Having now lived two full years of an agrarian Texas country life, I’ve come to appreciate Nature’s hand in it. It is just as random and capricious out here as it is in the midst of cheek-to-jowl big city humanity. The difference is that in farm country our animal kingdom friends are close-by, clearly seen, and there are more of them.
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Spring in Texas is becoming more motorcycle friendly so I was out and about with mine. Going down a country road to our local airport I came upon a white animal in the road. As I slowed down to see it closer up I looked over to my right and saw two more: another white one and a larger brown-faced
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Ed Note: A gentleman reader submitted an article for inclusion in desktodirt in response to “Let them eat cake.” It is published below. Should other reader’s want to submit Op Ed pieces please forward them for consideration, subject to edit. Think of that to include what used to be called maintaining family values. Thanks. When asking, “what’s gone wrong in
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Who would ever want to secede from the great Empire State of New York? This is the first in an anytime series of brief, thought provoking articles, video clips or other material scrupulously sourced from the www. The reason for presenting each one will be the sentiment expressed in the image above: thank your lucky stars you are in Texas.
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