Apr 09 2012
Round -em up…it’s time for the 3rd Annual Art in Art weekend. It’s a two day event when Plein Air Artists (which is a fancy word for painting outside) come to the area to paint or bring their cameras to capture our historical buildings and beautiful landscape. The two day weekend is April 13-14th. On …
Mar 19 2012
We have had rain these past couple of months and the grass, weeds, and flowers are growing…growing, growing. If you live in this county, you got quite use to seeing various shades of the color BROWN during the past dry months. Now…there is the color GREEN everywhere! To show the growth of the local vegetation and …
Mar 12 2012
Definition: A monitor watches over an area, person or special day. It was 150 years ago this past week that in our American History we remember The Battle of Hampton Roads….the Clash of the Ironclads. It was the sea battle during the Civil War between the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia. In the past week, …
Mar 05 2012
Katemcy Rocks is THE off road experience. March is when the KATEMCY ROCKS opens! Come for an exciting off road experience, crawling among the 800 acres of granite rock. From easy to extreme you can drive over terrain with your four wheelers, stock vehicles or extreme rock crawlers. Devil’s Draw, Grit Happens, Cyclops, Hannibal Lecter, …
Feb 19 2012
They’re coming! It’s going to be a great year! I can already see them…they are growing everywhere. They are thick and tall in everyone’s yard and fields. WOW…it’s going to be a great year! They’re coming! They’re coming! Soon, the landscape will be filled with BLUEBONNETS and other wild flowers. Two years ago as far as …
Feb 12 2012
Fear and Love are two of the most basic and powerful human emotions. They can inspire such extremes of behavior as killing one another or dying for one another. It is widely agreed that love is fundamentally important, isn’t it remarkable how many organizations seem dedicated to promoting its opposite: fear. Ten years plus, …
Jan 30 2012
The Odeon in Mason Texas is the oldest small theater in West Texas. Every Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday evenings you can see a recent Hollywood movie for just $4.00. In addition to movies, The Odeon Preservation Society, also brings in well known musicians, dancers, artistic lectures and other cultural events which are of interest …
Jan 23 2012
Last fall of 2011, I wrote a story on my website/blog about Round Top, Texas. I wrote…. “Round Top is going through another change and growth. Texas, our country and the world is going through some big changes. Life changes are difficult and history shows that with our neighbors and friends to offer support and …
Jan 16 2012
When our eyes are closed, what do we see? What we see, and our life experiences of certain repeated life events takes precedence over auditory. We often ‘hear with our eyes’. We have experiences of hearing stories told or read to us that help us ’see with your ears’ – auditory language …WORDS…can ‘paint pictures’ …
Jan 08 2012
Plan NOW for Live musical performances in January 2012: Walt Wilkins January 21st Jaston Williams January 27-28 Jaston Williams of Tuna Christmas is going to Mason On the 21st of January one of the best singer/songwriters from Texas will perform at the Odeon. WALT WILKINS, has been called a prince, a poet, a genius, …