Banking on Jones I still remember the first Seadrift Chamber of Commerce meeting which I attended at the First National Bank community room in Seadrift back in 2009. The group quickly welcomed me into the activities and one of those people was Jason Jones. Three years later, here we are… and it’s truly an understatement […]

Skywarn I’m not really too sure of exactly when I became phobic of severe weather, but I do know that it is something that has shaped my life deeply over the last two years. Imagine watching weather reports days in advance, letting the weather severely impact your daily activities and also being embarrassed that you […]

One, and only one, of the interesting things to see in the Calhoun County Museum is the Lighthouse lens that was in the Matagorda Island light house. It is a huge thing and is full of rings and ridges. That type of lens is called a Fresnel Lens and was and still is popular in […]

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I was listening to the ol’ oystermen telling their tales of dragging the bottom, spilling their souls like “pieces of silver” tossed onto a sawdust floor, their eyes, red like the tide, their skin, worn and wrinkled like the onyx oyster shells. We drank from amber bottles at the bar, I bought some, they bought […]