Among the buffalo hunters and assorted hangers-on around Fort Griffin in the late 1870s, almost anyone tough enough to survive could be considered something of a character. But a loner named Smokey stood out.
Edgar Rye, who met Smoky in 1877, first told his story in 1909 in his long out of print book, “The Quirt and the Spur: Vanishing Shadows of the Texas Frontier.”
I would like to turn over a new “leaf” in 2017, but I don’t have room. Something else is always in the way. I’ve lived in this house for almost forty years, and during that time, I’ve been collecting things: important things, valuable things, things I didn’t need, things I didn’t want, and things that no one else will ever want. But to preserve my sanity and to give myself room to collect a few more things during the next twenty or so years of my life, I’m going to have a massive “throwing away.”
Obama’s EPA Gets One More Shot At Oil And Gas Industry
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) delivered a Christmas present to some 15,000 owners of oil and gas wells across the nation last week in the form of certified letters demanding that the companies send EPA detailed information regarding wells they own.
The Information Collection Request, also called the ICR, isn’t really a request, because EPA warns owners that if the information isn’t received within 60 days they could be fined up to $90,000 per day.
Back in the early 1920s, a dead squirrel was as negotiable as coins or paper money in the Big Thicket.
And given his prowess with a rifle, Sim Collins knew he’d never go hungry. Sure, the law might catch up with him some day, but if he had his Winchester with him, he didn’t figure on going to jail.
Born Jan. 29, 1875, Collins grew up in the thicket. As Joe Richards recalled in “Another Keechi Kreak,” his second book of recollections, Collins knew the Thicket “from top to bottom, inside out and wrong side up.
To all of the Friends, Family, and Community surrounding Johnny Callan:
As many of you know, the last couple of weeks have been pretty difficult on our family. First losing Johnny on November 26, then losing his father, Joe Callan, on December 5. It is a parent’s worst nightmare to receive a phone call that something has happened to your child or their father, but our family will continue on and their memory will be in our hearts forever.
With Thanksgiving behind us, Christmas is just around the corner. This year has flown by.
It’s beginning to feel a bit like Christmas. Many of us will come out of our Thanksgiving food comas and haul out the Christmas decorations to deck the halls this weekend.
I bought a bunch of lights for the outside of the house after Christmas last year. I am not sure how we’re going to get those up though minus an adequate ladder for the second story.
The last time I wrote, I talked about a local dog, that belonged to a local doctor that flew with him in his plane. The smart and talented young dog flies with his owner, you probably guessed it, Dr. Neil Berry and his wife Elsie.
The dog, named Laddie has his own headset and seatbelt in Dr. Berry’s plane. I had a couple of pictures but misplaced them. However I will post them on here hopefully the next time I write.
We are entering the best of times and the worst of times. We are entering a time of decisions, a time of totally ignoring rules, and a time of avoiding the scales, the mirrors, and the tight jeans we bought last summer. We are entering the EATING SEASON.
Reflections at Thanksgiving abound, and participants gaining most from the season are of one accord--filling their hearts with precious memories of loved ones and friends. We cherish warm remembrances, including those that made us laugh then--and make us laugh now.
For many, there are happy thoughts of times in the great outdoors, perhaps now decades old. Some are memories of “roughing it” by folks whose daily lives are far more akin to “smoothing it.”
Astonishing! Incredible! Surprising!
These are just some of the many words used to describe Donald Trump’s defeat of Hillary Clinton on Nov. 8.
What does it mean?
We do know that there will be a reversal in energy policy from the previous eight years.
Trump said during the campaign that the oil and natural gas industry is overregulated by the federal government.
