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“Twin Sisters” a gift from Cincinnati

“Twin Sisters” a gift from Cincinnati

“Twin Sisters” a gift from Cincinnati

Bartee Haile
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
At the largest mass meeting in living memory, the citizens of Cincinnati, Ohio expressed their enthusiastic support for the Texas Revolution on Nov. 17, 1835.Their sincere statement of solidarity did not satisfy the Cincinnatians, who wanted to make a concrete contribution to the cause.
Guess who’s coming to dinner

Guess who’s coming to dinner

Guess who’s coming to dinner

Tracy Farr
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
It’s just a comet. Yes, it’s a visitor hurtling through our solar system from some unknown distant star, but 3i/ATLAS is still just a dirty interstellar snowball. Oh, some fear it to be something different, something dangerously alien, but come on. It’s not. So calm down.But what if it was?
Avoid holiday debt: Spend with intention, not impulse

Avoid holiday debt: Spend with intention, not impulse

Avoid holiday debt: Spend with intention, not impulse

Provided By Frank Conrad
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Holiday cheer has a way of loosening purse strings – sometimes more than we can afford. In 2024, one-third of Americans ended the year with holiday debt averaging $1,181. And 60% of them were stressed about it, according to a December 2024 Lending Tree survey.
Deadly premonition comes true for singer

Deadly premonition comes true for singer

Deadly premonition comes true for singer

Bartee Haile
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
In the middle of the night on Nov. 5, 1960, Johnny “Battle of New Orleans” Horton’s premonition of dying at the hands of a drunk came true on a dark highway in Central Texas.
Fruitcake 2025

Fruitcake 2025

Fruitcake 2025

Tracy Farr
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
The first year I tried to make a Christmas fruitcake, I started making plans for it in August. By September, I had found three different fruitcake recipes from which to choose.
Are ghosts haunting the Alamo?

Are ghosts haunting the Alamo?

Are ghosts haunting the Alamo?

Bartee Haile
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
What better time than Halloween to delve into the otherworldly legends surrounding Texas’ most sacred site! If only a fraction of the many eyewitness accounts and second-hand reports contain a particle of truth, the Alamo has to be the most haunted place in the Lone Star State.
The UPS and downs of whittling

The UPS and downs of whittling

The UPS and downs of whittling

Tracy Farr
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
It’s possible that today, as you’re reading these words, I am making good use of a pair of woodcarving knives in an effort to whittle out a simple wooden bowl and a couple of spoons to go with it. But as I’m writing these same words, on Sunday, Oct.
Secret plan to save the South hinged on Texas

Secret plan to save the South hinged on Texas

Secret plan to save the South hinged on Texas

Bartee Haile
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
An obscure Confederate major with a famous last name presented a secret proposal to the governor of Texas on Oct. 27, 1863. Next came the hard part -- convincing Francis Lubbock that he alone could save the South.
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