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Why Live in a “Small Town”?
After many years residing in a small community and hearing that it is “boring here” and nothing to do, I have found a perfect reply. I’ve never lived in Dallas, but Houston and Phoenix are not that distant from the same “plague” that is described in the following description. TRUE STORY! Driving in Dallas…… First…
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And Then It Was Winter
It is not very often that it actually snows this far south in Texas, the last one was 2004.Ā Ā The pictures in this post are from the “dusting” we received a week before Christmas 2017. As I sit here this morning, the wind is howling around the buildings, through the cracks, and its “cotton pickin’Ā cold”.Ā …
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Kites and Bikes at the Park
I was thrilled to be invited to join my pal Rick, [the owner of About Kites from Houston] at the Corpus Christi Kites and Bikes Festival on Saturday 11/4. This event is an annual production put on by the Mayors Fitness Council, and the local kite group Coastal Bend Skypirates has participated for the last…
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Simmer
Simmer, the mind’s picture relating to the word is of something very warmed up, but not yet boiling over, as in a cooking procedure for making a soup. BUT–Ā the image conjured up in relation to this past summers experiences was different.Ā My “mind’s eye” sees a person laying on a tepid set of sheets,…
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Harvey Destruction Videos
The pictures show just a portion of a near mile-longĀ pile of debris that has been collected from our city and surrounding neighborhoods.Ā There is also a matching pile of trees and limbs/brush that has been accumulated. A few video links as a follow up to the Harvey the Horrible to give a better perspective of…
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Harvey the Horrible
WEDNESDAY— August 23rd and a typical south Texas day, HOT!!Ā Of course, as a coastal resident, I had heard that a tropical depression was in the Bay of Campeche, the bit in the Gulf thatās below the Yucatan Peninsula and a ābirthplaceā of some nasty storms.Ā Ā Ā The notices were going out on all the…
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TEXANS – Just Different
Most people don’t “GET” being a Texan–this guy is starting to. By Robert Dean: “Iām not a Texan. I donāt adore the Lone Star State. Iām a transplant whoās lived in Austin for the last four years. I canāt name the state fish, I donāt understand the thing with mums at Homecoming, and I think…
Wickedrevs Windy World
Who is “Wickedrevs”?
The nickname “wickedrevs” came about quite late in my life, as a kite flyer actually.
I was making kites while overseas in the Eastern Caribbean islands from palm frond ribs and scraps of newsprint or tissue paper when I was but a teenager with my younger brother helping.
Many years later I was exposed to dual line sport kites while at a beach resort town when traveling in Mexico.
I pursued the sport kite hobby at a Galveston, TX kite shop, purchasing and taking my little sport kite back to Arizona to play with. Upon returning to Texas a year later, I was exposed to quad-line kites called “Revolutions” and was transfixed by them.
You see the image of “Wickedrevs” flying a Rev Blast, large kite capable of propelling the hobbyist on a mountain board, or a kite buggy. I was called out as being “wicked” with my moves flying Revolution kites——“wickedrevs” was born!!
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Doug
Stilton
Oh hello. My nameās Doug, and youāve found your way to my website. Iām an avid bird watcher, and I also broadcast my own radio show on Tuesday evenings at 11PM EDT.
Emery
Driscoll
Oh hello. My nameās Emery, and youāve found your way to my website. Iām an avid bird watcher, and I also broadcast my own radio show on Tuesday evenings at 11PM EDT.
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