candid personal moment was captured by bank executive hoot meekins during a recent board member meeting… while ed was applying for a loan extension and praying over a stack of unpaid accounts receivable…. his ox is irretrievably in a ditch … his prayerful [...]
your out !
Posted in Uncategorized on May 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »
spring is a wonderful time for school kids … days get longer and summer vacation is drawing near. it’s time for little-league baseball…. a time to test the medal of parents and grandparents alike …
read slow and savor the cultural flavor… you can’t make this stuff up !
last night , under the [...]
great news in difficult times…..
Posted in religion on May 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
todays national headlines seem to convey the worst of a secular world , but alas , today’s top local story is that of great optimistic news with eternal consequences…. a young man with new found hope of a glorious future… a long time friend of the blog… a sometime subject of past stories… one [...]
danger-ranger…..
Posted in Uncategorized on May 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
the highlight of my otherwise mundane memorial day week-end came on monday morning… at the american legion post , where srgt.major mac and his members were sponsoring a breakfast feed for all the area veterans…. chipper , red hardison , and me made revalee then the ten mile trip to the legion hall… we [...]
