As Fall fades into Winter, the opportunities to get out on the High Plains gravel are fading too. We changed up the way we normally do our Fall / Winter transition this year and journeyed down to Galveston Bay in October instead of December, so we could watch the grandkids play football and baseball. The […]
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Beaker Street was an underground music program broadcast across the Midwest when I was a teenager. In the 1960s Beaker Street was a staple of the underground music scene in the upper Mid-West. The strong nighttime signal of 50,000 watts meant that it was possible to listen to the station’s programming across a wide area.
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Three or four decades ago, all the Miss America Pageant contestants and most Western World leaders wanted World Peace. World leaders are presently all in for World War III – A war that cannot be won. Do they imagine that they can hide in their bunkers and come out the other side of a Nuclear
“Be in love with your life, every detail of it.” ~ Jack Kerouac
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Canadian Texas is a little hamlet in the Panhandle of Texas. It’s on the High Plains, about five hours south of “The Cottage.” There’s a peaceful little park with a few RV hook-ups, and we usually anchor down for a night when we drive “The Bus” back and forth between Texas and Colorado. On the
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A trio of poet-storytellers (Balladeers) this week as we continue to feature an eclectic group of singer-songwriters from the great State of Texas. Ray Wylie Hubbard, James McMurtry, and Guy Clark are on tap, and they can all three weave a tale and put it to a tune. Enjoy! Set List “Without music, life would
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Cold and Flu season kicks off at the end of October and can last until late Spring, with the peak between December and February. Pharmaceutical companies, medical conglomerates, and their partners in the media suggest that every flu season is different and the one step you should take to reduce your risk of serious illness
“Good rule of thumb: those who frequently use the word “disinformation” are the ones most likely to be pushing it” — Elon Musk
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Road Pie We have owned “The Bus” for over a decade, and while we still have not used it for the reason it was intended (an awesome Western States loop tour through every state west of the Mississippi), we have spent a fair amount of time living in her, mostly in Texas. In all that
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We just spent October hanging out along Galveston Bay, and it got us thinking about Singer-Songwriters from the Lone Star State. I’m not sure if there is something in the water or perhaps it’s the state’s grand size, but there is a plethora of exceptional Singer-Songwriters that call Texas home. We decided to feature a
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While we were dialing in our macros the other day in “Chronometer,” the nutrition tracking app we both use, we started discussing the new governmental food recommendations released by the current administration. The conversation went to a comment one of us had seen recently about “Lucky Charms” (an extruded wheat grain cereal with tons of
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“There is nothing to fear except the power you give to your own demons.” ~ Sally Gardner
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Better than Wishin’ A pair of fish grinnin’ shots… Never Stop Exploring!
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