I have arrived!…. but, first I ate some Junk Berry Pie from Royers Round Top Café. Waking up before the sun, my friend and I headed from Mason to Round Top, Texas for a special Private Bloggers Luncheon at Royers Round Top Café. The calendar reflected that this was the biannual Antiques Week show in …
Tag Archive: mason
Apr 09 2012
Plein Air Paint-Out and Photo-Shoot
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 29 2012
Life Looping LESLIE
Life looping happens when we least expect it. This story begins a few years ago when I attended one of my high school reunions. Interesting, I found myself meeting and visiting with people who I did not know in high school. Our graduation class was quite large and therefore our friends were those in the …
Mar 19 2012
Mason Maze
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
Topaz Monitor
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, …
Jan 30 2012
$100,000 Collected to Save the ODEON!
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
Pecan Pie is GOOD TO GO
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 02 2012
A Blessing for 2012
HAPPY NEW YEAR! * 2012 (MMXII) * Leap year starting on Sunday January 1 in the Gregorian calendar; * It will be the 2012th year of the Common Era; * The 12th year of the 3rd millennium; * 12th year of the 21st century; * 3rd year of the 2010’s decade It is being …
Dec 25 2011
Blessings to All
Merry Christmas to Everyone. It’s not just the words to a song….the Christmas Season does last twelve days. Breathe, exhale slowly, relax and enjoy these days. Allow the LIGHT to enter your being. The invitation of Christmas is to open our hearts to the Light. You have the light. Believe in the light. Be the Light. …
