Tag Archives: Texas

Treebeard

Posted on June 4, 2010 | Comments Off on Treebeard

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It looks like Treebeard in Lord of The Rings, but it’s really a Cypress tree in Cypress Creek in Comfort. I think. Hoom, Hom!

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Cypress Creek, Comfort

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Posted on May 30, 2010 in Scribbles, Texana

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Mr. B.’s bob-e-que

Posted on May 29, 2010 | Comments Off on Mr. B.’s bob-e-que

Mr.B.BBQWell, not our Mr. B., I don’t think. Unless he’s been holding out on us. Taken by TFG in his travels, on U.S. 67, between Glen Rose and Chalk Mountain

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The new Texas social studies curriculum

Posted on May 23, 2010 | Comments Off on The new Texas social studies curriculum

Wisconsin law professor Ann Althouse does a masterful job of objective journalism,  with verifying links,  exposing the WaPo’s deceitful reporting on the new curriculum, forcing the writer to eat his own lying words. Bravo.

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Ingenhuett’s Fancy Grocery and General Store

Posted on May 22, 2010 | Comments Off on Ingenhuett’s Fancy Grocery and General Store

burned1It’s been three years since fire (apparently caused by faulty electrical wiring) gutted Comfort’s famed domino parlor. Among other things, it sold ammunition for guns no longer in production. Seems the family owners can’t afford to restore it. Pity, that.

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Downtown Comfort

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Posted on May 17, 2010 in Scribbles, Texana

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Comfort State Bank

Posted on May 2, 2010 | Comments Off on Comfort State Bank

bankmuseum1Actually, the Comfort, TX, town museum. Used to be a bank, though. How does a little town rate a museum? It starts by drawing lots of tourists.

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