After a long, arduous summer, including cutting and disposing of a large dead tree in our backyard and Hurricane Claudette, we thought a trip to Colorado would be nice. Since everything was in readiness for the possibility of another storm, we took off for a nine day drive to Colorado Rocky Mountains and back. Returning […]

The December meeting for Calhoun County Democratic Club will be held Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at the Calhoun County Library, in the community room, 200 W Mahan St., Port Lavaca. Social/potluck is at 5.30 p,m, and the meeting starts at 6:00 p.m. Got questions? Concerned about democracy? Come and join us. You can RSVP for […]

Fletcher Summerfield Stockdale, for whom the present city of Stockdale in Wilson County was named, served briefly as governor of the state of Texas in the final days of the Confederacy. Stockdale was born in Russellville, Kentucky, in 1823 or 1825; he studied law and was admitted to the Kentucky Bar. He came to Texas […]

While doing my doctoral research, I spent many days tromping around in the middle of a pine forest in Mississippi.  The pine trees were planted in rows, some with really thick plants underneath that you couldn’t see more than a few feet in front of you at a time, and some open and vibrant with […]