March 31, 2019
THE LAST DAY of March in the year 2019 is a cool one on the Central Texas plains. How’s yours?
After several days of warm hints of spring, a front blew through and sent the overnight temperatures into the upper 30’s in some of these parts. If Easter had been an early one this year, we would have called this an Easter snap. I remember more than the fair share of Easters over the past 15 years that included cold rain under gray skies, making for a miserable venture to church and dinner. Even one Easter in Grand Isle, Louisiana, ahead of spring break. Cold. Rain. Dark skies.
Despite the weather that year, I have fond memories of that trip. We piled into a tiny motel suite on the island that was all-but-abandoned minus the six of us. The floors scattered with sand that never seemed to leave the bottom of your feet, no matter where you shuffled to in the place. Even the shower floor seemed to have a gritty feel, regardless of the water that would flow over it. Small inconveniences along a beach I suppose.
That particular year, we planned on celebrating Easter Sunday at the local bar & grill with locals in a special church service hosted by the First Baptist Church of Grand Isle. The weather cancelled those plans, so we joined the congregation in its regular meeting space in the middle of to. wn.
The six of us along with a dozen members spent that morning in traditional worship, followed by a meal in one of two restaurants that were open that weekend. A good time had by all.
This year, Easter falls on April 21. That’s Aggie Muster and San Jacinto Day. Three special days all rolled into one this year. Let’s hope the weather cooperates and we’ll have an equally good day as the one back in Grand Isle.
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March 20, 2019
Last week, we got to meet Rindercella in her castle. She did not slop her dripper.
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March 11, 2019
The sign above the road leading in says “Where Dreams Come True.”
For the little people attached to these arms, I believe it.
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March 10, 2019
I can’t remember the last time I took an entire week away from work. I’ve taken as many as four consecutive weekdays off before, and an entire span from one weekend to the next?
Well, that’s been a minute. It might have been in the spring of 2010.
This week, in addition to a point of historical note, we’re headed to the big D. No, not Dallas or
De Kalb. Or would that be the big O, as in Orlando?
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March 7, 2019
Spring can’t be far away.
Tank is on his tractor back home.
He turns 90 in a few weeks.
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March 5, 2019
Happy Mardi Gras to you.
And you.
And you.
And you? Yes, especially you.
Somebody named Bob Lee posted this image on Pinterest. Let’s go back a century to the village of Mamou, Louisiana for a look at this occasion.
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Charlie Haldeman 