Category Archives: Texana

Lord Ganesh

Posted on August 31, 2009 | Comments Off on Lord Ganesh

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One of Mr. B.’s best buddies is back from his annual family trip to see the in-laws his grandparents in India. So we’ll thank the Hindu remover of obstacles and hope we can have a little bit of that rub off on us.

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Posted in Mr. Boy, Rancho Roly Poly, Scribbles, Texana

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New Fi-Fi 321

Posted on August 28, 2009 | Comments Off on New Fi-Fi 321

Captain Dave, at more than ten thousand feet above the Llano Estacado. Life on the line continues.

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A Texan in Auschwitz

Posted on August 26, 2009 | Comments Off on A Texan in Auschwitz

"Someone told me a few months ago that Auschwitz would be a life-changer for me, and they were right, but I would like to emphasize that it is a good change. In the six weeks since I was there, the majority of my previous petty concerns have stopped mattering to me, completely…It has been a very surprising and welcome change. My experience of life is different, in a good way."

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Posted in Israel, Obituaries, Texana

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Drought buster

Posted on August 25, 2009 | Comments Off on Drought buster

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Here’s a bit of hopeful weather prognostication. The rains haven’t started falling yet. But the LCRA’s Bob Rose says they might by Friday. The Purple Sage outside his office already is in bloom.

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Whole Foods still whole

Posted on August 24, 2009 | Comments Off on Whole Foods still whole

The so-called boycott, begun after the CEO offered an alternative to Obamacare, seems to be a bust. The Austin-born chain’s stock price is trending up and the parking garage, at least in Chicago, is almost full.

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To the edge of space

Posted on August 16, 2009 | Comments Off on To the edge of space

Six years ago Mrs. Charm, Mr. Boy and I bought the rancho from a couple who were moving away from Texas. She was a homemaker. He was an airline pilot who had flown U-2 spy planes before he retired from the Air Force. I won’t mention names, they’d probably not like me to.

I’ve read about the U-2 so I have some idea of what it is like to work in full pressure suit at seventy thousand feet–more than twice as high as jetliners cruise. But, until now, I’d never seen the curvature of the earth from a U-2’s cockpit, out there on the edge of the black. Magnificent view really.

Via Flightblogger.

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Watermellon Thump

Posted on August 13, 2009 | Comments Off on Watermellon Thump

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Just about every town in Texas has a water tower and some can’t resist painting theirs, for fun or to attract tourists. This one, end-on from a distance, resembles a striped blimp. But it’s actually Luling’s watermellon ad for their annual Thump, when the watermellon crop’s in. Nice town, Luling. A railroad still runs through it. They even decorate their oil field pump jacks.

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